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A Guide to Analyzing and Interpreting ECERS-3 Data
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Clifford, Richard M.; Yazejian, Noreen; Jang, Wonkyung; Jigjidsuren, Dari – Teachers College Press, 2021
Early childhood is a crucial stage in a child's life, and aspects of the environment in the physical, social-emotional, cognitive, and health and safety domains all play important roles in shaping children's development during these early years. Having a valid and reliable measure of the quality of these aspects of children's care settings is…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Data Analysis, Data Interpretation, Educational Quality
Examining the Category Functioning of the ECERS-R across Eight Data Sets
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Fujimoto, Ken A.; Gordon, Rachel A.; Peng, Fang; Hofer, Kerry G. – AERA Open, 2018
Classroom quality measures, such as the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale, Revised (ECERS-R), are widely used in research, practice, and policy. Increasingly, these uses have been for purposes not originally intended, such as contributing to consequential policy decisions. The current study adds to the recent evidence of problems with the…
Descriptors: Rating Scales, Early Childhood Education, Educational Quality, Preschool Curriculum
Examining the Category Functioning of the ECERS-R across Eight Datasets
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Fujimoto, Ken A.; Gordon, Rachel A.; Peng, Fang; Hofer, Kerry G. – Grantee Submission, 2018
Classroom quality measures, such as the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale, Revised (ECERS-R), are widely used in research, practice, and policy. Increasingly, these uses have been for purposes not originally intended, such as contributing to consequential policy decisions. The current study adds to recent evidence of problems with the…
Descriptors: Rating Scales, Educational Quality, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Curriculum
Effects of Early Childhood Education on Kindergarten Readiness Scores
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Modeste, Janis Monrose – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The purpose of this correlational study, which took place in a Central Florida school district, was to investigate the relationship between the quality of the early childhood education (ECE) programs and students' kindergarten readiness scores. Vygotsky's sociocultural theory, which states that a child's environment, culture, and language are…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Kindergarten, School Readiness, Scores
Comparing Validity Evidence of Two ECERS-R Scoring Systems
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Zeng, Songtian – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Over 30 states have adopted the Early Childhood Environmental Rating Scale-Revised (ECERS-R) as a component of their program quality assessment systems, but the use of ECERS-R on such a large scale has raised important questions about implementation. One of the most pressing question centers upon decisions users must make between two scoring…
Descriptors: Rating Scales, Scoring, Validity, Comparative Analysis
Fostering Critical and Reflective Thinking in an Authentic Learning Situation
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Beavers, Elizabeth; Orange, Amy; Kirkwood, Donna – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2017
This article describes a research study in which 10 early childhood education students participated in facilitated critical reflection experiences during a 7-week practicum. Students' critical thinking skills were quantitatively assessed using the Cornell Critical Thinking Test and qualitatively documented through analysis of daily, weekly, and…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Reflection, Early Childhood Education, College Students