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50 Years of ERIC
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Schooling Effects on Preschoolers' Self-Regulation, Early Literacy, and Language Growth
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Skibbe, Lori E.; Connor, Carol McDonald; Morrison, Frederick J.; Jewkes, Abigail M. – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2011
The present study examined the influence of schooling during children's first and second years of preschool for children who experienced different amounts of preschool (i.e., one or two years), but who were essentially the same chronological age. Children (n=76) were tested in the fall and spring of the school year using measures of…
Descriptors: Age, Young Children, Emergent Literacy, Preschool Education
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
Untangling the Effects of Shared Book Reading: Multiple Factors and Their Associations with Preschool Literacy Outcomes
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Hindman, Annemarie H.; Connor, Carol M.; Jewkes, Abigail M.; Morrison, Frederick J. – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2008
Evidence strongly suggests that shared book reading at home and in preschool is important for young children's development of the foundational skills required for the eventual mastery of decoding and comprehension. Yet the nuances of how learning from book reading might vary across these contexts and with children's skills are not well understood.…
Descriptors: Reading Aloud to Others, Emergent Literacy, Vocabulary Skills, Decoding (Reading)
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
Predicting Kindergarten Academic Skills: Interactions among Child Care, Maternal Education, and Family Literacy Environments.
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Christian, Kate; Morrison, Frederick J.; Bryant, Fred B. – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1998
Examined sources of children's reading, vocabulary, general information, mathematics, and letter-recognition skills upon entrance to kindergarten. Predictors included ethnicity, gender, child IQ, family environment, maternal education, and months in child care. Found the need for strong parental involvement in children's development and subsidized…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Day Care, Day Care Effects