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Poulin-Dubois, Diane; Blaye, Agnes; Coutya, Julie; Bialystok, Ellen – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2011
Bilingual children have been shown to outperform monolingual children on tasks measuring executive functioning skills. This advantage is usually attributed to bilinguals' extensive practice in exercising selective attention and cognitive flexibility during language use because both languages are active when one of them is being used. We examined…
Descriptors: Attention, Monolingualism, Bilingualism, Toddlers
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Chang, Mido; Park, Boyoung; Singh, Kusum; Sung, Youngji Y. – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2009
The study examined the longitudinal association of parental involvement in Head Start parent-focused programs, parenting behaviors, and the cognitive development of children by specifying two longitudinal growth models. Model 1 examined the longitudinal effects of the parental involvement in three Head Start parenting programs (parenting classes,…
Descriptors: Social Support Groups, Stimulation, Socialization, Mothers