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Fehr, Karla K.; Russ, Sandra W. – Early Education and Development, 2013
Research Findings: Pretend play is an essential part of child development and adjustment. However, parents, teachers, and researchers debate the function of aggression in pretend play. Different models of aggression predict that the expression of aggression in play could either increase or decrease actual aggressive behavior. The current study…
Descriptors: Play, Aggression, Student Behavior, Imagination
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Gilbert, Jennifer K.; Goodwin, Amanda P.; Compton, Donald L.; Kearns, Devin M. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2014
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the relation between morphological awareness on reading comprehension is moderated by multisyllabic word reading ability in fifth-grade students ("N" = 169, 53.7% female, 65.2% minority status, 69.2% free/reduced lunch status), oversampled for poor reading skill, when controlling for…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Morphology (Languages), Reading Skills, Reading Difficulties
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Jensen, Signe Hannibal – CALICO Journal, 2017
This article presents a study of Danish young English language learners' (YELLs') contact with and use of Extramural English (EE) (N = 107, aged 8 [n = 49] and 10 [n = 58]). They have received little formal English instruction: two lessons per week for one year. Data on EE-habits were collected with a one-week language diary (self-report with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Fagan, Jay – Journal of Family Issues, 2013
Using data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Survey--Birth cohort ("N" = 6,450), the present study hypothesized that 48-month-old children of divorced mothers would score lower on emerging literacy than the children of formerly cohabiting mothers, compared with the children of mothers in stable marriage. The children of mothers who…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Preschool Children, Interpersonal Relationship, Divorce