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Zucker, Tricia A.; Jacbos, Erin; Cabell, Sonia Q. – Early Education and Development, 2021
Research Findings: This study used the Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF) to examine barriers to teachers’ implementation of a supplemental academic language curricula. Despite high satisfaction with this scripted curriculum, three past studies indicated heterogeneity in teachers’ fidelity of implementing the curriculum as well as difficulty…
Descriptors: Barriers, Preschool Teachers, Academic Language, Curriculum Implementation
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Cuevas, Kimberly; Hubble, Morgan; Bell, Martha Ann – Early Education and Development, 2012
Research Findings: This study examined whether children's executive functions before kindergarten would predict variance in executive functions after kindergarten. We obtained behavioral (working memory task performance), parent-reported (temperament-based inhibitory control), and psychophysiological (working memory-related changes in heart rate…
Descriptors: Metabolism, Personality, Psychophysiology, Parent Attitudes
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Thierry, Karen L.; Bryant, Heather L.; Nobles, Sandra Speegle; Norris, Karen S. – Early Education and Development, 2016
Research Findings: Students experienced a mindfulness program designed to enhance their self-regulation in prekindergarten and kindergarten. At the end of the 1st year of the program, these students showed improvements in teacher-reported executive function skills, specifically related to working memory and planning and organizing, whereas…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Self Control, Kindergarten, Preschool Children
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Graziano, Paulo A.; Garb, Leanna R.; Ros, Rosmary; Hart, Katie; Garcia, Alexis – Early Education and Development, 2016
Research Findings: The objective of this study was to examine the student-teacher relationship as a potential moderator of the link between executive functioning (EF) and children's early school readiness among a clinical sample of preschoolers with externalizing behavior problems (EBP). Participants for the study included 139 preschool children…
Descriptors: Executive Function, School Readiness, Short Term Memory, Standardized Tests
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Wanless, Shannon B.; McClelland, Megan M.; Acock, Alan C.; Chen, Fu-Mei; Chen, Jo-Lin – Early Education and Development, 2011
Research Findings: Behavioral regulation (the integration of attention, working memory, and inhibitory control) is critical for school readiness and early academic achievement. In Taiwan, however, where academic success is highly valued, there is a dearth of assessments available to measure young children's behavioral regulation. The present study…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Academic Achievement, Young Children, Short Term Memory
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Vasconcelos, Teresa; Walsh, Daniel J. – Early Education and Development, 2001
Analyzes how one teacher builds community in the daily life of her Portuguese public kindergarten classroom. Focuses on six themes: membership, awareness, negotiation, responsibility, ritual, and group memory. Concludes with a discussion of the teacher's practice and commitment to the community of the classroom. (Author/SD)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Community, Foreign Countries, Kindergarten
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Pesch, Annelise; Koenig, Melissa A. – Early Education and Development, 2023
Research Findings: Although work across developmental and educational psychology reveals that trust impacts children's acceptance of claims and that teacher-student relationships impact learning outcomes, little work has integrated these literatures to better understand how students' trust in their teacher facilitates learning. In the present…
Descriptors: Prediction, Preschool Children, Preschool Teachers, Teacher Student Relationship
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Leyva, Diana; Nolivos, Virginia – Early Education and Development, 2015
Research Findings: This study examined the relation between Chilean parents' narrative participatory styles (i.e., the way in which parents scaffold children's participation in conversations) and children's self-regulation skills. A total of 210 low-income Chilean parent-child dyads participated in the study. Dyads were videotaped talking about a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Memory, Emotional Response, Children