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Qingqing Yang; Arya Ansari; Kelly M. Purtell; Robert C. Pianta; Jessica V. Whittaker; Virginia E. Vitiello – Grantee Submission, 2023
This study examined the links between classroom skill compositions and preschoolers' early learning and development in the nationally representative Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey 2014 (FACES, n = 1,711 children/207 classrooms) and public pre-K programs in a county in Virginia (n = 1,467 children/123 classrooms). Results from a…
Descriptors: Surveys, Preschool Education, Preschool Children, Child Development
Margaret Burchinal; Robert Pianta; Arya Ansari; Jessica Whittaker; Virginia Vitiello – Grantee Submission, 2023
Pre-kindergarten (pre-k) is thought to have both direct and indirect effects on children's outcomes in early elementary school. Direct pre-k effects consistently include moderate to large gains in academic skills and sometimes include increases in problem behaviors that affect acquisition of skills in school. Indirect pre-k effects assume that…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Preschool Children, Kindergarten, Educational Experience
Tara L. Hofkens; Jessica Whittaker; Robert C. Pianta; Virginia Vitiello; Erik Ruzek; Arya Ansari – Grantee Submission, 2022
Despite research demonstrating the importance of mathematics achievement to children's educational success and trajectories, many children enter kindergarten without the foundational mathematics skills needed to succeed (Garcia & Weiss, 2015). Children's executive function (EF) skills and their learning-related behaviors (Anthony & Ogg,…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Preschool Children, Executive Function, Mathematics Achievement