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Direct linkYoumi Suk – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2024
Regression discontinuity (RD) designs have gained significant popularity as a quasi-experimental device for evaluating education programs and policies. In this paper, we present a comprehensive review of RD designs, focusing on the continuity-based framework, the most widely adopted RD framework. We first review the fundamental aspects of RD…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Preschool Education, Regression (Statistics), Test Validity
Jennifer Keys Adair – Teachers College Record, 2023
For decades, important early childhood scholars who critiqued normative ideas about early childhood frameworks, guidelines, and assessments have been silenced in highly ranked child development and early childhood journals. The qualitative methods needed to prioritize the perspectives of marginalized communities (i.e., ethnography, interview and…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Learning Experience, Periodicals
Rhona Stallard; Emeritus Noírín Hayes; Ann Marie Halpenny – Irish Educational Studies, 2023
Current approaches to research in the field of Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC), in particular in relation to methods designed to interrogate policy and practice developments, tend not to focus on gathering empirical data through collaborative networks. This article provides a critical reflection on a novel qualitative methodological…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Stakeholders, Attitudes
Miller, Andrew F.; Burke, Kevin J. – Educational Researcher, 2023
Despite the outsized influence the Catholic school sector in the United States has on policymaking, research into the organization of Catholic schools has not kept pace with contemporary educational research trends. In this brief paper, we diagnose how conceptual and empirical decisions made within the field of Catholic education resulted in the…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Religious Education, Private Education, Educational Research
Christina Weiland; Rebecca Unterman; Susan Dynarski; Rachel Abenavoli; Howard Bloom; Breno Braga; Anne-Marie Faria; Erica Greenberg; Brian A. Jacob; Jane Arnold Lincove; Karen Manship; Meghan McCormick; Luke Miratrix; Tomás E. Monarrez; Pamela Morris-Perez; Anna Shapiro; Jon Valant; Lindsay Weixler – Grantee Submission, 2024
Lottery-based identification strategies offer potential for generating the next generation of evidence on U.S. early education programs. The authors' collaborative network of five research teams applying this design in early education settings and methods experts has identified six challenges that need to be carefully considered in this next…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Program Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Admission (School)
Download full textChristina Weiland; Rebecca Unterman; Susan Dynarski; Rachel Abenavoli; Howard Bloom; Breno Braga; Anne-Marie Faria; Erica Greenberg; Brian A. Jacob; Jane Arnold Lincove; Karen Manship; Meghan McCormick; Luke Miratrix; Tomás E. Monarrez; Pamela Morris-Perez; Anna Shapiro; Jon Valant; Lindsay Weixler – AERA Open, 2024
Lottery-based identification strategies offer potential for generating the next generation of evidence on U.S. early education programs. The authors' collaborative network of five research teams applying this design in early education settings and methods experts has identified six challenges that need to be carefully considered in this next…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Program Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Admission (School)
Christina Weiland; Rebecca Unterman; Susan Dynarski; Rachel Abenavoli; Howard Bloom; Breno Braga; Anne-Marie Faria; Erica Greenberg; Brian Jacob; Jane Arnold Lincove; Karen Manship; Meghan McCormick; Luke Miratrix; Tomás E. Monarrez; Pamela Morris-Perez; Anna Shapiro; Jon Valant; Lindsay Weixler – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2023
Lottery-based identification strategies offer potential for generating the next generation of evidence on U.S. early education programs. Our collaborative network of five research teams applying this design in early education and methods experts has identified six challenges that need to be carefully considered in this next context: (1) available…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Program Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Admission (School)
Corr, Catherine; Snodgrass, Melinda R.; Greene, Jennifer C.; Meadan, Hedda; Santos, Rosa Milagros – Journal of Early Intervention, 2020
Mixed methods approaches to research are gaining popularity in the social sciences. Although these approaches may be unfamiliar to many in our field, they can uniquely contribute to and enhance early childhood special education (ECSE) research. The purpose of this article is to orient ECSE researchers to the field of mixed methods social inquiry.…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Research Methodology, Educational Research, Early Childhood Education
Tobin, Joseph – Comparative Education, 2022
International comparative ethnographic studies of ECEC (Early Childhood Education and Care) are difficult to conduct but worth the effort. Comparative studies featuring thick description and polysemic interpretations can challenge taken-for-granted assumptions, expand the menu of the possible, expose the provincialism of national approaches, and…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Ethnography, Early Childhood Education, Child Care
Besharov, Douglas J.; Call, Douglas M.; Scott, Jason M. – Campbell Systematic Reviews, 2020
This project seeks to answer questions about the effectiveness of early childhood programs in meeting their important goals, paying careful attention to the effectiveness of program variations (especially in regard to particular demographic and economic target groups). This review will be guided by two overarching questions: (1) How effective are…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Program Effectiveness, Educational Objectives, Academic Achievement
Cooke, Mandy; Francisco, Susanne; Press, Frances; Wong, Sandie – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2020
The theory of practice architectures is a useful theoretical, methodological and analytical tool for educational research. The use of the theory is emerging as germane in early childhood education research. This article explores concepts from the theory as applied in an early childhood education research project. The article focuses on the concept…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Research, Data Collection, Educational Researchers
Tobin, Joseph; Hayashi, Akiko – Anthropology & Education Quarterly, 2017
This paper uses examples from research conducted in preschools in Japan, China, and the United States to illustrate the features and virtues of return interviews with informants with whom ethnographers have long research engagements. Return interviews and long research engagements are powerful research strategies that help the ethnographers ask…
Descriptors: Interviews, Ethnography, Preschool Education, Followup Studies
McCormick, Meghan; Maier, Michelle – MDRC, 2018
This post is one in a series highlighting MDRC's methodological work. Contributors discuss the refinement and practical use of research methods being employed across MDRC. MDRC has begun working with research partners through the Expanding Children's Early Learning (ExCEL) Network, a collaboration of researchers, preschool providers, and local…
Descriptors: Fidelity, Program Implementation, Research Methodology, Educational Research
Bateman, Amanda – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2017
This article introduces the methodological approach of conversation analysis (CA) and demonstrates its usefulness in presenting more authentic documentation and analysis of children's voices. Grounded in ethnomethodology, CA has recently gained interest in the area of early childhood studies due to the affordances it holds for gaining access to…
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Interpersonal Communication, Early Childhood Education, Research Methodology
Chu, Ann T.; Hilado, Aimee; Berry, Obianuju O. – ZERO TO THREE, 2020
Academic researchers in the infant and early childhood mental health field seek to understand the factors in early childhood that promote lifelong learning, health, and well-being. The inclusion of diverse and underrepresented populations, however, remains a challenge in rigorous research design. This article explores the challenges in addressing…
Descriptors: Disproportionate Representation, Young Children, Family (Sociological Unit), Diversity
