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Examining Relations between Performance on Non-Verbal Executive Function and Verbal Self-Regulation Tasks in Demographically-Diverse Populations
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Dutra, Natália B.; Chen, Lydia; Anum, Adote; Burger, Oskar; Davis, Helen E.; Dzokoto, Vivian A.; Fong, Frankie T. K.; Ghelardi, Sabrina; Mendez, Kimberly; Messer, Emily J. E.; Newhouse, Morgan; Nielsen, Mark G.; Ramos, Karlos; Rawlings, Bruce; dos Santos, Renan A. C.; Silveira, Lara G. S.; Tucker-Drob, Elliot M.; Legare, Cristine H. – Developmental Science, 2022
Self-regulation is a widely studied construct, generally assumed to be cognitively supported by executive functions (EFs). There is a lack of clarity and consensus over the roles of specific components of EFs in self-regulation. The current study examines the relations between performance on (a) a self-regulation task (Heads, Toes, Knees Shoulders…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Self Control, Short Term Memory, Visual Perception
Patterns of Cognitive and Social-Emotional Parental Stimulation Practices among Ghanaian Kindergarteners
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Noelle M. Suntheimer; Emily M. Weiss; Esinam Ami Avornyo; Sharon Wolf – Grantee Submission, 2024
Across geographically diverse samples, engagement in stimulating activities with young children is considered an important element of parenting that promotes cognitive, behavioral, and social-emotional development. Indicators of stimulation activities are often summed, based on the assumption that more stimulation is better and that different…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Social Emotional Learning, Play, Kindergarten
The Codevelopment of Early Social and Cognitive Skills in Ghana
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Chen Li; Noelle M. Suntheimer; Drew H. Bailey; Sharon Wolf – Grantee Submission, 2025
Children's early skills are strong predictors of later learning outcomes. Research aiming to disentangle the causal effects of early skills from unmeasured, stable characteristics related to learning throughout development demonstrates that unmeasured confounders explain a large portion of the effects of early skills previously identified. To…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Competence, Thinking Skills, School Readiness
The Co-Development of Early Social and Cognitive Skills in Ghana
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Chen Li; Noelle Suntheimer; Drew Bailey; Sharon Wolf – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2024
Background/Context: School readiness refers to the foundational skills and behaviors children leverage as they begin kindergarten, including a combination of early academics, executive function (EF), and social-emotional competencies. In both high-income and low- and middle-income countries, these early skills collectively enable children to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Competence, Thinking Skills, School Readiness
The Role of Executive Function and Social-Emotional Skills in the Development of Literacy and Numeracy during Preschool: A Cross-Lagged Longitudinal Study
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Wolf, Sharon; McCoy, Dana Charles – Developmental Science, 2019
The majority of evidence on the interplay between academic and non-academic skills comes from high-income countries. The aim of this study was to examine the bidirectional associations between Ghanaian children's executive function, social-emotional, literacy, and numeracy skills longitudinally. Children (N = 3,862; M age = 5.2 years at time 1)…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Young Children, Literacy, Numeracy
Year 3 Follow-Up of the 'Quality Preschool for Ghana' Interventions on Child Development
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Wolf, Sharon – Developmental Psychology, 2019
Governments around the world are increasing investments in early childhood education as a way to promote children's learning and development. As research grows on the longer-term effects of early educational programs, some have hypothesized that sustained impacts may depend on the quality of children's subsequent classroom environments and may be…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Education, Early Childhood Education, Intervention