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Academic Socialization and the Transition to Kindergarten: Parental Beliefs about School Readiness and Involvement
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Puccioni, Jaime; Baker, Erin Ruth; Froiland, John Mark – Infant and Child Development, 2019
The current study examines associations among parents' school readiness beliefs, home-based involvement, and measures of school readiness using data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 2010-2011 (N = 13,999). A structural equation model was estimated, and results show that parents' school readiness beliefs and…
Descriptors: Socialization, Parent Attitudes, School Readiness, Correlation
Unsociability and Socio-Emotional Functioning in Young Chinese Children: A Short-Term Longitudinal Study
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Zhu, Jingjing; Baldwin, Danielle; Li, Yan; Xie, Qingbin; Coplan, Robert J. – Infant and Child Development, 2018
The goal of this study was to examine longitudinal associations among unsociability and indices of socio-emotional functioning in a sample of young Chinese children. Participants were N = 360 children (M[subscript age] = 4.72 years, SD = 0.67) recruited from kindergarten classes in an urban area of China. Assessments of unsociability and…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Young Children, Kindergarten
Childcare Experiences and Early School Outcomes: The Mediating Role of Executive Functions and Emotionality
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Son, Seung-Hee Claire; Chang, Young Eun – Infant and Child Development, 2018
The current study examined whether young children's executive functions and emotionality are related to childcare experiences and whether they work as mediators explaining the associations between childcare experiences and early school outcomes. Findings from a national sample of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)…
Descriptors: Child Care, Outcomes of Education, Executive Function, Interpersonal Competence
Multigrade Kindergarten Classrooms and Children's Academic Achievement, Executive Function, and Socioemotional Development
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Ansari, Arya – Infant and Child Development, 2017
Using data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study Kindergarten Class of 2010-2011 (n = 11,000), this study examined the developmental outcomes of 5-year-old children in multigrade classrooms (combined prekindergarten and kindergarten classrooms serving 3-, 4-, and 5-year-olds) compared with those of 5-year-olds attending kindergarten-only…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Multigraded Classes, Executive Function
How Preschoolers' Social-Emotional Learning Predicts Their Early School Success: Developing Theory-Promoting, Competency-Based Assessments
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Denham, Susanne A.; Bassett, Hideko H.; Zinsser, Katherine; Wyatt, Todd M. – Infant and Child Development, 2014
Starting on positive trajectories at school entry is important for children's later academic success. Using partial least squares, we sought to specify interrelations among all theory-based components of social-emotional learning (SEL), and their ability to predict later classroom adjustment and academic readiness in a modelling context.…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Executive Function, School Readiness
Task-Related Interactions between Kindergarten Children and Their Teachers: The Role of Emotional Security
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Thijs, Jochem T.; Koomen, Helma M. Y. – Infant and Child Development, 2008
This study examined the emotional security of kindergarten children in dyadic task-related interactions with their teachers. In particular, it examined the interrelations between security, task behaviours (persistence and independence), social inhibition, and teachers' support. Participants were 79 kindergartners (mean age = 69.7 months) and their…
Descriptors: Security (Psychology), Persistence, Inhibition, Kindergarten