Monica R Sylvia

Biographic Data

ID8225706
NAMEMonica R Sylvia
GIVEN NAMESMonica R
FAMILY NAMESylvia
SIGNATURESYLVIA M R
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS2
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR2
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2001
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2016
H-INDEX0

  • The Imagination Library Program and Kindergarten Readiness

    Open AccessFrank Ridzi, Monica R Sylvia et al.ARTICLEJournal of Applied Social Science2016

    Literature suggests that reading to children can have a significant impact on their early literacy development and long-term school performance. We examine whether consistent participation (i.e., three or more years) in Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library (DPIL), a book distribution program that provides one book per month to children ages birth through five, is associated with higher kindergarten readiness. This study examines 2,731 incoming kind…

  • Using Object Knowledge in Visual Tracking and Reaching

    Open AccessNeil E Berthier, Bennett I Bertenthal et al.ARTICLEInfancy2001

    Nine‐month‐old infants were presented with an engaging and challenging task of visually tracking and reaching for a rolling ball that disappeared and reappeared from behind an occluder. On some trials, the infant observed the experimenter place a barrier on the ball's track; the barrier remained partially visible above the occluder throughout the remainder of the trial. When the task involved only predictive tracking, infants' anticipatory gaze s…