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Teacher Depressive Symptoms and Children's School Readiness in Ghana
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Peele, Morgan; Wolf, Sharon; Behrman, Jere R.; Aber, J. Lawrence – Child Development, 2023
This study investigated associations between kindergarten teachers' (N = 208) depressive symptoms and students' (Ghanaian nationals, N = 1490, M[subscript age] = 5.8) school-readiness skills (early literacy, early numeracy, social-emotional skills, and executive function) across 208 schools in Ghana over one school year. Teachers' depressive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Teachers, Kindergarten, Depression (Psychology)
Low-Income Ethnically Diverse Children's Engagement as a Predictor of School Readiness above Preschool Classroom Quality
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Sabol, Terri J.; Bohlmann, Natalie L.; Downer, Jason T. – Child Development, 2018
This study examined whether children's observed individual engagement with teachers, peers, and tasks related to their school readiness after controlling for observed preschool classroom quality and children's baseline skills. The sample included 211 predominately low-income, racially/ethnically diverse 4-year-old children in 49 preschool…
Descriptors: Low Income, Child Development, School Readiness, Preschool Education
Child-Care Subsidies and School Readiness in Kindergarten
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Johnson, Anna D.; Martin, Anne; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne – Child Development, 2013
The federal child-care subsidy program represents one of the government's largest investments in early care and education. Using data from the nationally representative Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort, this study examines associations, among subsidy-eligible families, between child-care subsidy receipt when children are 4 years old…
Descriptors: Grants, Child Care, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
The Pace of Vocabulary Growth Helps Predict Later Vocabulary Skill
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Rowe, Meredith L.; Raudenbush, Stephen W.; Goldin-Meadow, Susan – Child Development, 2012
Children vary widely in the rate at which they acquire words--some start slow and speed up, others start fast and continue at a steady pace. Do early developmental variations of this sort help predict vocabulary skill just prior to kindergarten entry? This longitudinal study starts by examining important predictors (socioeconomic status [SES],…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Kindergarten, Vocabulary Skills, Vocabulary Development
The Genetic-Environmental Etiology of Cognitive School Readiness and Later Academic Achievement in Early Childhood
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Lemelin, Jean-Pascal; Boivin, Michel; Forget-Dubois, Nadine; Dionne, Ginette; Seguin, Jean R.; Brendgen, Mara; Vitaro, Frank; Tremblay, Richard E.; Perusse, Daniel – Child Development, 2007
Using a genetic design of 840 60-month-old twins, this study investigated the genetic and environmental contributions to (a) individual differences in four components of cognitive school readiness, (b) the general ability underlying these four components, and (c) the predictive association between school readiness and school achievement. Results…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Academic Achievement, Genetics, Etiology
The Relations of Early Television Viewing to School Readiness and Vocabulary of Children from Low-Income Families: The Early Window Project.
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Wright, John C.; Auston, Aletha C.; Murphy, Kimberlee C.; St. Peters, Michelle; Pinon, Ronda Scantlin; Kotler, Jennifer – Child Development, 2001
Collected time-use diaries of television viewing from two cohorts of children (ages 2-5 and 4-7) from low-income families and gave annual tests of reading, math, receptive vocabulary, and school readiness. Found that viewing of child-audience informative programs between ages 2 and 3 predicted higher academic performance. Frequent viewers of…
Descriptors: Children, Longitudinal Studies, Low Income Groups, Performance Factors
Parenting among Low-Income, African American Single Mothers with Preschool-Age Children: Patterns, Predictors, and Developmental Correlates.
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McGroder, Sharon M. – Child Development, 2000
Examined dimensions and patterns of parenting among 193 low-income African American single mothers with preschoolers. Identified four parenting patterns (aggravated but nurturant, cognitively stimulating, patient and nurturant, and low nurturance). Found that maternal well-being and sociodemographic characteristics accounted for 93 percent of…
Descriptors: Black Family, Black Mothers, Black Youth, Child Development