EJ633373 PS532057
Title:
Children at Risk for Early Academic Problems: The Role of Learning-Related Social
Skills.
Author(s): McClelland, Megan M.; Morrison, Frederick J.; Holmes,
Deborah L.
Source: Early Childhood Research Quarterly, v15 n3 p307-29
2000
Publication Date: 2000
ISSN: 0885-2006
Language:
English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJMAR2002
Examined the association of work-related skills--such as listening skills, cooperation,
self-control--to academic outcomes at kindergarten entry and end of second grade.
Found that work-related skills predicted variance in academic outcomes at both
times, after kindergarten academic score and background variables were controlled.
Children with poor work-related
skills differed from overall sample on several
variables. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement; At
Risk Persons; Comparative Analysis; Early Childhood Education; Grade 2; *Interpersonal
Competence; Kindergarten; Longitudinal Studies; Low Achievement; Predictor Variables;
Student Adjustment; Student Behavior; *Young Children
