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Download full textRoberts, Blair E. – 1997
Defining environment as both the physical space and the people who are in it, this paper explored the effects of environment on a first-grade child. Urie Bronfenbrenner's theories on the effects of physical environment on children provided a conceptual foundation during the observation of Christy, a student at Lawrence School in Brookline,…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Grade 1
Patrick, Helen; And Others – 1995
Children's adjustment and achievement in first grade is crucial to subsequent long-term school success. This study investigated characteristics related to kindergarten and first-grade children's social competence and school adjustment: (1) associations between personality characteristics and social competence; (2) the contribution of social and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Context Effect, Elementary School Students, Grade 1
Schaefer, Earl S.; Edgerton, Marianna – 1979
Parent educational beliefs, behaviors, and values and family sociodemographic characteristics were analyzed to clarify antecedents of children's adaptation to school and academic achievement. Extensive parent interviews, test data, and teacher ratings during kindergarten, and achievement test scores during first grade, were collected for a sample…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Demography, Educational Attitudes, Elementary School Students
Turner, Ralph R.; Boulter, Linda K. – 1981
The validity of the interpersonal cognitive problem solving (ICPS) skills model of children's adjustment was investigated (1) by determining whether ICPS skills demonstrated during preschool predicted teacher ratings of adjustment in school during the next two years and (2) by assessing the objectivity of teacher ratings of adjustment through the…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Early Childhood Education, Grade 1, Interpersonal Competence
Chen, Jie-Qi – 1993
This study examined the effectiveness of Project Spectrum, an intervention program for at-risk students and an approach to assessment and curriculum development that identifies a child's area of strength and constructs the education and learning experiences around the child's competencies. A total of 119 students in 6 first grade classrooms…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Development, Competence, Curriculum Development
Taylor, Linda – 1991
This paper describes an experimental early intervention program called the Kindergarten and Elementary Intervention Program, which provides support for at-risk students, their parents, and teachers. It aims at the improvement of early school adjustment through approaches designed to accommodate a wide range of individual differences; improve and…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Grade 1, High Risk Students, Individual Differences
Hoge, Robert D.; Khan, Nishat Ali – 1994
In French immersion programs in Canadian public schools, kindergarten is taught all in French, and the proportion of French instruction gradually decreases thereafter until in seventh grade instruction is only 50 percent French. This study examined the psychological adjustment of a group of first-grade children who had been enrolled in an early…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Cognitive Measurement, Comparative Analysis
