Ethnicity moderates several social-functioning–academic relationships, which are stronger for African American than Caucasian children¶
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q3 i? Three social-academic relationships were significantly moderated by ethnicity, each stronger for African American children. → Arnold 2012
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Arnold 2012¶
Arnold, D. H., Kupersmidt, J. B., Voegler-Lee, M. E., & Marshall, N. (2012). The Association between Preschool Children's Social Functioning and Their Emergent Academic Skills. Early Childhood Research Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecresq.2011.12.009
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Exploratory HLM moderation analyses including only African American and Caucasian children. The article reports three significant interactions, e.g. "interaction B = −.17, SE = .08, p = .04" for attention problems and mathematics, each accounting for less than 4 percent of unexplained variance.
"ethnicity moderated the relationship between attention problems and mathematics development (interaction B = −.17, SE = .08, p = .04), between aggression and preliteracy development (interaction B = −.22, SE = .10, p = .03), and between aggression and mathematics development (interaction B = −.16, SE = .08, p = .05)"
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Race and Ethnicity — moderator: an instructional effect differs by group
- Social Awareness and Relationship Skills — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes
Related Claims¶
- Gender did not significantly moderate relationships between social functioning and academic development in preschoolers — related
- Perceived group status mediates the ethnic differences in academic anxiety for African-American, Chinese, and Dominican children but not Russians — related
- Ethnic-minority elementary-age children report higher awareness of ethnicity-based stigma than European-American children — related
- Children's positive feelings about school attenuate the relationship between aggression and academic development — related
- Preschoolers' social skills are related to preliteracy, language, and mathematics development controlling for attention and aggression problems — related
- No significant ethnic differences in behavior problems or self-concept among children with ADHD, though Caucasian children had the lowest mean self-concept — related
- Observed teacher expectations and developmental appropriateness were more strongly associated with mathematics achievement for African American than non-African American preschoolers — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
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Ethnicity moderates several social-functioning–academic relationships, which are stronger for African American than Caucasian children |
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Ethnicity moderates several social-functioning–academic relationships, which are stronger for African American than Caucasian children |
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2012 |
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2026-10-17 |
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