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Direct linkPatricia A. Young; Shahin Hossain; Deborah Kariuki – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2024
This case study explores the challenges of conducting a culture-based educational design research project for early childhood educators in an online environment that is further complicated by an international pandemic. The project applied a systematic learning process to better understand computational thinking. Twelve early childhood educators…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Computation, Thinking Skills, Early Childhood Teachers
Peer reviewedKatie Fielding; Karen Murcia; Madeleine Dobson; Geoffrey Lowe – Issues in Educational Research, 2025
Notions of consent, including assent and dissent, are paramount ethical considerations in human research, but have different connotations in research involving young children (aged 3 to 8). While discussion surrounding consent in the early childhood literature has progressed from paternalistic views surrounding the need to protect the child, to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Research, Early Childhood Education, Informed Consent
Jiahong Su; Weipeng Yang – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2024
Background: The technological age of the twenty-first century has witnessed an upsurge in the demand for STEM education. Early childhood STEM learning and teaching has sparked attention among researchers. Purpose: This study aims to provide a holistic review of current STEM research in Early Childhood Education (ECE). Sample: We conducted a…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Early Childhood Education, Bibliometrics, Educational Research
Download full textJason C. Chow; Jennifer R. Ledford; Sienna Windsor; Paige Bennett – Exceptional Children, 2023
The purpose of this study is to present a set of empirically derived effect size distributions in order to provide field-based benchmarks for assessing the relative effects of interventions aimed at reducing challenging behavior or increasing engagement for young children with and without disabilities. We synthesized 192 single-case designs that…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Intervention, Prediction, Learner Engagement
Sarah N. Lang; Erin Tebben; Rosalie Odean; Michael B. Wells; He Huang – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2024
Background: Providing quality and equitable professional development (PD) to early care and education (ECE) providers can support high-quality care for young children. Coaching is a common way of delivering PD that has demonstrated positive impacts on teacher practices, however the field has yet to summarize which providers receive coaching, who…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Early Childhood Teachers, Child Caregivers, Coaching (Performance)
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)
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 – 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)
Strambler, Michael J.; Meyer, Joanna L.; Waterman Irwin, Clare; Coleman, George A. – Future of Children, 2021
One of the first steps in developing a research-practice partnership is forming a joint research agenda. In this article, Michael Strambler, Joanna L. Meyer, Clare Waterman Irwin, and George A. Coleman describe the collaborative process that Connecticut's Partnership for Early Education Research (PEER) used to develop an agenda driven by…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Early Childhood Education, Partnerships in Education, Agenda Setting
Oosterhoff, Arda; Thompson, Terrie Lynn; Oenema-Mostert, Ineke; Minnaert, Alexander – Studies in Continuing Education, 2021
How does a researcher investigate phenomena that continually emerge through, with and as various practices? This paper explores this question, drawing on transformative reflections on the unfolding process of an empirical research project investigating professional practice in Dutch early childhood education. The project initially applied an open,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Research, Early Childhood Education, Social Theories
Ryan, Sharon, Ed.; Graue, M. Elizabeth, Ed.; Gadsden, Vivian L., Ed.; Levine, Felice J., Ed. – American Educational Research Association (AERA), 2020
This volume employs a multidisciplinary approach to research on a high-profile topic very much on the agenda of state and national policy leaders: early childhood development and education. It aims to reflect how scholarly perspectives shape the contours of knowledge generation, and to illuminate the gaps that prevent productive interchange among…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Research, Capacity Building, Interdisciplinary Approach
Yücelyigit, Seçil; Toker, Zerrin – Turkish Journal of Education, 2021
The increasing number of studies on the STEM approach necessitates a holistic and comparative evaluation of the results. This study aims to investigate and evaluate the cumulative results of the experimental studies used STEM approach for preschool children. In this study, the meta-analysis method was used. Despite a great number of studies about…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Early Childhood Education, Educational Research, Research Design
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)
Shepley, Collin; Grisham-Brown, Jennifer; Lane, Justin D. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2022
Multitiered systems of support provide a framework for matching the needs of a struggling student with an appropriate intervention. Experimental evaluations of tiered support systems in grade schools have been conducted for decades but have been less frequently examined in early childhood contexts. A recent meta-analysis of multitiered systems of…
Descriptors: Positive Behavior Supports, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Program Evaluation
Rachel Abenavoli; Natalia Rojas; Rebecca Unterman; Elise Cappella; Josh Wallack; Pamela Morris – Grantee Submission, 2021
In this article, Rachel Abenavoli, Natalia Rojas, Rebecca Unterman, Elise Cappella, Josh Wallack, and Pamela Morris argue that research-practice partnerships make it possible to rigorously study relevant policy questions in ways that would otherwise be infeasible. Randomized controlled trials of small-scale programs have shown us that early…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Early Childhood Education, Research Design, Preschool Education
Rachel Abenavoli; Natalia Rojas; Rebecca Unterman; Elise Cappella; Josh Wallack; Pamela Morris – Future of Children, 2021
In this article, Rachel Abenavoli, Natalia Rojas, Rebecca Unterman, Elise Cappella, Josh Wallack, and Pamela Morris argue that research-practice partnerships make it possible to rigorously study relevant policy questions in ways that would otherwise be infeasible. Randomized controlled trials of small-scale programs have shown us that early…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Early Childhood Education, Research Design, Preschool Education
