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Download full textBeller, Simone – Bernard van Leer Foundation (NJ1), 2008
The ways in which children learn a language--be it their mother tongue or their second language--can have a strong influence on their success in school. Researchers in linguistics and early child development have tried to determine the factors that can help and hinder language acquisition in young children, with some conflicting results. In this…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Disadvantaged Youth, Young Children, Migrant Children
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This study tested a conceptual model of a psychosocial pathway to academic competence in preschool. Developmental theory and research with older children suggest that social and psychological factors could have a significant impact on young children's learning and school readiness. Children in 3 preschool classrooms (N = 31) participated. Mothers'…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Peer Acceptance, School Readiness, Preschool Curriculum
Essa, Eva L., Ed.; Burnham, Melissa M., Ed. – National Association for the Education of Young Children, 2009
Best practice is based on knowledge--not on beliefs or guesses--about how children learn and develop. This volume contains 20 overviews of research on aspects of young children's social, emotional, cognitive, or physical development, as well as how the findings can be applied in the classroom. Originally "Research in Review" articles in NAEYC's…
Descriptors: Research, Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Child Development
Rapee, Ronald M.; Kennedy, Susan; Ingram, Michelle; Edwards, Susan; Sweeney, Lynne – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2005
This article reports results from an early intervention program aimed at preventing the development of anxiety in preschool children. Children were selected if they exhibited a high number of withdrawn/inhibited behaviors--one of the best identified risk factors for later anxiety disorders--and were randomly allocated to either a 6-session…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Public Health, Preschool Children, Anxiety
Gleason, Tracy R.; Gower, Amy L.; Hohmann, Lisa M.; Gleason, Terry C. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2005
The influence of three components of temperament (activity level, impulsivity, and soothability) on children's friendships was investigated. Children (40 girls, 35 boys) aged 43 to 69 months responded to a sociometric interview and teachers provided temperament ratings. The probability of children choosing particular classmates as friends was…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Personality Traits, Friendship, Correlation
Hastings, Paul D.; Rubin, Kenneth H.; DeRose, Laura – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2005
Prosocial behavior encompasses sympathetic, helpful, and caring responses toward others. Temperamental characteristics and experiences of child rearing are associated with children's prosocial behavior. However, little research has examined the associations between prosocial behavior and either temperamental inhibition or paternal child rearing.…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Inhibition, Prosocial Behavior, Psychological Patterns
Trevlas, Efthimios; Matsouka, Ourania; Zachopoulou, Evridiki – Early Child Development and Care, 2003
Previous research has noted a corresponding relationship between young children's play and divergent thinking ability. This study examined how far fluency and flexibility in movement patterns' production, as indicatory elements of divergent thinking and critical thinking, are related to a variety of psychological elements (physical spontaneity,…
Descriptors: Play, Humor, Creativity, Creative Thinking
Szewczyk-Sokolowski, Margaret; Bost, Kelly K.; Wainwright, Ada B. – Social Development, 2005
This study examined the relations between preschool children's attachment security, temperament, and peer acceptance. Ninety-eight preschool children and their mothers were recruited through childcare centers in the southeast. Mothers and their children participated in two two-hour home observations. Attachment security was assessed using the…
Descriptors: Mothers, Preschool Children, Attachment Behavior, Personality
Rothbaum, Fred; Nagaoka, Rika; Ponte, Iris C. – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2006
Western investigators assume that caregiver sensitivity takes similar forms and has similar outcomes in all cultures. However, cultural research suggests that sensitivity in the West has more to do with responsiveness to children's explicit expression of need, and that sensitivity in non-Western communities has more to do with anticipation of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Cues, Preschool Children
Wachs, Theodore D.; Gurkas, Pinar; Kontos, Susan – Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2004
Working within a person-process-context framework, we investigated the relation of the level of preschool children's compliance to child temperament, caregiver-child interaction in the child care setting, child care quality, and contextual chaos. Participants were 86 preschoolers and their teachers. Our database included both questionnaires and…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Predictor Variables, Compliance (Psychology), Child Behavior
Yeung, W. Jean; Conley, Dalton – National Poverty Center, University of Michigan, 2006
This paper examines the extent to which family wealth affects the race-child achievement association for young children based on data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. We found little evidence that wealth mediates the black-white test scores gap. However, liquid assets, particularly holding in stocks and mutual funds, are positively…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, At Risk Students, Personality Traits, African American Students
Lansford, Jennifer E., Ed.; Deater-Deckard, Kirby, Ed.; Bornstein, Marc H., Ed. – Guilford Publications, 2007
How do some families successfully negotiate the linguistic, cultural, and psychological challenges of immigration, while others struggle to acculturate? This volume explores the complexities of immigrant family life in North America and analyzes the individual and contextual factors that influence health and well-being. Synthesizing cutting-edge…
Descriptors: Public Policy, Intervention, Educational Development, Child Rearing
