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Johnson, Anna D.; Schochet, Owen N.; Martin, Anne; Castle, Sherri; Horm, Diane; Phillips, Deborah A. – Developmental Psychology, 2022
Decades of research suggest that both Head Start and public pre-kindergarten (pre-k) programs boost low-income preschoolers' kindergarten skills. What is not yet well understood is whether there are relative advantages of transitioning from Head Start after 1 year into a school-based public pre-k program for the year immediately before…
Descriptors: Low Income Students, Preschool Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Thinking Skills
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Reynolds, Arthur J.; Richardson, Brandt A.; Lee, Sangyoo – Developmental Psychology, 2021
The Midwest Child-Parent Center (CPC) Expansion began preschool implementation in fall 2012 in 5 Minnesota and Illinois districts. This study reports preschool and kindergarten impact findings for the Saint Paul Public School District. It is the first impact study of CPC outside of Chicago. After documenting that implementation quality was…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Preschool Children, Kindergarten, Program Effectiveness
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Cavadel, Elizabeth Woodburn; Frye, Douglas A. – Developmental Psychology, 2017
The current study investigated the role of theory of mind development in school readiness among 120 low-income preschool and kindergarten children. A short-term longitudinal design was used to examine relations among theory of mind, the understanding of teaching, and learning behaviors and their collective role in children's literacy and numeracy…
Descriptors: Theory of Mind, School Readiness, Low Income Groups, Preschool Children
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Romano, Elisa; Babchishin, Lyzon; Pagani, Linda S.; Kohen, Dafna – Developmental Psychology, 2010
In this article we replicate and extend findings from Duncan et al. (2007). The 1st study used Canada-wide data on 1,521 children from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY) to examine the influence of kindergarten literacy and math skills, mother-reported attention, and mother-reported socioemotional behaviors on 3rd-grade…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Prosocial Behavior, Mothers, Academic Achievement