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Paciga, Kathleen A. – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2015
This study sought to determine the relationship among student- and task-level variables at play in the digital storybook listening experiences of 130 English-speaking preschoolers at risk of reading failure. Specifically, this study investigated the relationship among the (1) features of computer-based electronic storybooks, (2) preschoolers'…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Listening Comprehension, Story Reading, Picture Books
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McCormack, Teresa; Hanley, Mary – Cognitive Development, 2011
Four- and five-year-olds completed two sets of tasks that involved reasoning about the temporal order in which events had occurred in the past or were to occur in the future. Four-year-olds succeeded on the tasks that involved reasoning about the order of past events but not those that involved reasoning about the order of future events, whereas…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Children, Preschool Children, Task Analysis
Clarke, Brandy L.; Sheridan, Susan M.; Kim, Elizabeth M.; Kupzyk, Kevin A.; Knoche, Lisa L.; Ransom, Kelly A.; Sjuts, Tara M. – Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools, 2012
Children in poverty are at greater risk of academic failure due to impoverished living conditions and a lack of parental nurturance. Mothers' engagement in children's learning can be undermined by maternal depression, placing children at risk for cognitive and motor delays. With intervention, parents experiencing poverty and depression can…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, School Readiness, Intervention, Parent Child Relationship