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Download full textNgami P. Pewa; Jabulile Mzimela – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2024
Background: Early childhood is a formative period during which distinguishable development has projections of bearing desirable outcomes within an individual. Hence, physical, language, cognitive, emotional and social independence are healthy components of a typical child's development that early childhood development (ECD) educators deem…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, School Readiness, Rural Areas
Direct linkSandra M. Linder; Leigh D'Amico; Xumei Fan – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2024
This article presents three cases of school districts/consortia in a southeastern state, where standardized measures focused on teacher/child interactions rather than student outcomes were implemented to guide decision-making. These three districts/consortia were funded annually for three years to implement innovative professional development…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Interaction, Faculty Development, Social Development
Patricia Eadie; Penny Levickis; Jane Page; Jane Hunt; Simon Kent; Yi-Ping Tseng; Guyonne Kalb; Jon Quach; Hannah Bryson; Laura McFarland; Hannah Stark – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2024
This paper describes the research protocol for the Educational and Developmental Gains in Early Childhood (EDGE) Study, which will examine the implementation of two years of funded kindergarten prior to the first year of school in Victoria, Australia. EDGE will examine whether children's language, cognitive, social-emotional, and behavioural…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Preschool Education, Program Effectiveness, Language Skills
Santiago Morales; Maureen E. Bowers; Lauren Shuffrey; Katherine Ziegler; Sonya Troller-Renfree; Alexis Hernandez; Stephanie C. Leach; Monica McGrath; Cindy Ola; Leslie D. Leve; Sara S. Nozadi; Margaret M. Swingler; Jin-Shei Lai; Julie B. Schweitzer; William Fifer; Carlos A. Camargo Jr.; Gurjit K. Khurana Hershey; Allison L. B. Shapiro; Daniel P. Keating; Tina V. Hartert; Sean Deoni; Assiamira Ferrara; Amy J. Elliott – Developmental Psychology, 2024
A large body of research has established a relation between maternal education and children's neurocognitive functions, such as executive function and language. However, most studies have focused on early childhood and relatively few studies have examined associations with changes in maternal education over time. Consequently, it remains unclear…
Descriptors: Mothers, Educational Attainment, Child Development, Thinking Skills
Meghan McCormick; Emily Hanno; Christina Weiland; Tiffany Wu; Mirjana Pralica; JoAnn Hsueh; Alexandra Giles; Catherine Snow; Jason Sachs – Child Development, 2025
This study examines associations between enrollment in high-quality PreK and growth in children's (N = 422; M[subscript age] = 5.63 years; 47% female; 15% Asian, 19% Black, 30% White, 31% Hispanic; 5% other or mixed race) academic, executive functioning, and social-emotional skills across kindergarten (2017-2018) and first grade (2018-2019).…
Descriptors: Enrollment, Preschool Children, Kindergarten, Young Children
Jacqueline M. Nowicki; Sarah Kaczmarek; A. Nicole Clowers – US Government Accountability Office, 2024
The early elementary school years are widely understood to be critical to a child developing a strong foundation for future academic success. Children arrive at kindergarten from diverse settings and experiences, and not all of them are "kindergarten ready." Kindergarten readiness refers to the skills and abilities needed to succeed in…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Kindergarten, Young Children, School Readiness
Sophie Bouton; Coralie Chevallier; Aminata Hallimat Cissé; Barbara Heude; Pierre O. Jacquet – Developmental Science, 2024
During human childhood, brain development and body growth compete for limited metabolic resources, resulting in a trade-off where energy allocated to brain development can decrease as body growth accelerates. This preregistered study explores the relationship between language skills, serving as a proxy for brain development, and body mass index at…
Descriptors: Child Development, Metabolism, Language Proficiency, Correlation
Nores, Milagros; Harmeyer, Erin; Connors-Tadros, Lori; Li, Zijia – National Institute for Early Education Research, 2023
The National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) conducted a landscape evaluation of early childhood programs in Indiana (IN) between the spring of 2021 and the summer of 2022. The evaluation included assessments of infant, toddler, and preschooler children's developmental status in multiple domains at two time points to measure growth.…
Descriptors: Young Children, Child Development, Status, Early Childhood Education
Chiang, Chung-Hsin; Lin, Tzu-Ling; Lin, Hsiang-Yuan; Ho, Suk Yin; Wong, Ching-Ching; Wu, Hsin-Chi – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2023
The Early Start Denver Model is an evidence-based, comprehensive naturalistic developmental behavioral intervention for young and very young children with autism spectrum disorder. This interdisciplinary model is suitable for the Taiwanese public health system. In this study, we evaluated the effectiveness of an Early Start Denver Model program…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Preschool Children, Program Effectiveness, Early Intervention
Rodríguez-Guerrero, Yulmis Isabel; Gil-Madrona, Pedro; León, María Pilar; Vásquez-Cruz, Adrián Eduardo – Infant and Child Development, 2023
Literature suggests that motor skills are associated with other areas of development or domains, such as language and math, especially at early ages. These results are mainly based on studies developed in medium-to-high sociocultural contexts. Thus, this study was conducted in a medium-to-low-income area. The aim was to know the 4-5 years old…
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Motor Development, Skill Development, Child Development
Frances Harris – Education 3-13, 2024
Forest school is a pedagogical practice widely used in the U.K., and increasingly in other parts of the world. This paper contributes to the growing body of research on forest school by focussing on how children engage with and respond to forest school. It draws on practitioners' experience of working with children to examine their perspectives on…
Descriptors: Forestry, Learner Engagement, Outdoor Education, Foreign Countries
Ran Jiao – Journal of International Students, 2025
Japan has become the most popular study destination among non-English-speaking countries in Asia. Within the broader literature on students' personal motivation and parental influence, this study examines how Chinese students construct motivational factors when Japan is chosen as their study destination. In this study, 17 participants at a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Study Abroad, Decision Making, Student Motivation
Robin L. Hopkins – Maryland State Department of Education, 2024
In Maryland, one way children's well-being is measured is by looking at the data from the Kindergarten Readiness Assessment (KRA). While the data can illustrate how children perform on various indicators across language and literacy, mathematics, social foundations, and physical well-being and motor development, it is really a reflection of the…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Kindergarten, Young Children, Literacy
Wang, Boya; Luo, Xia; Yue, Ai; Tang, Lei; Shi, Yaojiang – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
In this study, we investigate the association between family environment and early childhood development among children aged 6-24 months in rural counties in China. To do this, we used cross-sectional data from a large scale survey, including 1809 child-caregiver dyads across 22 nationally designated poverty counties. We found that 53.95% of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Areas, Infants, Toddlers
Yöntem, Mustafa Kemal; Akpinar, Selçuk; Talas, Sertan; Altunsöz, Irmak Hürmeriç; Kiliçarslan, Ali – Journal of Pedagogical Research, 2021
Perceptual development which depends on ability of learning and maturity, is the most important process of mental development. It is commonly believed that the mental development of children is limited due to city life. Children can learn perceptual elements through movement participation. This improves the cognitive development, which triggers…
Descriptors: Perceptual Development, Training, Program Effectiveness, Preschool Children
