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Lynn, Lisa N.; Cuskelly, Monica; Gray, Peter H. – Early Education and Development, 2021
Research Findings: This study examined performance on self-regulatory tasks, in addition to individual characteristics including cognitive ability, receptive and expressive language skills, planning, and behaviour as contributing factors to early learning difficulties. Twenty-nine children born with ELBW and 30 comparison children at four years of…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Self Control, Individual Characteristics, Cognitive Ability
Campbell, Lori Ann; Parcel, Toby L. – Journal of Family Issues, 2010
This study analyzes the effects of human, social, and financial capital on children's home environments in the United States and Great Britain by comparing a sample of 5- to 13-year-old children from the United States with a similar sample from Britain. In both countries, the authors find weaker home environments for boys, minority children, and…
Descriptors: Siblings, Preschool Children, Minority Group Children, Family Structure
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Parcel, Toby L.; And Others – Work and Occupations: An International Sociological Journal, 1996
Analysis of data from 1,067 9- to 12-year olds indicated that the most important determinants of children's reading and math achievement are their personal characteristics (such as gender, race, birth weight, number of siblings) and maternal cognitive ability. Parental work does not have a strong direct effect on achievement. (SK)
Descriptors: Children, Employed Parents, Employment Level, Mathematics Achievement
Sarant, Julia Z.; Holt, Colleen M.; Dowell, Richard C.; Rickards, Field W. – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2009
This article documented spoken language outcomes for preschool children with hearing loss and examined the relationships between language abilities and characteristics of children such as degree of hearing loss, cognitive abilities, age at entry to early intervention, and parent involvement in children's intervention programs. Participants were…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Language Acquisition, Deafness, Preschool Children
Petrill, Stephen A.; Deater-Deckard, Kirby – Intelligence, 2004
The current study employed a within-family adoption design to examine the genetic and environmental influences on general cognitive ability. A sample of 51 families with biological (mean age = 9.83 years, S.D. = 2.81) and adoptive children (mean age = 6.86, S.D. = 1.92) was selected from the larger "Northeast-Northwest Collaborative Adoption…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Family (Sociological Unit), Heredity, Environmental Influences