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Abstract<br />

<strong>SELF</strong>-<strong>REGULATION</strong> IN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN: HOT AND COOL EXECUTIVE CONTROL AS<br />

PREDICTORS OF LATER <strong>CLASSROOM</strong> LEARNING BEHAVIORS: A DISSERTATION<br />

Todd M. Wyatt Ph.D.,<br />

George Mason University, 2013<br />

Dissertation Director: Dr. Susanne Denham<br />

Over the last several years, researchers and practitioners have paid increasing attention<br />

to the areas of self-regulation, classroom involvement and classroom learning behaviors<br />

and how these domains relate to concurrent and subsequent social and academic<br />

success. Although there has been an emphasis on promoting learning behaviors that<br />

promote positive classroom outcomes, there remains a large proportion of students<br />

who develop negative attitudes and poor scholastic habits early on and suffer the<br />

negative social and academic consequences throughout their school career. The current<br />

investigation attempts to better understand the association between preschooler’s selfregulation,<br />

and learning behaviors within the preschool and kindergarten classroom.<br />

The investigation will also take into account the mediating/moderating effects of the

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