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

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    Tepfer, Amanda Taek Soon
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    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...
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    ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank my doctorate advisor and mentor Dr. Megan MacDonald for the time and

  • Moving Towards Academic Success and Life Long Learning

    Creator:
    Becker, Derek R.
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    Early learning skills, such as executive function (EF), are a key component of healthy development and predict long-term academic success. Yet many children are entering kindergarten without the necessary skills (including EF) that are needed to set them on a successful learning trajectory. Early prekindergarten classrooms that encourage a high...
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    provided feedback on both manuscripts. Megan MacDonald and Kathy Gunter provided feedback on the

  • The influence of family demographics and individual factors on school readiness : a focus on low-income Spanish-speaking English language learners

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    Díaz, Guadalupe
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    English Language Learners (ELLs) represent a culturally and linguistically diverse population in US schools. ELLs enter kindergarten with a range of academic and self-regulation skills, but can face multiple challenges navigating the school context (Zwiers, 2013). Previous research documents that low-income ELLs lagged behind in academic achievement, self-regulation, and English...
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    : ______________________________________________________ Megan M. McClelland English Language Learners (ELLs) represent a culturally and