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Pan, Yue-Juan; Liu, Shan-Shan; Wang, Yu; Wu, Ni-Wen; Xie, Shuang – Early Education and Development, 2023
Research Findings: The present study analyzes whether child factors are linked to variations in teacher cognitive activation (CA) among individual children in math-related activities within Chinese kindergarten classrooms. The findings show that teachers tend to provide direct CA with high concreteness and that child engagement with tasks is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Young Children, Preschool Teachers
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Stites, Michele L.; Sonneschein, Susan; Galczyk, Samantha H. – Early Education and Development, 2021
Research findings: While research is beginning to emerge about the educational landscape during COVID-19, little attention has been paid to preschool. This mainly descriptive study examined U.S. parents' views on distance learning for their preschool children during the COVID-19 crisis. Using a survey distributed via social media groups to U.S.…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Parent Attitudes, Distance Education, COVID-19
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Ryoo, Ji Hoon; Molfese, Victoria J.; Brown, E. Todd – Early Education and Development, 2018
This longitudinal study examined the influence of prekindergarten teacher characteristics and classroom instructional processes during mathematical activities on the growth of mathematics learning scores in prekindergarten, kindergarten, and first grade. Participants attended state-funded and Head Start prekindergarten programs. Mathematical…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Teacher Characteristics, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Tests
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Missall, Kristen; Hojnoski, Robin L.; Caskie, Grace I. L.; Repasky, Patrick – Early Education and Development, 2015
Research Findings: Early mathematical skills and knowledge are strongly related to long-term achievement, and yet the knowledge base regarding the mechanisms through which young children develop these skills and knowledge is limited. Although research has examined the relation of the home numeracy environment and children's early mathematics…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Family Environment, Preschool Children, Mathematics Activities
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Clements, Douglas H.; Sarama, Julie; Wolfe, Christopher B.; Spitler, Mary Elaine – Early Education and Development, 2015
Research Findings: We evaluated the fidelity of implementation and the sustainability of effects of a research-based model for scaling up educational interventions. The model was implemented by 64 teachers in 26 schools in 2 distal city districts serving low-resource communities, with schools randomly assigned to condition. Practice or Policy:…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Intervention, Longitudinal Studies, Fidelity
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Li, Xia; Chi, Liping; DeBey, Mary; Baroody, Arthur J. – Early Education and Development, 2015
Research Findings: The present study involved using a questionnaire to investigate the mathematics teaching practices of 74 U.S. and 67 Chinese early childhood teachers. Quantitative and qualitative analyses yielded several key findings. First, U.S. teachers are less intentional in mathematics teaching than their Chinese counterparts.…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Mathematics Instruction, Questionnaires, Educational Practices