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ERIC Number: EJ1470663
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Jun
Pages: 21
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1082-3301
EISSN: EISSN-1573-1707
Available Date: 2024-06-14
Challenges and Opportunities in Teaching through Interactions Framework: A Three-Level Meta-Analysis of the CLASS Measure and Children's Vocabulary Skills
Hongbin Xie1,2; Hongliu Ouyang3; Nik Rosila Nik Yaacob1; Daimin Feng4; Shuang Wang5,6
Early Childhood Education Journal, v53 n5 p1605-1625 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. In this study, we conducted a three-level meta-analysis to investigate the correlation between three CLASS domains and preschool children's vocabulary skills and then explored the moderating effects of vocabulary components, family SES, publication year, and sample mean age. Relevant literature was searched using four databases (Web of Science, PsycINFO, PsycARTICLES, ERIC) and Google Scholar, leading to the identification of 23 articles published between 2010 and 2022 meeting the inclusion criteria. The findings indicated that the overall effect of the associations between "Emotional Support," "Classroom Organization," "Instructional Support," and vocabulary skills was small to moderate in magnitude. Sensitivity and meta-bias analyses generally supported the robustness of the pooled effect of the association between three CLASS domains and children's vocabulary skills. Also, the association between "Emotional Support" and vocabulary skills was moderated by SES, and the components of vocabulary skills, while "Classroom Organization" and "Instructional Support" were only moderated by the components of vocabulary skills. Implications for future research on assessing the quality of early childhood education are discussed.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Classroom Assessment Scoring System
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Author Affiliations: 1University Sains Malaysia, School of Educational Studies, Penang, Malaysia; 2Sichuan Preschool Educators College, Faculty of Modern Services and Management, Sichuan, China; 3Sultan Idris Education University, Faculty of Human Development, Tanjong Malim, Malaysia; 4University Sains Malaysia, School of Distance Education, Penang, Malaysia; 5East China Normal University, Faculty of Education, Shanghai, China; 6East China Normal University, Collaborative Innovation Center of Assessment Towards Basic Education Quality, Shanghai, China