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Dias, Natália Martins; Seabra, Alessandra Gotuzo – Educational Psychology, 2017
Executive functions (EF) can be promoted by classroom interventions. Our study investigated whether (a) an intervention conducted by teachers improves EF in children; (b) there are effects on behaviour and academic achievement; and (c) there are stable benefits in a one-year follow-up. Fifty-eight first-graders, divided into experimental (EG = 28)…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Elementary School Students, Intervention, Primary Education
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Eklund, Katie; Tanner, Nick; Stoll, Katie; Anway, Leslie – School Psychology Quarterly, 2015
The purpose of the current investigation was to compare 1,206 gifted and nongifted elementary students on the identification of emotional and behavioral risk (EBR) as rated by teachers and parents using a multigate, multi-informant approach to assessment. The Parent and Teacher Behavioral Assessment System for Children, Second Edition (BASC-2) and…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Emotional Problems, Behavior Problems, At Risk Students
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Rogers, Maria; Bélanger-Lejars, Véronique; Toste, Jessica R.; Heath, Nancy L. – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2015
The goal of this study was to investigate the relationship between children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms and their teachers, and to examine whether this relationship was associated with children's academic motivation. The sample comprised 35 children with clinically elevated levels of ADHD symptoms and 36 children…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Teacher Student Relationship, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Academic Achievement
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Bosacki, Sandra; Woods, Heather; Coplan, Robert – Early Child Development and Care, 2015
This study investigated female and male early childhood educators' (ECEs) perceptions of young children's aggression and rough-and-tumble play in the Canadian early childhood classroom. Participants were drawn from a larger sample of ECEs who completed an online questionnaire regarding their perceptions of young children's behaviours in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Children, Preschool Teachers
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Mascareño, Mayra; Doolaard, Simone; Bosker, Roel J. – Early Education and Development, 2014
A successful transition from kindergarten to 1st grade requires a positive combination of multiple dimensions of child competence. Using latent class analysis, we simultaneously examined the academic skills, work attitude, and social/behavioral competence of a large sample of Dutch kindergarten children to identify profiles of kindergarten…
Descriptors: Child Development, Kindergarten, Profiles, Prediction
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Kim, Sangwon; Kamphaus, Randy W.; Baker, Jean A. – Journal of School Psychology, 2006
A constructive debate over the classification of child psychopathology can be stimulated by investigating the validity of different classification approaches. We examined and compared the short-term predictive validity of cluster analytic and dimensional classifications of child behavioral adjustment in school using the Behavior Assessment System…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Grade 2, Psychopathology, Rating Scales