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Conners-Burrow, Nicola A.; McKelvey, Lorraine M.; Fussell, Jill J. – Early Education and Development, 2011
Research Findings: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between preschool children's social outcomes in the classroom (including hyperactivity, aggression, and social skills) and their media viewing habits (including the amount of television they watch and whether they watch videos/movies that are rated as inappropriate for…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Television Viewing, Student Behavior, Income
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Crane, Jennifer; Mincic, Melissa S.; Winsler, Adam – Early Education and Development, 2011
Research Findings: Social-emotional competence is especially important for children living in poverty, and effective assessment of social-emotional skills is critical. This study examined parent-teacher agreement and reliability of the Devereux Early Childhood Assessment (DECA; P. A. LeBuffe & J. A. Naglieri, 1999) English and Spanish forms in a…
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, Poverty, Parent Teacher Cooperation, Interpersonal Competence
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Schultz, David; Ambike, Archana; Stapleton, Laura M.; Domitrovich, Celene E.; Schaeffer, Cindy M.; Bartels, Barbara – Early Education and Development, 2010
Research Findings: In the past 20 years school districts have increasingly adopted classroom-based social and emotional development programs. The dissemination of these programs, however, has surpassed our understanding of and ability to assess factors that influence program implementation. The present study responded to this gap by developing a…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Questionnaires, Program Implementation, Program Effectiveness
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Seifer, Ronald; Gouley, Kathleen; Miller, Alison L.; Zakriski, Audrey – Early Education and Development, 2004
We examined the effectiveness of the PATHS curriculum in a magnet elementary school serving a distressed urban area. Aspects of social-emotional competence were examined for second graders who had, and had not, received the PATHS intervention. The intervention groups differed, with the control group having lower social-emotional competence than…
Descriptors: Grade 2, Urban Schools, Elementary Schools, Magnet Schools