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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"kindergarten entry"”.
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Effects of Kindergarten Entry Age on Writing Achievement
… examines if the age at which a child enters kindergarten has an effect on his or her writing achievement in kindergarten. The current literature finds a correlation between entry age and academic achievement; however, entry age does affect various groups of students differently. The purpose …
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Determining whether the age children enter kindergarten affects academic and social development
… was to determine whether the age children enter kindergarten has an effect on their behavior and academic and social development. This study examined age eligible children with summer birthdays who delayed kindergarten entry by one year and age eligible children with summer birthdays who started …
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Parent-Child Interaction in the Formation of Emotional and Social Competence: The Impact of Individual Differences and Cultural Variability
… children's development of social skills upon kindergarten entry. Results of sequential equation model analysis provided some support for the hypothesized model, wherein lower levels of child and parent negativity and higher levels of attachment security and parent emotion support were related …
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Latino American Children and School Readiness: The Role of Early Care Arrangements and Caregiver language
… between Latino and White children apparent by kindergarten. In coming years, researchers and policymakers will be confronted with the challenge of developing interventions, such as high quality child care, to better prepare Latino children for their entry into kindergarten. Findings from …
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Anxious Solitude and Peer Exclusion: Evidence for a Diathesis-Stress Model of Internalizing Trajectories in Childhood
… rejection was assessed by peer-report at school entry in kindergarten and every spring thereafter through 4 th grade. Results indicate that anxious solitude and peer exclusion co-occur in children soon after kindergarten entry, and that anxious solitary children who are excluded early on, in …
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Transition to Kindergarten: exploring concepts of worry, transition activities, and parent efficacy
Kindergarten entry is a significant -- and fairly common -- transition experienced by young children and their families. Put simply, it is often a drastic new experience for young children including new behavioral, social, and emotional demands and it remains difficult for many children (Cowan and …
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Academic socialization and the transition to elementary school : parents' conceptions of school readiness, practices, and children's academic achievement trajectories
By the time children enter kindergarten, significant socioeconomic and racial gaps in academic achievement exist (Coley, 2002; Rouse, Brooks-Gunn, & Mclanahan, 2005). Kindergarten is considered to be a pivotal point of educational transition, as academic achievement upon kindergarten entry is …
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Understanding School Readiness: The Interacting Roles of Executive Function and Teacher-Child Relationship Quality
… of a child’s preparedness for school prior to kindergarten entry. School readiness includes young children’s early academic skills, such as counting and recognizing letters, as well as their ability to behave appropriately in a classroom setting. Though both EF skills and teacher-child …
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Predicting Children’s Early School Outcomes from their Social-Regulatory Profiles: A Person-Centered Approach
… children’s social-regulatory processing prior to kindergarten entry and examine profile associations with individual and contextual predictors as well as first-grade academic and behavioral outcomes. Results supported four social-regulatory classes. Class membership was associated with early …
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Redshirting: A Critical, Historical Analysis of the Changing Theories, Policies, and Practices of Children's Transition into Kindergarten
… States have addressed children’s transition into kindergarten. It also considers how preparation for the transition to school is cause for concern that has varied greatly depending on the socio-economic conditions of children’s families. Redshirting is the term currently being used to define a …