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Metacognitive Processes and Associations to Executive Function and Motivation during a Problem-Solving Task in 3-5 Year Olds
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Marulis, Loren M.; Nelson, Lindsey J. – Metacognition and Learning, 2021
Metacognition--knowledge, monitoring, and regulation of cognition--is key to learning and academic achievement. This is robustly supported for K-12 and higher education learners while empirical evidence in early childhood is encouraging but limited. To address these gaps in the literature, our first goal was to investigate early metacognition…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Executive Function, Learning Motivation, Problem Solving
Using a Cross-Cultural Conception of Play to Explore the Perspectives of Parents of Somali Heritage and Primary School Practitioners in an English Primary School
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Bishop, Elizabeth – Educational & Child Psychology, 2020
Aim(s): This research explored perspectives of play according to parents of Somali heritage and primary school practitioners, in an English primary school. At its core, it aimed to investigate the frequently overlooked cultural dimension of play and how this affects the education of Somali heritage children. The broader contentious concern of the…
Descriptors: Play, Cross Cultural Studies, Child Development, Elementary School Teachers
National Evaluation of Head Start Educational Services and Basic Educational Skills Initiative. Project Report 3: Child Outcomes: Individual Testing Battery for the Fall 1979 Cohort.
Wedell-Monnig, Jacelyn; McNeil, Judy T. – 1980
One of 10 reports in a longitudinal study of Project Head Start submitted by NTS Research Corporation to the Administration for Children, Youth and Families, this document presents the individual testing battery used for the fall 1979 cohort. The first chapter identifies the skill areas to be tested in an analysis of Project Head Start's…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Basic Skills, Child Development