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Direct linkWhite, Lisa J.; Greenfield, Daryl B. – Developmental Science, 2017
A growing percentage of low-income children in the United States come from Spanish-speaking homes and are dual language learners (DLLs). Recent research shows that bilingual children, compared to monolinguals, have enhanced executive functioning (EF), a set of foundational cognitive skills that predict higher social-emotional competence and…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Preschool Children, Disadvantaged Youth, Spanish Speaking
