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Amy E. Fisher; Liat R. Johnson; Sonia Minnes; Emily K. Miller; Jessica S. Riccardi; Anastasia Dimitropoulos – Psychology in the Schools, 2024
After-school youth development programs support social-emotional functioning which leads to better academic and behavioral outcomes. This article examines three common predictors of social-emotional functioning individually and concurrently to better understand the role of these predictors in the after-school setting. The common predictors are…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Social Emotional Learning, Youth Programs, Predictor Variables
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Laurent Gabriel Ndijuye; Ntide Dadi – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2024
This study examined the mediating roles of home learning environments and SES on early learning attainments of naturalised refugees in Tanzania using concurrent embedded mixed design. Data were collected by EGRA and EGMA, questionnaire and interviews. The sample were 400 grade one and grade two children (aged 70-86 months), 120 parents, eight…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Family Environment, Socioeconomic Status, Refugees
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Kayla LaRosa; Julia A. Ogg; Robert Dedrick; Shannon Suldo; Maria Rogers; Riley Laffoon; Courtney Weaver – School Psychology Review, 2025
Although more is known about how general parenting practices predict social-emotional strengths in children, less research has looked at parent involvement in education and children's social-emotional strengths. This study examined the extent to which parent involvement, specifically home-based involvement, parent-teacher trust, and home-school…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Parent Child Relationship, Social Emotional Learning, Predictor Variables
Angela G. M. Klinger – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The problem of disproportionality in special education is complex and requires an investigation of multiple factors related to racial, ethnic, linguistic, and socioeconomic backgrounds, school context, and family characteristics. Researchers have debated whether language minority (LM) students are under or overrepresented in special education, but…
Descriptors: Special Education, Disproportionate Representation, Disability Identification, Children
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Ogg, Julia; Clark, Kelly; Strissel, Dan; Rogers, Maria – School Psychology, 2021
This study examined parent-teacher agreement regarding three forms of family engagement in kindergarten: home-school communication, school-based involvement, and parent-teacher trust, as well as whether parent-teacher agreement predicted children's behavioral and academic outcomes. Parent and teacher ratings of parent engagement and child…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Parent Participation, Teacher Attitudes, Congruence (Psychology)
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Connor, Carol McDonald; Kelcey, Benjamin; Sparapani, Nicole; Petscher, Yaacov; Siegal, Sarah W.; Adams, Ashley; Hwang, Jin Kyoung; Carlisle, Joanne F. – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2020
This paper introduces a new observation system that is designed to investigate students' and teachers' talk during literacy instruction, "Creating Opportunities to Learn from Text" (COLT). Using video-recorded observations of 2nd-3rd grade literacy instruction (N = 51 classrooms, 337 students, 151 observations), we found that nine types…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Grade 2, Grade 3, Elementary School Students
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Amani, Malahat; Gandomani, Rogayeh Asadi; Nesayan, Abas – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2020
The first grade is the cornerstone of the student's education in school. Achievements at this grade wield huge influence on a child's interest and development of a positive attitude towards education and learning environment. The purpose of this study is to investigate the academic factors of first grade retention in primary schools in North…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 1, Young Children, Grade Repetition
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Zeytinoglu, Selin; Calkins, Susan D.; Leerkes, Esther M. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2019
Cognitive flexibility is a sophisticated form of executive functions that predicts a range of adaptive outcomes; however, little is known about which caregiving behaviors predict the rapid improvements in children's cognitive flexibility during early childhood. This study examined whether ordinary variations in mothers' provision of emotional and…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Early Childhood Education, Mothers, Cognitive Ability
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von Allmen, Benjamin; Schüpbach, Marianne; Frei, Lukas; Nieuwenboom, Wim – International Journal for Research on Extended Education, 2019
This paper investigates the effect of primary school students' utilization of extended education offerings and of the quality of extended education on reading achievement in the German-speaking part of Switzerland. All-day schools are being set up. Among other reasons, as a means to level the increasing scholastic demands in the primary schools.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Schedules, Elementary School Students, Educational Quality
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Levinson, Sarah; Neuspiel, Juliana; Eisenhower, Abbey; Blacher, Jan – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2021
ASD symptomology and behavioral problems pose challenges for children with ASD in school. Disagreement between parents and teachers in ratings of children's behavior problems may provide clinically relevant information. We examined parent-teacher disagreement on ratings of behavior problems among children with ASD during the fall and spring of the…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Behavior Problems
Levinson, Sarah; Neuspiel, Juliana; Eisenhower, Abbey; Blacher, Jan – Grantee Submission, 2020
ASD symptomology and behavioral problems pose challenges for children with ASD in school. Disagreement between parents and teachers in ratings of children's behavior problems may provide clinically relevant information. We examined parent-teacher disagreement on ratings of behavior problems among children with ASD during the fall and spring of the…
Descriptors: Autism, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Behavior Problems
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O'Neal, Colleen R.; Boyars, Michal Y.; Riley, Lynsey Weston – School Psychology International, 2019
The goal of this short-term longitudinal study was to examine the functioning of the grit measure; grit's relation to emotional engagement; and grit's prediction of later literacy achievement, above and beyond emotional engagement, among dual language learners. Data were collected at two time points four months apart with dual language learner,…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), English Language Learners, Second Language Learning, Student Participation
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Visser, Margaretha M.; Juan, Andrea L.; Hannan, Sylvia M. – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2019
Background: The acquired skill set prior to school entry has emerged as an important issue in research and policy internationally. Much evidence exists advocating the importance of early numeracy and literacy skills in later academic achievement and economic outcomes of students. Aim: The goal of this study was to determine the association between…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Mathematics Achievement, Foreign Countries, Parent Participation
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Kikas, Eve; Tulviste, Tiia; Peets, Kätlin – Early Education and Development, 2014
Research Findings: The purpose of this study was to examine associations between parental socialization values (including inconsistency in values), parenting practices, and parental involvement in their children's education. Altogether 242 Estonian mothers and fathers of first-grade children participated in the study. We found that mothers were…
Descriptors: Socialization, Parenting Styles, Parent Participation, Predictor Variables
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Chamberlain, Courtney; Witmer, Sara – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2017
Legislation mandates that students with disabilities be included in achievement testing for accountability purposes, with only a few participating in an alternate assessment (Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act [IDEA], 2004). The current study utilized data from the Special Education Elementary Longitudinal Study (SEELS) to…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Predictor Variables, Accountability, Student Participation
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