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Hall, Garret J.; Albers, Craig A. – School Psychology, 2022
Using kindergarten up to fourth-grade data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (2010--2011 cohort), we investigated systematic variability in English language learners' (ELLs; n = 303) mathematics growth as well as relations of kindergarten language growth and working memory (WM) to ELLs' mathematics growth. Using growth mixture modeling,…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3
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Zhang, Jie; Lo, Meng-Ting; Lin, Tzu-Jung – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2023
This study investigated how word and child characteristics affect children's ability to learn the meanings of novel words. Participants were fourth- and fifth-graders representing native English speakers (NE) and bilingual learners with fluent English proficiency (FEP) and designated English Learners (EL). Students were taught the meanings of a…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Grade 4, Grade 5, Elementary School Students
Hall, Garret James – Grantee Submission, 2020
Although mathematics development research has become more prominent in the school psychology literature in recent years, a large research gap in this area exists regarding English language learners (ELLs). Significant research in education, cognitive science, and psychology has been devoted to understanding the links between language and…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Language Proficiency, Short Term Memory, English Language Learners
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Kieffer, Michael J.; Vukovic, Rose K.; Berry, Daniel – Reading Research Quarterly, 2013
Executive functioning (EF) refers to a set of higher order, core cognitive processes that facilitate planning, problem solving, and the initiation and maintenance of goal-directed behavior. Although recent research has established the importance of EF for word reading development in early childhood, few studies have investigated the role of EF in…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Grade 4, Elementary School Students, Attention Control