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Bhatia, Punum; Davis, Alan; Shamas-Brandt, Ellen – Early Education and Development, 2015
Research Findings: A quasi-experiment was undertaken to test the effect of Montessori practical life activities on kindergarten children's fine motor development and hand dominance over an 8-month period. Participants were 50 children age 5 in 4 Montessori schools and 50 students age 5 in a kindergarten program in a high-performing suburban…
Descriptors: Montessori Method, Psychomotor Skills, Kindergarten, Young Children
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Giménez-Dasí, Marta; Fernández-Sánchez, Marta; Quintanilla, Laura – Early Education and Development, 2015
Research Findings: The goal of this study was to determine the efficacy of an educational intervention program to improve emotion knowledge, emotion regulation, and social competence in 2-year-old Spanish children. This study makes two original contributions because there are no validated education programs for such young children and because it…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Experimental Groups, Self Control, Emotional Development
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Rojas-Barahona, Cristian A.; Förster, Carla E.; Moreno-Ríos, Sergio; McClelland, Megan M. – Early Education and Development, 2015
Research Findings: The present study evaluated the impact of a working memory (WM) stimulation program on the development of WM and early literacy skills (ELS) in preschoolers from socioeconomically deprived rural and urban schools in Chile. The sample consisted of 268 children, 144 in the intervention group and 124 in the comparison group. The…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Preschool Children, Emergent Literacy, Rural Areas