ERIC Number: EJ1329121
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 16
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
EISSN: EISSN-1467-8624
The Development of Uncertainty Monitoring during Kindergarten: Change and Longitudinal Relations with Executive Function and Vocabulary in Children from Low-Income Backgrounds
Christopher R. Gonzales; Alexis Merculief; Megan M. McClelland; Simona Ghetti
Child Development, v93 n2 p524-539 Mar-Apr 2022
Children's ability to monitor subjective feelings of uncertainty (i.e., engage in uncertainty monitoring) is a central metacognitive skill. In the current study, we examined the development of uncertainty monitoring as well as its relations with vocabulary and executive function development in children (N = 137, 52% female) from predominately White and Latinx/Hispanic backgrounds when they were 4-6 years old and enrolled in a Head Start preschool and kindergarten between 2018 and 2019. We found that children's uncertainty monitoring improved during the kindergarten year. Children's executive function and vocabulary in preschool and vocabulary growth from preschool to kindergarten predicted uncertainty monitoring at the end of kindergarten, which sheds new light on potential mechanisms supporting children's metacognitive development.
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Metacognition, Executive Function, Vocabulary Development, Low Income Students, Preschool Children, White Students, Hispanic American Students, Disadvantaged Youth, Preschool Education
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Related Records: ED618059
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Kindergarten; Primary Education; Preschool Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED); Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) (DHHS/NIH)
Authoring Institution: N/A
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R305A150192; 1F32HD09789601