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Carolina Melo; Robert C. Pianta; Jennifer LoCasale-Crouch; Francisca Romo; M. Constanza Ayala – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2024
The present study examined how the dosage and quality of the federal preschool program "Head Start" (HS) in the US related to children's self-regulation skills in kindergarten. Using Propensity Score Matching and multiple regression (OLS), this study explored how the number of years and hours a week of HS were related to self-regulation…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Incidence, Educational Quality, Social Services
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Johnson, Anna D.; Schochet, Owen N.; Martin, Anne; Castle, Sherri; Horm, Diane; Phillips, Deborah A. – Developmental Psychology, 2022
Decades of research suggest that both Head Start and public pre-kindergarten (pre-k) programs boost low-income preschoolers' kindergarten skills. What is not yet well understood is whether there are relative advantages of transitioning from Head Start after 1 year into a school-based public pre-k program for the year immediately before…
Descriptors: Low Income Students, Preschool Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Thinking Skills
McClelland, Megan M.; Gonzales, Christopher R.; Cameron, Claire E.; Geldhof, G. John; Bowles, Ryan P.; Nancarrow, Alexandra F.; Merculief, Alexis; Tracy, Alexis – Grantee Submission, 2021
The measurement of self-regulation in young children has been a topic of great interest as researchers and practitioners work to help ensure that children have the skills they need to succeed as they start school. The present study examined how a revised version of a commonly used measure of behavioral self-regulation, the…
Descriptors: Self Control, Executive Function, Task Analysis, School Readiness