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Supporting children who struggle with self-regulation : the role of early family risk and child care quality

Creator:: Pratt, Megan E.
Abstract:: Children's early self-regulation skills have long-term implications for a variety of academic, social, and health outcomes. Unfortunately, children facing multiple family risk factors (e.g., harsh parenting, economic disadvantage) are more likely to struggle with early self-regulation. Despite early disparities in self-regulation, promising intervention evidence suggests that high quality prekindergarten experiences...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: differences in children’s early self-regulation, with children characterized by the profile including high

Strengthening school readiness for children at risk : evaluating self-regulation measures and an intervention using classroom games

Creator:: Schmitt, Sara A.
Abstract:: In recent years, self-regulation has emerged as a foundational skill for academic success and well-being. Unfortunately, many children enter kindergarten without the self-regulation skills necessary to succeed. Children from high-risk backgrounds (e.g., low-income) are particularly vulnerable for difficulties in self-regulation development. Given these documented gaps in self-regulation, it has become...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: documented gaps in self-regulation, it has become critical to first identify children at risk for poor self

Predicting School Readiness Using Motor Skill Proficiency of At-Risk Preschoolers

Creator:: Tepfer, Amanda Taek Soon
Abstract:: Background: Early childhood is filled with incredible growth in all areas of development and offers a critical period for optimal learning (Lerner, 2002). During this critical period both motor skills (Bouffard, Watkinson, Thompson, Causgrove Dunn, & Romanow, 1996; Clark & Metcalfe, 2002; Lubans, Morgan, Cliff, Barnett, & Okely, 2010; Stodden...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: aspects of motor skills, were associated with better self-regulation skills. In addition, children

"And when they woke up... they were monkeys!" Using classroom games to improve preschoolers's behavioral self-regulation

Creator:: Tominey, Shauna L. M.
Abstract:: Behavioral self-regulation has emerged as an important predictor of academic success as early as preschool. Few studies, however, have examined ways to improve children's behavioral self-regulation in preschool, prior to formal school entry. This dissertation includes two studies examining a pilot intervention using classroom games to improve behavioral self-regulation with...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: designed to help children practice behavioral self-regulation skills. In the spring (time 2), children’s

An analysis of Maria Montessori’s theory of normalization in light of emerging research in self-regulation

Creator:: Lloyd, Kathleen M.
Abstract:: The regulation of behavior is a major issue in early childhood development, with important implications for children’s adaptive and maladaptive developmental outcomes. Emerging research suggests that the degree of successful self-regulation depends upon the efficiency of the child’s attentional system and that the ability to focus and sustain attention supports...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Maria Montessori’s Theory of Normalization In Light of Emerging Research in Self-Regulation

Can bullies become buddies? Evaluation of and theoretical support for an experiential education bully prevention curriculum with seventh grade students

Creator:: Battey, Glenda Jane Lundstedt
Abstract:: Bullying behavior has problematic psychosocial ramifications for the bully, victim, and bully/victims; these included issues with self-conceptions, perceived social support, and affect. Research has found that, if one can influence these psychosocial components, one may be able to reduce the potential for being victimized. The Bully Prevention Challenge Course Curriculum...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: IRS are valid and reliable self-report measures appropriate for children in middle school (Harter

Examining School-Day Physical Activity Opportunities and the Influence of Physical Activity at School on Weight Status in Rural Oregon Elementary School Children

Creator:: Hilberg, Evan M.
Abstract:: There is a known relationship between total physical activity (PA) and weight status in children; however, there is a paucity of data examining the prospective relationship between school day PA and obesity among rural elementary school children. A large number of cross-sectional studies have demonstrated that higher levels of PA...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: limited for elementary aged children in Oregon, self- report data among older children indicates that

Sex role discrimination, preference, and confirmation in preschool aged children

Creator:: Edelbrock, Craig S.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was the development of the Sex Role Learning Index (SERLI), a picture choice instrument for assessing the concepts of sex role discrimination, preference, and confirmation in young children. The SERLI consists of 60 black-and-white line drawings depicting common objects, child activities and adult activities and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ROLE DISCRIMINATION, PREFERENCE, AND CONFIRMATION IN PRE- SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN Abstract approved

Preoperational spatial representation among preschool children in small-scale space

Creator:: Kozick, Stephanie A.
Abstract:: This study examined the effects of stage of preoperational thought, sex and mode of exploration on preschoolers ability to represent a small-scale model configuration of objects. Forty-eight subjects between the ages of 2 years, 5 months and 5 years, 4 months were classed in spatial conceptualization as either Stage I...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: children in small-scale space AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Stephanie A. Kozick for the degree of Doctor

Validity of preschool language intervention programs

Creator:: Wright-Fromherz, Robin Elizabeth
Abstract:: The purpose of this research was to investigate the effectiveness of using an early childhood language intervention program with children who had been determined to be language delayed at the ages of 3, 4 and 5 and to determine how the early childhood langauge intervention program was associated with changes...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: of 57 children, both male and female, in the primary grades of two separate but comparable school

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Supporting children who struggle with self-regulation : the role of early family risk and child care quality

Strengthening school readiness for children at risk : evaluating self-regulation measures and an intervention using classroom games

Predicting School Readiness Using Motor Skill Proficiency of At-Risk Preschoolers

"And when they woke up... they were monkeys!" Using classroom games to improve preschoolers's behavioral self-regulation

An analysis of Maria Montessori’s theory of normalization in light of emerging research in self-regulation

Can bullies become buddies? Evaluation of and theoretical support for an experiential education bully prevention curriculum with seventh grade students

Examining School-Day Physical Activity Opportunities and the Influence of Physical Activity at School on Weight Status in Rural Oregon Elementary School Children

Sex role discrimination, preference, and confirmation in preschool aged children

Preoperational spatial representation among preschool children in small-scale space

Validity of preschool language intervention programs

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