Children's ability to direct their attention and behavior to learning tasks provides a
foundation for healthy social and academic development in early schooling. Although an …

A considerable body of research indicates that children's executive function (EF) skills and
related school readiness constructs are important for early learning and long-term academic …

This study examined relations between children's attention span-persistence in preschool
and later school achievement and college completion. Children were drawn from the …

Indirect effects of preschool classroom indexes of teacher talk were tested on fourth‐grade
outcomes for 57 students from low‐income families in a longitudinal study of classroom and …

Reading in a Second Language: Moving from Theory to Practice Bill Grabe Table of
Contents Preface Section I: Foundations of Reading Comprehension 1. The Nature of …

The authors examined a new assessment of behavioral regulation and contributions to
achievement and teacher-rated classroom functioning in a sample (N= 343) of …

This report considers the Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) curriculum
throughout Europe. It explores the official curriculum, specified by national or regional …

Abstract Effects of a 1-semester professional development (PD) intervention that included
expert coaching with Head Start teachers were investigated in a randomized controlled trial …

This chapter examines internal consistency reliability and parent-teacher agreement on both
the English and Spanish versions of the Devereux Early Childhood Assessment (DECA) …

This study examined relations among early family risk, children's behavioral regulation at 54
months and kindergarten, and academic achievement in first grade using data on 1298 …