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Direct linkRamirez, Gerardo; Shaw, Stacy T.; Maloney, Erin A. – Educational Psychologist, 2018
Mathematics anxiety is a pervasive issue in education that requires attention from both educators and researchers to help students reach their full academic potential. This review provides an overview of past research that has investigated the association between math anxiety and math achievement, factors that can cause math anxiety,…
Descriptors: Mathematics Anxiety, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Skills
Download full textOffice of Head Start, US Department of Health and Human Services, 2021
This National Services Snapshot summarizes key data on demographics and services for children from birth to age five and pregnant women served by Head Start, Early Head Start, and Migrant and Seasonal Head Start programs. The data in this Snapshot is a subset of the annual Program Information Report (PIR) submission to the Office of Head Start.…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Children, Migrants
Office of Head Start, US Department of Health and Human Services, 2021
This American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) Services Snapshot summarizes key data on demographics and services for children from birth to age five and pregnant women served by all American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) programs. The data in this Snapshot is a subset of the annual Program Information Report (PIR) submission to the Office of…
Descriptors: American Indians, Alaska Natives, Preschool Children, Infants
LaCaze, Donna; Kirylo, James D. – Childhood Education, 2012
When parents get together, the subject of appropriately addressing the behavior of their children often comes to the forefront of conversations. Parents share various challenges they face with their children, including issues associated with listening, eating vegetables, doing chores, and a host of other discipline-related situations. The plethora…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Gender Differences, Cultural Differences, Discipline
Dotson-Blake, Kylie P.; Foster, Victoria A.; Gressard, Charles F. – Professional School Counseling, 2009
Race and culture continue to be conceptualized within a polarized, Black-White dichotomy in U.S. education, rendering the Latino population a silenced minority. Partnerships, when developed with intentionality and critical consciousness, provide a vehicle for inviting the participation of all families. This article offers school counselors a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mexicans, Immigrants, Equal Education
Cuskelly, Monica; Hauser-Cram, Penny; Van Riper, Marcia – Down Syndrome Research and Practice, 2009
This paper provides a brief overview of what is currently known about families of children with Down syndrome. In addition, it highlights a number of issues that require further research if we are to have a thorough understanding of the impact of a child with Down syndrome on families as a system and on the individuals who make up that system.…
Descriptors: Down Syndrome, Longitudinal Studies, Child Rearing, Fathers
Peer reviewedZajonc, R. B. – American Psychologist, 2001
Birth order effects on intellectual performance show both positive and negative results. Considers the intellectual aspects of siblings' changing environments, explaining that birth order and family size effects depend crucially on the age at which children are tested. Within-family data conceal patterns of aggregate effects that are revealed by…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Birth Order, Child Development, Family (Sociological Unit)
Neumark-Sztainer, Dianne – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2006
Adolescents are at risk for poor dietary intake and unhealthy weight control behaviors. Family meals appear to play an important role in helping adolescents make healthier food choices and avoid engaging in unhealthy weight control and binge eating behaviors. (Contains 2 figures.)
Descriptors: Food, Adolescents, Eating Disorders, Eating Habits
Kurtz, Linda; And Others – 1993
The impact of divorce upon the children's adaptation has increasingly become a topic of concern in developmental research. This study investigates how specific coping resources (self-efficacy, self-esteem) vary according to age and as a correlate of developmental level in children from divorced and intact homes. Researchers also examined the…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Psychology, Children, Coping
Zill, Nicholas; West, Jerry – 2001
With the launch of the U.S. Department of Education's Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99, measures of knowledge, skills, health, and behavior of a large and nationally representative sample of American Kindergartners are available. Drawing on data from the study, this report provides a portrait of kindergarten…
Descriptors: Age Differences, At Risk Persons, Child Health, Family Environment
Testa, Mark F. – Future of Children, 2004
Since the 1970s, finding alternative permanent families for children in foster care who could not return to their birth parents has been a primary goal of the child welfare system. Since that time, significant gains have been made in helping such children find permanent homes through adoption and guardianship. This article analyzes these trends…
Descriptors: Placement, Child Welfare, Federal Government, Adoption
Armbruster, Bonnie B.; Lehr, Fran; Osborn, Jean – National Institute for Literacy, 2006
The road to becoming a reader begins the day a child is born and continues through the end of third grade. At that point, a child must read with ease and understanding to take advantage of the learning opportunities in fourth grade and beyond--in school and in life. Learning to read and write starts at home, long before children go to school. Very…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Written Language, Oral Language, Caregivers
Human Resources Development Canada, 2003
When Canadian parents look back on their own lives and the lives of their parents, they see changes across a generation that have profoundly affected their parenting experience, compared to when they themselves were young children. Supports for today's parents must take into consideration these changes that affect the care and nurturing of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Family Environment, Age Differences, Young Children
