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Kontos, Susan; Burchinal, Margaret; Howes, Carollee; Wisseh, Steve; Galinsky, Ellen – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2002
Identified child and classroom characteristics accompanying complex peer and object interactions in ethnically diverse early childhood classrooms. Found that complex peer interactions were most likely for girls, especially English-speaking, when there was no teacher involvement, and in creative activities. Complex interactions with objects were…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Classroom Environment, Context Effect, Early Childhood Education
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Pianta, Robert; Howes, Carollee; Burchinal, Margaret; Bryant, Donna; Clifford, Richard; Early, Diane; Barbarin, Oscar – Applied Developmental Science, 2005
This study draws from the National Center for Early Development and Learning's Multi-State Pre-Kindergarten Study to examine the extent to which program, classroom, and teacher attributes of the program ecology predict observed quality and teacher-child interactions in a sample of 238 classrooms representing 6 states' pre-kindergarten programs.…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Predictor Variables, Educational Quality, Classroom Environment