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Factors Influencing Classroom Behavioral Engagement during the First Year at School
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Yang, Pei-Jung; Lamb, Michael E. – Applied Developmental Science, 2014
The present study examined child and school factors that might foster classroom behavioral engagement during the first year at school in a sample of 67 typically developing British 4-year-olds. The children were followed for 9 months from the summer before enrollment through the first 7 months of school. Our findings showed that effortful control…
Descriptors: Performance Factors, Influences, Classroom Environment, Child Behavior
The Importance of Language, Social, and Behavioral Skills across Early and Later Childhood as Predictors of Social Competence with Peers
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Hebert-Myers, Heather; Guttentag, Cathy L.; Swank, Paul R.; Smith, Karen E.; Landry, Susan H. – Applied Developmental Science, 2006
This study examined the role of language, attention/impulse control, and mother-child play in predicting later peer competence by assessing 252 children at ages 3 and 8 years. Children born term (n = 90) or preterm (n = 162) were included to examine the question of how variability in skills influenced social outcomes and whether relations were…
Descriptors: Children, Self Control, Language Skills, Interpersonal Competence