ERIC Number: ED646700
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 40
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Associations between Preschool Cognitive and Behavioral Skills and College Enrollment: Evidence from the Chicago School Readiness Project
Xinyu S. Pan; Chen Li; Tyler W. Watts
Grantee Submission
The current paper examines associations between preschool cognitive and behavioral skills and indicators of college enrollment in a sample (n = 379) of primarily Black and Hispanic youth growing up in low-income areas of Chicago. Although we found that most early cognitive and behavioral skills were only weakly or moderately related to later college enrollment, a rating of preschool attention and impulsivity control was a relatively strong predictor. Across most models tested, attention and impulsivity control, executive functioning, and effortful control produced predicted probabilities that were similar in magnitude, or larger, than the effects produced by early math and literacy. There was no indication that early behavioral difficulties were substantive predictors of college enrollment. These descriptive findings suggest that in a low-income sample of children, some early cognitive capabilities related to attention and EF predict longer-term college enrollment. We discuss implications for developmental theory and suggest that caution should be applied when projecting likely effects of early skill-focused interventions. [This paper was published in "Developmental Psychology" v59 n3 p474-486 2022.]
Related Records: EJ1372291
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED); Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) (DHHS/NIH)
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Identifiers - Location: Illinois (Chicago)
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R305A190521; R01HD046160