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Christina Stephens; Robert C. Pianta; Jessica E. Whittaker; Virginia E. Vitiello – Grantee Submission, 2025
Dual language learner children (DLLs) benefit from early childhood education (ECE) and learning multiple languages, but research has predominantly focused on English monolingual children, with limited insight on the ECE and early development of DLLs. This study investigated whether DLLs' developmental assets assessed at pre-k entry (i.e. English…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Hongbin Xie; Hongliu Ouyang; Nik Rosila Nik Yaacob; Daimin Feng; Shuang Wang – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2025
In Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) programs, the quality of teacher-child interactions is regarded to be important for children's vocabulary development. However, prior studies on the relationships between teacher and child, as measured by the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS), and children's vocabulary skills are inconsistent.…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Preschool Children, Socioeconomic Status, Meta Analysis
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Isabel María Gómez-Barreto; Sonia Lara; Ruth Pinedo-González – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2025
This case study explores the impact of a thinking-based teacher training and professional development programme on the quality of classroom interactions and on students' metacognitive capacity in early childhood education and elementary first-grade classrooms. The study was conducted in a Spanish school, and the sample comprised 13 educators and…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, Faculty Development, Elementary School Students
Gullnar Syed; Hannah Kelly; Todd Grindal; Emma Terrell – SRI Education, a Division of SRI International, 2025
Effective instructional coaching has long demonstrated positive impacts on teacher practices and early learning outcomes. Providing effective instructional coaching at scale is a challenge that many state and local systems tackle. This case study report highlights four systems (Alabama, AppleTree, Maine, and Washington) that are uniquely…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers, Coaching (Performance), Faculty Development
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Janet Welsh; Sarah Meyer Chilenski; Ann-Michelle Daniels; Amber Letcher; Aileen Garcia – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2025
This study involved a pilot implementation of an evidence based school readiness intervention in new community contexts. The Head Start Research Based, Developmentally Informed (REDI) program was implemented in preschools on and near a Native American reservation with both indigenous and non-indigenous students and teachers. The REDI curriculum…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Federal Programs, Low Income Students, Social Services