Early childhood curiosity and kindergarten reading and math academic achievement.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although children's curiosity is thought to be important for early learning, the association of curiosity with early academic achievement has not been tested. We hypothesized that greater curiosity would be associated with greater kindergarten academic achievement in reading and math.

Methods

Sample included 6200 children in the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort. Measures at kindergarten included direct assessments of reading and math, and a parent-report behavioral questionnaire from which we derived measures of curiosity and effortful control. Multivariate linear regression examined associations of curiosity with kindergarten reading and math academic achievement, adjusting for effortful control and confounders. We also tested for moderation by ef

SUBMITTER: Shah PE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6203666 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature