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Children's Effortful Control and Academic Achievement: Mediation through Social Functioning
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Valiente, Carlos; Eisenberg, Nancy; Haugen, Rg; Spinrad, Tracy L.; Hofer, Claire; Liew, Jeffrey; Kupfer, Anne – Early Education and Development, 2011
Research Findings: The purpose of this study was to test the premise that children's effortful control (EC) is prospectively related to their academic achievement and to specify mechanisms through which EC is related to academic success. We used data from 214 children (M age at Time 1 [T1] = 73 months) to test whether social functioning (e.g.,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Change, Emotional Development, Interpersonal Competence
The Influence of Demographic Risk Factors on Children's Behavioral Regulation in Prekindergarten and Kindergarten
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Wanless, Shannon B.; McClelland, Megan M.; Tominey, Shauna L.; Acock, Alan C. – Early Education and Development, 2011
Research Findings: The present study examined the role of demographic risk factors in the development of children's behavioral regulation. We investigated whether being from a low-income family and being an English language learner (ELL) predicted behavioral regulation between prekindergarten and kindergarten. Results indicated that children from…
Descriptors: Self Control, Behavior Problems, Preschool Education, Risk
Relationship-Focused Child Care Practices: Quality of Care and Child Outcomes for Children in Poverty
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Owen, Margaret Tresch; Klausli, Julia F.; Mata-Otero, Ana-Maria; Caughy, Margaret O'Brien – Early Education and Development, 2008
Research Findings: Child care delivery practices promoting continuous, primary caregiver-child relationships (relationship-focused child care) were evaluated for 223 preschool-age children (45% African American, 55% Latino) attending child care centers serving low-income children. Both relationship-focused and non-relationship-focused centers were…
Descriptors: African American Children, Behavior Problems, School Readiness, Poverty
The Effects of Classwide Self-Assessment on Preschool Children's Engagement in Transition, Free Play, and Small Group Instruction.
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Miller, Linda J.; And Others – Early Education and Development, 1993
Discusses the effectiveness of a group self-management procedure (involving opportunity to perform a behavior, performance self-assessment, matching with the teacher, and reinforcement contingent on a student-teacher match) for increasing the on-task behavior of four disruptive preschool boys. Presents results regarding child engagement behavior,…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Class Activities, Males, Play