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Examining the Relation between Adult Scaffolding of Make-Believe Play and Children's Executive Functions: An Observational Study Conducted in a Natural Educational Setting
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Duval, Stéphanie; Montminy, Noémie; Brault Foisy, Lorie-Marlène; Arapi, Enkeleda; Vézina, Sophie-Anne – Early Child Development and Care, 2023
This study aims to bridge a gap between Vygotsky's seminal framework on the importance of make-believe play and adult scaffolding in children's cognitive development (e.g. executive function [EFs]) and research in cognitive neuroscience. Kindergarten children (N = 160) and teachers (N = 12) took part in the study. EFs skills and make-believe play…
Descriptors: Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Imagination, Play, Executive Function
Predicting Third-Grade Academic Achievement in Low-Socioeconomic Children: Developmental and Socio-Behavioural Influences in Kindergarten
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Gullo, Dominic F.; Ammar, Alia A. – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
Structural equation modelling was used to investigate the predictive associations between kindergarten developmental, socio-behavioural, and biotic influences on third grade achievement among a nationally representative sample of low-SES children. The findings validate the understanding that developmental and learning trajectories start early in…
Descriptors: Grade Prediction, Grade 3, Academic Achievement, Low Income Students
Parent-Child Relationships and Child Executive Functioning at School Entry: The Importance of Fathers
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Hertz, Sarah; Bernier, Annie; Cimon-Paquet, Catherine; Regueiro, Sophie – Early Child Development and Care, 2019
This study aimed to examine the unique and interactive contributions of the quality of mothers' and fathers' relationships with their toddlers to the prediction of children's subsequent executive functioning (EF). The sample included 46 low-risk middle-class families. The quality of mother-child and father-child interactions was assessed…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Executive Function, Fathers, Mothers
Play and Theory of Mind in Early Childhood: A Hong Kong Perspective
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Wang, Zhenlin; Wong, Richard Kwok Shing; Wong, Paul Yau Ho; Ho, Fuk Chuen; Cheng, Doris Pui Wah – Early Child Development and Care, 2017
The study seeks to understand the relation between preschool children's mode of participation and negotiation strategies during play and their theory of mind (ToM) development in the Hong Kong context. Forty-two 5-year-old children were recruited. Their emotional and cognitive ToMs were assessed along with expressive language ability. Children's…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Play, Theory of Mind
Development of the Language Proficiency of Five- to Seven-Year-Olds in Rural Areas
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Poolman, B. G.; Leseman, P. P. M.; Doornenbal, J. M.; Minnaert, A. E. M. G. – Early Child Development and Care, 2017
Rural children are a largely understudied population in language and literacy research, despite the fact that these children often enter school with delays in their language development. Since most rural areas suffered from so-called selective rural outmigration, many parents in rural areas are lower or middle educated. The home literacy climate,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Grade 1, Primary Education
Developing the Communicative Competence and Narrative Thinking of Four and Five Year Olds in Educational Settings
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Wilde, Melanie E.; Sage, Rosemary – Early Child Development and Care, 2007
Children's communicative competence is essential and predictive of their success in school. However, in England in recent years we have faced particular challenges inculcating this understanding into primary and early years teachers' practice. Furthermore, some studies have raised concerns about children's communicative competence on school entry.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Communicative Competence (Languages), Narration, Young Children