Culture, Self-Regulation, and Academics in Preschool Ruth Guirguis

Authors

  • Ruth Guirguis

  • Ruth Guirguis

Keywords:

self-regulation, culture, early childhood culture, and academics in preschool

Abstract

The development of self-regulation in early childhood students is imperative for the development of higher level thinking skills Thus the ability to self-regulate has been link to academic achievement and as a better indicator of school readiness However the research does not look into culture or cultural factorsas a variable that may influence the development of self-regulation Minority students such as Latino and African Americans are considered to be at a higher risk for not developing these regulatory skills Hence this research looks at the associations between early childhood students self-regulation academics and culture Specifically the research analyzes results from candidates that were either Latino American culture and African American culture A one-way ANCOVA was conducted to compare the development academics for both cultures while controlling for self-regulation A total of 60 preschool students participated in this study The overall ANCOVA was significant F 1 66 11 50 p 000 The strength of the relationship between the independent variable and the dependent variable was very strong as assessed by

How to Cite

Ruth Guirguis, & Ruth Guirguis. (2017). Culture, Self-Regulation, and Academics in Preschool Ruth Guirguis. Global Journal of Human-Social Science, 17(G5), 27–35. Retrieved from https://socialscienceresearch.org/index.php/GJHSS/article/view/2250

Culture, Self-Regulation, and Academics in Preschool Ruth Guirguis

Published

2017-03-15