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Children's Initial Sentiments about Kindergarten: Is School Liking an Antecedent of Early Classroom Participation and Achievement?
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Ladd, Gary W.; Buhs, Eric S.; Seid, Michael – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 2000
Examined relationship between school liking, classroom participation, and achievement with 200 entering kindergartners. Found greater support for the premise that school liking fosters classroom participation and achievement than for contention that early participation and achievement increases school liking or identification. Found that…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Behavior, Class Activities, Kindergarten
Peer Rejection as an Antecedent of Young Children's School Adjustment: An Examination of Mediating Processes.
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Buhs, Eric S.; Ladd, Gary W. – Developmental Psychology, 2001
Used short-term longitudinal design to examine peer relations processes that may mediate relation between peer rejection and kindergartners' emotional and academic adjustment. Structural equation modeling results supported hypothesis that negative peer treatment and classroom participation partially mediated the relationship between rejection and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Kindergarten Children, Loneliness
Children's Social and Scholastic Lives in Kindergarten: Related Spheres of Influence?
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Ladd, Gary W.; Birch, Sondra H.; Buhs, Eric S. – Child Development, 1999
Two studies examined a "child x environment" model of early school adjustment. Findings indicated that entry factors directly and indirectly influenced behavior, participation, and achievement in kindergarten. Initial behavioral orientation influenced the type of relationships formed with peers and teachers. Stressful aspects of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, At Risk Persons, Child Behavior, Children