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Jackowicz, Stephen, Ed.; Sahin, Ismail, Ed. – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2021
"Proceedings of International Conference on Humanities, Social and Education Sciences" includes full papers presented at the International Conference on Humanities, Social and Education Sciences (iHSES), which took place on April 22-25, 2021, in New York, New York. The aim of the conference is to offer opportunities to share ideas, to…
Descriptors: Audio Equipment, Information Dissemination, History Instruction, Foreign Students
Children Now, 2018
Lack of progress for improving the lives of kids is unacceptable. All children need stability and a path to opportunity. This is true for nearly half of California's children who live in low-income families, where caregivers struggle to afford the quality support and services they need for their kids. This is also true for the approximately…
Descriptors: Infants, Toddlers, Early Childhood Education, Kindergarten
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Guhn, Martin; Zumbo, Bruno D.; Janus, Magdalena; Hertzman, Clyde – Social Indicators Research, 2011
This paper delineates general validity and research questions that are underlying an ongoing program of research pertaining to the Early Development Instrument (EDI, Janus and Offord 2007), a population-level measure, on which teachers rate kindergarten children's developmental outcomes in the social, emotional, physical, cognitive, and…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Research Methodology, Social Indicators, Kindergarten
Colorado Children's Campaign, 2019
The 2020 Census risks undercounting thousands of young Colorado children, depriving communities of federal funding and political representation for the next decade. Children under age 5 are more likely to be missed by the census than any other age group, with children of color, non-English speakers, and kids living in high poverty communities at…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Federal Aid, Preschool Children, Poverty
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Searle, Amelia Kate; Miller-Lewis, Lauren R.; Sawyer, Michael G.; Baghurst, Peter A. – Early Education and Development, 2013
The aim of this prospective study was to identify preschool factors that are associated with children's classroom engagement during their 1st school year. The study was guided by a social-motivational process model that highlights the importance of parent-child and teacher-child relationships in promoting engagement. In preschool, parents and…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Kindergarten, Learner Engagement, Parent Child Relationship
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Wong, Yau Ho P. – Early Child Development and Care, 2010
Previous research has rarely examined teachers' perceptions of school culture (perceived school culture) and well-being in Hong Kong's non-profit-making (NPM) and profit-making (PM) kindergartens. Thus, the purpose of this study was twofold: first, it examined the relationships between Hong Kong kindergarten teachers' perceived school culture and…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Kindergarten, Teacher Attitudes, Well Being
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Claessens, Amy; Duncan, Greg; Engel, Mimi – Economics of Education Review, 2009
Children enter kindergarten with disparate rudimentary reading and mathematics skills; capabilities for paying attention, sitting still and making friends; mental health; and inclinations for aggressive behavior. The role of these characteristics in producing fifth-grade school achievement is the subject of this paper. We find considerable impacts…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Student Characteristics, Mathematics Skills, Reading Skills
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Snyder, James; Bullard, Lisa; Wagener, Alexandra; Leong, Pek Kuan; Snyder, John; Jenkins, Melissa – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2009
The development of child anxiety and depressive symptoms from mean ages 5.3 to 9.3 years was examined in a community sample of 133 girls and 134 boys, using parent and teacher ratings. Reliable individual differences in anxiety and depressive symptoms at mean age 5.3 and in their change to mean age 9.3 were observed, with significant correlations…
Descriptors: Emotional Problems, Children, Depression (Psychology), Anxiety
Walsh, Anne – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The primary purpose of this study is to examine the connection between parent involvement and autonomy support, as well as the combined construct of autonomy supportive parent involvement, with internalized mental health symptoms. A secondary purpose of this study is to determine how certain parent demographics relate to attitudes and behaviors…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Parent Participation, Mental Health, Child Behavior
Dockett, Sue; Perry, Bob; Kearney, Emma – Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2010
At the state and local level, many school systems, districts and early childhood networks have developed approaches and programs to support children's transition to school. These programs often address school readiness. There are many definitions of school readiness. Some refer to the skills and attributes of individual children, defining it as…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Indigenous Populations, Foreign Countries, Best Practices
Cavagnaro, Elizabeth; Mindnich, Jessica Dalesandro; Arac, Derya; Roaseau, Ashley – Children Now, 2014
There is strong consensus in California and in the country around the notions of equal opportunity for all children, and giving kids a chance of having it better than their parents. The reality in California is that most families lack the means and resources to provide their children with the basic building blocks of a productive life in the 21st…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, At Risk Students, Academic Achievement
Wolfgang, Jeff Drayton – ProQuest LLC, 2013
National educational achievement statistics show that academic underachievement is a significant problem for all students in the United States and for culturally diverse students in particular. The relationship of attachment and its interaction with traumatic stress has been proposed as an alternative explanation for the persistent…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Underachievement, Student Diversity, Stress Variables
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Lee, Susanne S.; August, Gerald J.; Gewirtz, Abigail H.; Klimes-Dougan, Bonnie; Bloomquist, Michael L.; Realmuto, George M. – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2010
This study reports psychosocial characteristics of a sample of 111 children (K to 2nd grade) and their mothers who were living in urban supportive housings. The aim of this study was to document the various types and degree of risk endemic to this population. First, we describe the psychosocial characteristics of this homeless sample. Second, we…
Descriptors: Health Needs, Homeless People, Mothers, Family Programs
Li-Grining, Christine; Haas, Kelly – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2010
The Chicago School Readiness Project (CSRP), a randomized, classroom-based mental health intervention, aimed to improve teachers' behavior management of preschoolers' dysregulated behavior. The current follow-up study examines potential impacts on academic skills of first graders by enhancing their ATL. This investigation seeks to answer three…
Descriptors: Control Groups, School Readiness, Intervention, Structural Equation Models
Reid, Ethna R. – Forum on Public Policy Online, 2010
By presenting a brief general history of educators' efforts and struggles to influence the intellectual and social growth of young children, it will help the reader understand why the Exemplary Center for Reading Instruction (ECRI), a research and consulting group concerned with instructional practices, sought for and obtained funds from the U.S.…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Program Effectiveness, Psychomotor Skills
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