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The Quality of Mathematics Instruction in Kindergarten: Associations with Students' Achievement and Motivation
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Mantzicopoulos, Panayota; French, Brian F.; Patrick, Helen – Elementary School Journal, 2019
We examined associations between the quality of kindergarten teachers' mathematics instruction and their students' achievement and motivation in mathematics. Using a sample of 20 kindergarten teachers and their 285 students, we rated 5 video-recorded mathematics lessons per teacher throughout the spring semester with the Mathematical Quality of…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Mathematics Instruction, Learning Motivation, Kindergarten
"I Tell Them I Know How to Do My ABCs!": Kindergartners' School-Related Conversations with Parents and Associations with Adjustment and Achievement
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Patrick, Helen; Johnson, Kiana R.; Mantzicopoulos, Panayota; Gray, DeLeon L. – Elementary School Journal, 2011
We examined kindergartners' (N = 160) reports of their conversations with parents about school, including whether parents ask about school, what parents ask about, what children tell them, and whether children want to tell their parents. We also investigated whether school adjustment and achievement were associated with either parent questions or…
Descriptors: School Activities, Females, Student Adjustment, Parent School Relationship