ERIC Number: EJ1410021
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 39
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Latent Profile Analysis of Approaches to Learning: Associations with Executive Function in a Head Start Sample
Amber H. Beisly; Sherri Castle; Claudette Grinnell-Davis
Excellence in Education Journal, v12 n3 p40-78 2023
Children's Approaches to Learning (AtL) represents how children seek learning opportunities in their classrooms. It can include children's persistence, attention, and initiative. It has often been studied using a composite of a teacher-rated scale. However, person-centered approaches may account for heterogeneity in children's learning approaches, and it may be able to tease apart differences between AtL and other similar constructs, like Executive Function and social development. This study used Latent Profile Analysis in a study of Head Start children (n=355) ranging in age from 28 to 59 months. Five different profiles of children emerged, including those with low, medium, and high AtL and two unique profiles. Differences in social development and executive function emerged across the profiles. Implications for teachers are discussed, including ways to promote children's AtL.
Descriptors: Executive Function, Preschool Education, Low Income Students, Federal Programs, Cognitive Style, Teacher Attitudes, Rating Scales, Social Development, Preschool Children, Profiles, Child Development, Teaching Methods, Classroom Environment, Task Analysis, Cognitive Tests, Short Term Memory
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education
Audience: Teachers
Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Classroom Assessment Scoring System; Digit Span Test
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