Over the last few years, rapid technological progress has developed our lives in all areas. The adoption of technology everyday both adults and children through smart mobile devices led to foreseeable integration digital tools educational process. Smart applications that accompany them have been proven effective field since they allow students acquire knowledge activities with an interactive pl...

Preschool teachers’ personality traits could have a strong significance for the quality of educational work with preschool children. Therefore, the aim of this study was to analyse personality traits of future preschool teachers within Big Five personality model: extraversion, neuroticism, consciousness, agreeableness and openness to experience. Besides, the relationship of their personality tr...

A follow-up study of children who began school at age 4 (referred to as Year 1 in this study) was conducted to examine the influence of three different preschool models on later school success. These children from an urban school district were studied again in Year 5 as they prepared to leave the primary grades and in Year 6 when they were scheduled to enter fourth grade if not previously retai...

Executive functions (EFs) are high-level cognitive processes that allow us to coordinate our actions, thoughts, and emotions, enabling us to perform complex tasks. An increasing number of studies have highlighted the role of EFs in building a solid foundation for subsequent development and learning and shown that EFs are associated with good adjustment and academic skills. The main objective of...