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Amukune, Stephen; Józsa, Gabriella; Józsa, Krisztián – International Journal of Early Childhood, 2023
Cross-national comparisons represent an avenue for investigating milestones achieved by one region that can help improve standards in another country. This study compares the development of executive functioning in Hungarian and Kenyan preschoolers as they prepare for school readiness. The study's cross-sectional design entailed sampling…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Executive Function, School Readiness
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Amukune, Stephen; Barrett, Karen Caplovitz; Szabó, Norbert; Józsa, Krisztián – International Journal of Early Childhood, 2023
Performance-based tools to assess school readiness domains such as Approaches to Learning are lacking in Low and Middle-Income Countries such as Kenya. This study aims to develop the Kenyan version of the FOCUS app (Finding Out Children's Unique Strengths), a game-like computer tablet assessment of two Approaches to Learning domains: mastery…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Games, Handheld Devices, Mastery Learning
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Willoughby, Michael T.; Piper, Benjamin; Oyanga, Arbogast; Merseth King, Katherine – Developmental Science, 2019
Most of what is known about the association between children's executive function (EF) and school readiness skills is derived from research conducted in Western countries. We tested whether these associations were evident in a middle-income country context. Participants were 1,480 children, aged 4-7 years old, who participated in an endline…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Executive Function, Early Childhood Education, School Readiness