SELF-REGULATION, EMOTION EXPRESSION & CLASSROOM ...
SELF-REGULATION, EMOTION EXPRESSION & CLASSROOM ...
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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