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Latent Profile Analysis of Approaches to Learning: Associations with Executive Function in a Head Start Sample
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Amber H. Beisly; Sherri Castle; Claudette Grinnell-Davis – Excellence in Education Journal, 2023
Children's Approaches to Learning (AtL) represents how children seek learning opportunities in their classrooms. It can include children's persistence, attention, and initiative. It has often been studied using a composite of a teacher-rated scale. However, person-centered approaches may account for heterogeneity in children's learning approaches,…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Preschool Education, Low Income Students, Federal Programs
Developmental Assets at Preschool Entry That Support Dual Language Learners' Academic Development through the First Grade
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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
Emotional Quality of Early Education Programs Improves Language Learning: A Within-Child across Context Design
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Rankin, Peter Sheldon; Staton, Sally; Potia, Azhar Hussain; Houen, Sandy; Thorpe, Karen – Child Development, 2022
Observational studies comparing child outcomes in early care and education classrooms of differing quality are often confounded by between-child differences. A within-child design, tracking children across contexts, can identify the effects of quality with less confounding. An analysis of Australian children (N = 1128, mean age 5 years, 48%…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Early Childhood Education, Language Acquisition, Foreign Countries
Associations of Specific Indicators of Adult-Child Interaction Quality and Child Language Outcomes: What Teaching Practices Influence Language?
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Penny Levickis; Dan Cloney; Maude Roy-Vallières; Patricia Eadie – Early Education and Development, 2024
Research Findings: This study aims to extend our knowledge regarding contributions of educator--child interactions to child language outcomes by examining the extent to which specific dimensions of the CLASS observational tool of educator-child interactions are associated with child language abilities, utilizing data from an Australian…
Descriptors: Child Development, Early Childhood Education, Verbal Ability, Foreign Countries
Preschool Children's Engagement and School Readiness Skills: Exploring Differences between Spanish-Speaking Dual Language Learners and Monolingual English-Speaking Preschoolers
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Rojas, Natalia M.; Yoshikawa, Hirokazu; Morris, Pamela – Early Education and Development, 2023
Research Findings: The study examined the relationship between Spanish-speaking DLL children's engagement within the preschool classroom with teachers, peers, and tasks and their school readiness skills compared to monolingual English-speaking peers. Results suggested that DLL children had lower language skills and phonological awareness by the…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Learner Engagement, School Readiness, Spanish Speaking
Differences between Pre-K and Kindergarten Contexts and Achievement across the Kindergarten Transition
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Virginia E. Vitiello; Tutrang Nguyen; Erik Ruzek; Robert C. Pianta; Jessica Vick Whittaker – Grantee Submission, 2022
Experiencing large differences between pre-k and kindergarten classroom contexts may affect children's academic development as they start school. This study examined differences between classroom contexts in pre-k and kindergarten (teacher-child interactions, time on academic content, and academic rigor) and associations with literacy, language,…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Kindergarten, Achievement Gains, Learning Readiness