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Direct linkLi, Fang; Jiang, Yong; Zhang, Beibei; Zhu, Xingjian; Sha, Tianyan – Early Child Development and Care, 2023
This study aimed to examine the effects of rater, age and gender on the relationship between theory of mind (ToM) and preschoolers' social competence with peers (SCP). A sample of 152 Chinese urban children aged 4 to 6 years (78 boys and 74 girls) were given ToM scale. Their SCP was measured by teacher report and parent report. There were three…
Descriptors: Theory of Mind, Interpersonal Competence, Peer Relationship, Foreign Countries
Bulotsky-Shearer, Rebecca J.; Bell, Elizabeth R.; Carter, Tracy M.; Dietrich, Sandy L. R. – Early Education and Development, 2014
Research Findings: The present study examined the degree to which the association between interactive peer play and academic skills was dependent upon the level of classroom quality for a representative sample of culturally and linguistically diverse urban Head Start children (N = 304 children across 53 classrooms). Peer play interactions within…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Play, Peer Relationship, Economically Disadvantaged
Stylianides, Andreas J.; Stylianides, Gabriel J. – Urban Education, 2011
Research showed that children's school-entry academic skills are strong predictors of their later achievement, thereby highlighting the importance of children's achievement at kindergarten entry. This article defines a particular type of parental involvement in children's education and uses a representative sample of American urban kindergarteners…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Parent Child Relationship, Kindergarten, Urban Youth
Bulotsky-Shearer, Rebecca J.; Bell, Elizabeth R.; Romero, Sandy L.; Carter, Tracy M. – Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2012
The study employed a developmental, ecological, and resiliency framework to examine whether interactive peer play competencies mediated associations between teacher reported problem behavior and learning outcomes for a representative sample of urban low-income children (N = 507 across 46 Head Start classrooms). Structural equation models provided…
Descriptors: Play, Structural Equation Models, Disadvantaged Youth, Organizations (Groups)
Carson, Cynthia J. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to examine if there was a difference between mean measures of preliteracy skills of preschool children who participated in Creating Young Readers, a volunteer based reading program, and a control group who had not. Unpaid community volunteers were trained in a modified dialogic reading technique, focusing on…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Volunteers, Preschool Children, Emergent Literacy
Download full textZhai, Fuhua; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne; Waldfogel, Jane – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2010
In this study, the authors used data from a large longitudinal birth cohort study of primarily low-income children in urban areas, the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (FFCWS), to investigate the effects of Head Start participation on children's school readiness. The fact that their sample was mainly made up of disadvantaged families…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Reference Groups, Disadvantaged Youth, Urban Areas
Goodway, Jacqueline D. – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (JOPERD), 2009
Little attention has been given to the developmental process of "how children learn to move" and the changing role that emerging motor competence may play in children and youths' physical activity levels as they grow. But we need to recognize that there is a developmental trajectory to physical activity and the factors that affect it if we are…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level, Urban Youth, Young Children
