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Direct linkSaçkes, Mesut; Isitan, Sonnur; Avci, Kerem; Justice, Laura M. – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2016
The purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which parental beliefs about children's literacy motivation is associated with their literacy practices at home. A sample of 315 parents of preschool-aged children participated in the study, and completed a newly developed questionnaire pursuant to the aims of this work. Thus, the construct of…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Learning Motivation, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Aspiration
Tekin, Ali Kemal – Early Child Development and Care, 2016
This study investigated the Omani early childhood pre-service teachers' motivation for teaching. Specific attention was given to the levels of their autonomous motivation, including: (1) intrinsic motivation and (2) extrinsic motivation comprised of identified, introjected, and external motivations. In addition, the effects of age, cohort (grade…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers
Ben Maad, Mohamed Ridha – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2016
The study of how foreign languages affect the personality-building process has received considerable attention in early childhood research. A number of related projects implemented across Europe have been conducted to establish how such influence may contribute to active citizenship education. However, no echoes of this research line have reached…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Pretests Posttests, Young Children, Questionnaires
Denham, Susanne A.; Bassett, Hideko Hamada; Way, Erin; Kalb, Sara; Warren-Khot, Heather; Zinsser, Katherine – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2014
Young children's social information processing (SIP) encompasses a series of steps by which they make sense of encounters with other persons; cognitive and emotional aspects of SIP often predict adjustment in school settings. More attention is needed, however, to the development of preschoolers' SIP and its potential foundations. To this end, a…
Descriptors: Social Cognition, Preschool Children, Emotional Response, Child Behavior
Download full textSackes, Mesut – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2013
The purpose of this study was to examine parents' and early childhood teachers' perceptions of the priorities for developmental areas targeted in the Turkish Early Childhood Education Curriculum for children aged 36-72 months. The sample of this study consisted of 1600 parents and 158 early childhood teachers. The study utilized a survey research…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Curriculum, Child Development
Blankson, A. Nayena; O'Brien, Marion; Leerkes, Esther M.; Marcovitch, Stuart; Calkins, Susan D.; Weaver, Jennifer Miner – Child Development, 2013
Dynamic relations during the preschool years across processes of control and understanding in the domains of emotion and cognition were examined. Participants were 263 children (42% non-White) and their mothers who were seen first when the children were 3 years old and again when they were 4. Results indicated dynamic dependence among the…
Descriptors: Emotional Development, Cognitive Development, Preschool Children, Mothers
Christiansen, Hanna; Hirsch, Oliver; König, Anika; Steinmayr, Ricarda; Roehrle, Bernd – Health Education, 2015
Purpose: Early onset of behavioral disorders is predictive of long term adverse outcomes. There are some indicated and selective early prevention programs for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), one of the most common behavioral disorders in childhood and adolescence. The purpose of this paper is to present a universal preschool…
Descriptors: Prevention, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Access to Education, Preschool Education
A Concurrent Validity Study of Two Book and Print Awareness Tests in Four and Five Year Old Students
Williams, Tricia S. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to examine the concurrent validity of two book and print awareness tests, the Concepts About Print test (CAP) and the Screening of Reading Readiness (SORR)--Book and Print Awareness portion. The variables of gender, family income, parents' education levels, and age were also examined to determine the effect that they…
Descriptors: Reading Readiness, Mothers, Family Income, Validity
Bagakis, George; Balaska, Georgia; Komis, Vassilis; Ravanis, Konstantinos – Science Education International, 2006
The present article presents the results obtained from a research on Science Education ideas, practices, and needs of pre-primary teachers in Greece. A questionnaire was administrated to a sample of 130 pre-primary school teachers, and the data was analyzed through Multiple Correspondence Analysis. The results show that there are separate groups…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Questionnaires, Science Instruction
