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Rahime Çiçek – Online Submission, 2024
Subtizing emerges at an early age, but it further develops when supported. In parallel, research has shown that it supports other cognitive skills along with early math skills. For this reason, it is important to identify studies in the literature to determine the subitizing levels of preschool children and provide example practices to help…
Descriptors: Bibliometrics, Citations (References), Foreign Countries, Databases
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Stavrou, Natassa Economidou; Ntani, Eleutheria – International Journal of Education & the Arts, 2023
Parents' perceptions and beliefs regarding the benefits of early childhood music classes for toddlers are a significant determining factor in their decision to introduce music into their children's lives. The current study aims to explore the beliefs and experiences of 12 mothers attending parent-toddler music classes in an early childhood music…
Descriptors: Mothers, Parent Attitudes, Beliefs, Program Effectiveness
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Biino, Valentina; Tinagli, Valeria; Borioni, Federica; Pesce, Caterina – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2023
Background: The relation between physical activity (PA), motor skills and cognitive function in children is receiving considerable attention. To transition scientific evidence into pedagogical practice, however, we need to further our understanding of which qualitative PA characteristics are best suited to stimulate motor skills and executive…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Psychomotor Skills, Motor Development
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Hudson, Kesha N.; Willoughby, Michael T. – RTI International, 2021
Recent findings from the Kids Activity and Learning Study complement North Carolina's multidimensional approach to promoting school readiness by emphasizing the integrated nature of motor and cognitive development in early childhood. Children whose motor skills improved the most over the course of an academic year also tended to demonstrate the…
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Motor Development, Cognitive Development, Skill Development
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Fuhs, Mary Wagner; Nesbitt, Kimberly Turner; Jackson, Hannah – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2018
Investments in preschool programs for children from disadvantaged backgrounds have historically been supported by research showing that these programs help children build school readiness skills and narrow the income-achievement gap. However, results from recent studies of the links between preschool participation and increases in school readiness…
Descriptors: Attendance, Preschool Children, Executive Function, Cognitive Development
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Mustafa, Ghulam; Abbas, Muhammad Azeem; Hafeez, Yaser; Khan, Sharifullah; Hwang, Gwo-Jen – Interactive Learning Environments, 2019
During early childhood, children start developing their cognitive, social, emotional, and behavioural skills, laying the foundation for life-long learning. Cognitive skills are usually taught in traditional classrooms through the use of textbooks and worksheets. The learning content in these textbooks and worksheets is static pre-authored content…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Preschool Children, Child Development, Skill Development
Allison Atteberry; Daphna Bassok; Vivian C. Wong – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2019
This study is a randomized control trial of full- versus half-day pre-kindergarten in a school district near Denver, Colorado. Four-year-old children were randomly assigned an offer of half-day (four days/week) or full-day (five days/week) pre-k that increased class time by over 600 hours. The offer of full-day pre-k produced substantial, positive…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, School Readiness, School Schedules, Part Time Students
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Mudrick, Hannah B.; Robinson, JoAnn L.; Brophy-Herb, Holly E. – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2020
Although 3-year-olds in the United States may attend prekindergarten prior to formal school entry in kindergarten, few investigations focus on the socioemotional foundations of classroom learning at age 3 and their relationship to later achievement. This study examined the relationship between age 3 readiness for group-based learning, modeled as…
Descriptors: Low Income Students, School Readiness, Preschool Children, Correlation
Cara Cahalan Laitusis; Elena L. Grigorenko; Patricia H. A. Perez – American Psychological Association, 2023
Psychological science has much to contribute to enhancing teaching and learning in the classroom. Teaching and learning are intricately linked to social and behavioral factors of human development, including cognition, motivation, social interaction, and communication. Psychological science can also provide key insights on effective instruction,…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Preschool Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Special Education
Engelstad, Anne-Michelle; Holingue, Calliope; Landa, Rebecca J. – Grantee Submission, 2020
Purpose: Early Achievements for Education Settings (EA-ES) is a teacher-implemented naturalistic developmental behavioral intervention for preschoolers with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) targeting core social communication impairments. The purpose of this pilot randomized controlled clinical trial (RCT) was to examine promise of efficacy of this…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Interpersonal Communication
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Meloy, Beth; Schachner, Abby – Learning Policy Institute, 2019
The purpose of the Early Childhood Essentials Framework is to synthesize and communicate the essential skills and competencies children should be acquiring before they enter kindergarten and the related skills and competencies early childhood educators must cultivate in order to provide high-quality early learning experiences that will set all…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Skill Development, Preschool Education, School Readiness
Reuter, Jamie M. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The recent decades have seen an increased focus on improving early science education. Goals include helping young children learn about pertinent concepts in science, and fostering early scientific reasoning and inquiry skills (e.g., NRC 2007, 2012, 2015). However, there is still much to learn about what constitutes appropriate frameworks that…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Science Education, Preschool Children, Science Process Skills
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Johnson, Anna D.; Markowitz, Anna J.; Hill, Carolyn J.; Phillips, Deborah A. – Developmental Psychology, 2016
Public prekindergarten (pre-K) programs have been a recent focus of policy and research attention, in part because of their empirically documented, positive short-term impacts on child cognitive development and school readiness. However, no studies have explored factors that might explain variation across schools in public pre-K impacts. The…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Public Schools, Child Development, Cognitive Development
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Chatzipanteli, Athanasia; Grammatikopoulos, Vasilis; Gregoriadis, Athanasios – Early Child Development and Care, 2014
The aim of the present study is to provide information and suggest ways to improve and evaluate metacognition in early childhood. Metacognition is important to learning and knowledge transfer and preparing students to become lifelong learners is a main aim of schooling. The engagement of young students in metacognitive thinking is considered…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Metacognition, Educational Strategies, Learning Activities
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Radley, Keith C.; Hanglein, Jeanine; Arak, Marisa – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2016
Individuals with autism spectrum disorder display impairments in social interactions and communication that appear at early ages and result in short- and long-term negative outcomes. As such, there is a need for effective social skills training programs for young children with autism spectrum disorder--particularly interventions capable of being…
Descriptors: Skill Development, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Social Development
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