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50 Years of ERIC
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Behavioral Self-Regulation and Relations to Emergent Academic Skills among Children in Germany and Iceland
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von Suchodoletz, Antje; Gestsdottir, Steinunn; Wanless, Shannon B.; McClelland, Megan M.; Birgisdottir, Freyja; Gunzenhauser, Catherine; Ragnarsdottir, Hrafnhildur – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2013
The present study investigated a direct assessment of behavioral self-regulation (the Head-Toes-Knees-Shoulders; HTKS) and its contribution to early academic achievement among young children in Germany and Iceland. The authors examined the psychometric properties and construct validity of the HTKS, investigated gender differences in young…
Descriptors: Validity, Rating Scales, Performance Based Assessment, Cultural Differences
Relations between Preschool Attention Span-Persistence and Age 25 Educational Outcomes
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McClelland, Megan M.; Acock, Alan C.; Piccinin, Andrea; Rhea, Sally Ann; Stallings, Michael C. – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2013
This study examined relations between children's attention span-persistence in preschool and later school achievement and college completion. Children were drawn from the Colorado Adoption Project using adopted and non-adopted children (N = 430). Results of structural equation modeling indicated that children's age 4 attention span-persistence…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Persistence, Outcomes of Education, Educational Attainment
Relations between Early Family Risk, Children's Behavioral Regulation, and Academic Achievement
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Sektnan, Michaella; McClelland, Megan M.; Acock, Alan; Morrison, Frederick J. – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2010
This study examined relations among early family risk, children's behavioral regulation at 54 months and kindergarten, and academic achievement in first grade using data on 1298 children from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development. Family risk was indexed by ethnic…
Descriptors: Family Income, Structural Equation Models, Academic Achievement, Elementary School Students
The Impact of Kindergarten Learning-Related Skills on Academic Trajectories at the End of Elementary School
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McClelland, Megan M.; Acock, Alan C.; Morrison, Frederick J. – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2006
Recent research indicates that children's learning-related skills (including self-regulation and social competence) contribute to early school success. The present study investigated the relation of kindergarten learning-related skills to reading and math trajectories in 538 children between kindergarten and sixth grade, and examined how children…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Cognitive Style, Self Management, Interpersonal Competence
The Emergence of Learning-Related Social Skills in Preschool Children.
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McClelland, Megan M.; Morrison, Frederick J. – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2003
Examined the nature and stability of teacher ratings of early learning-related social skills in 72 preschoolers (3 to 4 years old) and again 1 year later. Confirmatory factor analysis using structural equation modeling revealed that a construct labeled "learning-related social skills," tapping self-control, cooperation, assertion, and mastery…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Assertiveness, Child Development, Cooperation
Children at Risk for Early Academic Problems: The Role of Learning-Related Social Skills.
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McClelland, Megan M.; Morrison, Frederick J.; Holmes, Deborah L. – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2000
Examined the association of work-related skills--such as listening skills, cooperation, self-control--to academic outcomes at kindergarten entry and end of second grade. Found that work-related skills predicted variance in academic outcomes at both times, after kindergarten academic score and background variables were controlled. Children with…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, At Risk Persons, Comparative Analysis, Early Childhood Education