Children's Early Interest-Based Activities in the Home and Subsequent Information Contributions and Pursuits in Kindergarten

Autor/inn/en	Neitzel, Carin; Alexander, Joyce M.; Johnson, Kathy E.
Titel	Children's Early Interest-Based Activities in the Home and Subsequent Information Contributions and Pursuits in Kindergarten
Quelle	In: Journal of Educational Psychology, 100 (2008) 4, S.782-797 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-0663
Schlagwörter	Kindergarten; Young Children; Childhood Interests; Childhood Attitudes; Student Interests; Longitudinal Studies; Learner Engagement; Student Motivation; Child Development + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Frühe Kindheit; Studieninteresse; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Schulische Motivation; Kindesentwicklung
Abstract	This study examined the early interests of 109 children and their subsequent information contributions and pursuits in kindergarten. Four groups of children with similar interests were identified on the basis of the children's profiles of activities in the home, tracked bimonthly for over a year. Activity patterns reflected conceptual, social, procedural, or creative interests. The role of early interests in understanding academic engagement was investigated, with gender, cognitive skill, and temperament statistically controlled. Observational data from throughout the school year revealed differences in the types of information that children contributed to discussions and pursued in class related to children's early interests. Findings enrich understanding of young children's academic behaviors and extend theoretical models of academic self-instruction behaviors such as information exchanges and pursuits in classrooms. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10