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A Comparison of the ECERS-R and ECERS-3: Different Aspects of Quality?
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Hestenes, Linda L.; Rucker, Lia; Wang, Yudan Chen; Mims, Sharon U.; Hestenes, Stephen E.; Cassidy, Deborah J. – Early Education and Development, 2019
Research Findings: The present study provides an initial descriptive comparison of the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale-Revised (ECERS-R) and the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale-Third Edition (ECERS-3) in a relatively large sample in 1 state that uses the Environment Rating Scales within its Quality Rating and Improvement System…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Quality, Rating Scales, Early Childhood Education
An Evaluation of China's Kindergarten Quality Rating System through the Chinese Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale--The Zhejiang Case
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Hu, Bi Ying; Vong, Keang-Ieng; Mak, Miranda Chi Kuan – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2015
This study examined the effectiveness of one province's Kindergarten Quality Rating System in differentiating quality levels using the Chinese Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale (CECERS). Results confirmed that, except for the difference between the Standard and Level-3 Kindergartens, the CECERS was successful in detecting the differences…
Descriptors: Rating Scales, Asians, Kindergarten, Early Childhood Education
In-Service Professional Development and Constructivist Curriculum: Effects on Quality of Child Care, Teacher Beliefs, and Interactions
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Howe, Nina; Jacobs, Ellen; Vukelich, Goranka; Recchia, Holly – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2011
The purpose of this study was to assess three methods of delivering in-service professional development regarding constructivist curriculum for early childhood educators. Educators in 44 not-for-profit child care centres in three Canadian cities were studied; 94 educators with formal preservice training participated. The three methods were (a) a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Constructivism (Learning), Rating Scales, Child Care
Evaluation of the Quality of Early Childhood Classrooms in Turkey
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Gol-Guven, Mine – Early Child Development and Care, 2009
The purpose of this study was to examine the quality of two types of Turkish early childhood education programs: private and public preschools. Three public and three private preschools in a district of Istanbul were randomly selected. The quality of preschools was assessed using the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale developed by Harms et…
Descriptors: Young Children, Rating Scales, Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers