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Direct linkSiyu Zhu; Yuan Yao; Shui-Duen Chan; Xinhua Zhu – Early Education and Development, 2024
Reading self-beliefs, comprising self-concept and self-efficacy, play a pivotal role in shaping students' learning engagement and learning outcomes. However, existing literature on the self-beliefs of school-entry students primarily originates from Western contexts, and the exploration of differences in self-beliefs, engagement in learning, and…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Self Efficacy, Native Language, Second Language Learning
Krijnen, E.; Van Steensel, R.; Meeuwisse, M.; Severiens, S. – Early Education and Development, 2021
Research Findings: The current study examined the use of a newly developed instrument for measuring parental literacy beliefs in a highly diverse urban Dutch sample of 35 parents, participating in a family literacy program. The instrument was used to explore a new conceptualization of parental literacy beliefs and associations between beliefs and…
Descriptors: Family Literacy, Emergent Literacy, Young Children, Kindergarten
Zhang, Xinyi; Lau, Carrie; Su, Yufen – Early Education and Development, 2023
Research Findings: This study conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to examine the relationship between the home environment and the development of English as a second/foreign language for young Asian children. A systematic search of relevant databases generated 22 eligible studies published between 2001 and 2020 (N[subscript…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Meta Analysis, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Willard, Jessica A.; Kohl, Katharina; Bihler, Lilly-Marlen; Agache, Alexandru; Leyendecker, Birgit – Early Education and Development, 2021
Research Findings: Are family literacy activities linked to gains in preschool-aged dual language learners' (DLLs') societal language vocabulary? To understand connections between literacy activities and vocabulary, we separately considered literacy activities in the respective heritage language and in the societal language, German, and accounted…
Descriptors: Family Literacy, Family Environment, Native Language, Turkish
Lau, Carrie; Wang, Ying; Chan, Stephanie W. Y.; Chen, Eva E.; McBride, Catherine; Tse, Shek Kam; Richards, Ben; Rao, Nirmala – Early Education and Development, 2020
Research Findings: This study evaluated the impact of Chinese literacy interventions on Chinese language learning of South Asian children and their mothers in Hong Kong. A total of 44 children and eight of their mothers participated in Chinese literacy interventions that consisted of two approaches -- Copying and Morphological Awareness Training…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Emergent Literacy, Mothers, Foreign Countries
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
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
