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Runke Huang; Hao Zheng; Iram Siraj – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2024
The expansion of early childhood education and care (ECEC) programs has generated increasing interest in establishing appropriate structural standards that can optimize child outcomes. To contribute to this discourse, this study aims to investigate the characteristics and influencing factors of classroom quality. Ninety-six classrooms (202…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Education, Early Childhood Education, Child Care
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Brianne A. Bruijns; Matthew Bourke; Tanya Nguyen; Patricia Tucker – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2025
Early childhood educators (ECEs) greatly influence young children's physical activity and sedentary behaviors in childcare and psychosocial factors have been found to influence their teaching practices in this environment. This study sought to determine which personal and professional characteristics predicted ECEs' self-efficacy, behavioral…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Early Childhood Teachers, Teacher Behavior, Motion
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Eric Dearing; Andres S. Bustamante; Henrik Daae Zachrisson; Deborah Lowe Vandell – Educational Researcher, 2024
Scholars theorize that "opportunity gaps" drive achievement disparities between children born into poverty versus affluence. In a 26-year longitudinal study (N = 814), we examine (a) economic disparity in children's accumulation of opportunities--from birth through high school--at home, childcare, school, afterschool, and in the…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Educational Attainment, Achievement Gap, Child Development