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Harvey, Hattie A.; Miller, Gloria E. – Early Education and Development, 2017
Research Findings: The contribution of 3 executive function skills (shifting, inhibitory control, and working memory) and their relation to early mathematical skills was investigated with preschoolers attending 6 Head Start centers. Ninety-two children ranging in age from 3 years, 1 month, to 4 years, 11 months, who were native English or Spanish…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Disadvantaged Youth, Preschool Education, Vocabulary Development
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Downs, Andrew; Strand, Paul S.; Heinrichs, Nina; Cerna, Sandra – Early Education and Development, 2012
Research Findings: The present study evaluated the utility of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) as a teacher-report measure of internalizing and externalizing problems in preschool-age children. Participants included preschoolers drawn from Germany and the United States, with the American sample composed of both English-speaking…
Descriptors: Psychopathology, Behavior Rating Scales, Measures (Individuals), Foreign Countries
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Tong, Xiuli; Ting, Ka-Tsun; McBride-Chang, Catherine – Early Education and Development, 2011
Research Findings: This study examined relations between parent-rated shyness and children's vocabulary skills in 54 Hong Kong Chinese kindergartners who learned English as a foreign language at school. Receptive vocabulary and expressive vocabulary were assessed both in Chinese and in English. Parent-rated shyness was uniquely associated with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Children, Kindergarten, Parent Child Relationship