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Christ, Tanya; Chiu, Ming Ming – Early Education and Development, 2018
Research Findings: Children learn most of their vocabulary incidentally, by hearing words used in their environment. This study explored which kinds of presentations of words, without any direct instruction, yielded greater depth of target word knowledge. Changes in 56 kindergartners' depth of knowledge for each of 23 novel target words (N =…
Descriptors: Vocabulary, Novelty (Stimulus Dimension), Incidental Learning, Kindergarten
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McLear, Caitlin; Trentacosta, Christopher J.; Smith-Darden, Joanne – Early Education and Development, 2016
Research Findings: Early reading and mathematics skills predict later academic success, and child self-regulation and secure parent-child relationships are both predictors of early academic skills. Self-regulatory and family relationship factors have rarely been studied together as predictors of early academic success in populations of young…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Family Relationship, Prediction, Self Control