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Dinehart, Laura; Manfra, Louis – Early Education and Development, 2013
Research Findings: Given the growing literature pertaining to the importance of fine motor skills for later academic achievement (D. W. Grissmer, K. J. Grimm, S. M. Aiyer, W. M. Murrah, & J. S. Steele, 2010), the current study examines whether the fine motor skills of economically disadvantaged preschool students predict later academic…
Descriptors: Low Income Groups, Psychomotor Skills, Academic Achievement, Preschool Children
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Brown, Eleanor D.; Ackerman, Brian P. – Early Education and Development, 2011
Research Findings: This study examined relations between contextual risk, maternal negative emotionality, and preschool teacher reports of the negative emotion dysregulation of children from economically disadvantaged families. Contextual risk was represented by cumulative indexes of family and neighborhood adversity. The results showed a direct…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Economically Disadvantaged, Preschool Children, At Risk Persons
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Horsch, Patricia DeLaney – Early Education and Development, 1992
Describes a partnership between the Erikson Institute and four Chicago public schools that was intended to enhance the effectiveness of urban education of low-income prekindergartners through third graders by means of classes that reflected the principles of developmentally appropriate practice. Discusses results of the project and the…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Curriculum Development, Developmental Continuity, Developmentally Appropriate Practices