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Forest Kindergarten: Fostering Ecological Cognition and Executive Function in Preschoolers
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Orr, Edna; Dorfberger, Shoshi – Early Child Development and Care, 2023
Forest learning has been encouraged globally in recent years as it regularly provides opportunities to interact with nature and one's own abilities. The contributions of forest and traditional kindergarten and home environment to children's ecological cognition and how ecological cognition relates to executive function (EF) is understudied.…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Natural Resources, Preschool Education, Executive Function
The Role of Environmental and Individual Factors in Pre-Academic Achievement for Kindergarten Children
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Orr, Edna; Shapira, Anat Adi; Caspi, Rinat – Early Child Development and Care, 2023
This study examined the effects of maternal and children's resources on school readiness, literacy achievements, and reading motivation in children. The participants included children (N = 180) (124 girls; 56 boys) from 19 kindergartens, their mothers, and their kindergarten teachers. Mothers reported on their working hours, interaction quality,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Readiness, Kindergarten, Mothers
Maternal Socio-Ecological Antecedents and Children's School Readiness
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Orr, Edna; Caspi, Rinat – Educational and Developmental Psychologist, 2021
Objective: This study aimed to examine the effects of maternal demographics, interaction quality, and children's gender on school readiness using different informants. Method: Participants recruited for this study included 25 kindergarten teachers, 271 mothers, and their kindergarten children (169 girls and 102 boys with a mean age of 4.28 years).…
Descriptors: Mothers, Individual Characteristics, School Readiness, Gender Differences