Links between behavioral regulation and preschoolers' literacy, vocabulary, and math skills
Links between behavioral regulation and preschoolers' literacy, vocabulary, and math skills
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DOI:
10.1037/0012-1649.43.4.947
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发表时间:
2007-07-01
影响因子:
4
通讯作者:
Morrison, Frederick J.
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作者:
McClelland, Megan M.;Cameron, Claire E.;Morrison, Frederick J.
This study investigated predictive relations between preschoolers' (N = 310) behavioral regulation and emergent literacy, vocabulary, and math skills. Behavioral regulation was assessed using a direct measure called the Head-to-Toes Task, which taps inhibitory control, attention, and working memory, and requires children to perform the opposite of what is instructed verbally. Hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) was utilized because children were nested in 54 classrooms at 2 geographical sites. Results revealed that behavioral regulation significantly and positively predicted fall and spring emergent literacy, vocabulary, and math skills on the Woodcock Johnson Tests of Achievement (all ps