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The Relation between Parental Involvement and School Readiness: The Mediating Role of Preschoolers' Self-Regulation Skills
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Polat, Özgül; Bayindir, Dilan – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
This study investigates the relations between school readiness and self-regulation skills of preschool children and parental involvement towards education of their preschool children. More specifically, we focused on the mediation role of preschoolers' self-regulation skills on the relation between parental involvement and school readiness. The…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, School Readiness, Correlation, Metacognition
Airbag Moderation: The Definition and Statistical Implementation of a New Methodological Model
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Hall, James; Malmberg, Lars-Erik; Lindorff, Ariel; Baumann, Nicole; Sammons, Pam – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2020
This paper presents a new methodological model termed Airbag Moderation: That the relationship between two variables varies as a function of a third, and that this third variable depends upon one of the others. Airbag Moderation extends and bridges a number of theories and it can be implemented using existing statistical models and software…
Descriptors: Multivariate Analysis, Models, Evaluation Methods, Educational Research
Parent and Child Attitudinal Factors in a Model of Children's Print-Concept Knowledge
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Dobbs-Oates, Jennifer; Pentimonti, Jill M.; Justice, Laura M.; Kaderavek, Joan N. – Journal of Research in Reading, 2015
The present study investigates the role of attitudinal variables, such as children's literacy interest and parents' reading beliefs, in conjunction with home literacy activities (HLA), in predicting children's print-concept knowledge. The objective of the study is to test a theoretical model describing the relationship among these variables. This…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Childhood Attitudes, Preschool Children, Low Income Groups
A Review of 25 Years of Research in Bidirectionality in Parent-Child Relationships: An Examination of Methodological Approaches
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Paschall, Katherine W.; Mastergeorge, Ann M. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2016
The concept of bidirectionality represents a process of mutual influence between parent and child, whereby each influences the other as well as the dyadic relationship. Despite the widespread acceptance of bidirectional models of influence, there is still a lack of integration of such models in current research designs. Research on…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Educational History, Parent Child Relationship, Interaction
The Dimensionality of Language Ability in Four-Year-Olds: Construct Validation of a Language Screening Tool
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Klem, Marianne; Gustafsson, Jan-Eric; Hagtvet, Bente – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2015
The Norwegian government recommends a systematic language assessment of all four-year-olds as part of the general health surveillance program for the purpose of identifying children at risk of language delay. This study aimed to investigate the construct validity of the recommended language screening tool called LANGUAGE4 [SPRÅK4] by first…
Descriptors: Norwegian, Language Skills, Construct Validity, Language Tests
The Relations among Young Children's Peer-Reported Trustworthiness, Inhibitory Control, and Preschool Adjustment
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Rotenberg, K. J.; Michalik, N.; Eisenberg, N.; Betts, L. R. – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2008
Sixty-five (38 male and 27 female) preschool children (mean age=5 years 1 month) completed measures of peers' trustworthiness (promise keeping and secret keeping). Teachers rated the preschool children's inhibitory control, trustworthiness, and preschool adjustment. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) yielded support for the hypothesized model. The…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Preschool Children, Inhibition, Credibility
Structural Model of Head Start Classroom Quality.
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Abbott-Shim, Martha; Lambert, Richard; McCarty, Frances – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2000
Developed, tested, and validated a model of Head Start classroom quality incorporating characteristics and beliefs of teachers and aides and classroom structural dimensions. Found that teacher/aide education level directly affected inappropriate beliefs, which impacted inappropriate instructional activities, which influenced classroom quality.…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Educational Quality, Individualized Instruction, Models