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Penny Levickis; Dan Cloney; Maude Roy-Vallières; Patricia Eadie – Early Education and Development, 2024
Research Findings: This study aims to extend our knowledge regarding contributions of educator--child interactions to child language outcomes by examining the extent to which specific dimensions of the CLASS observational tool of educator-child interactions are associated with child language abilities, utilizing data from an Australian…
Descriptors: Child Development, Early Childhood Education, Verbal Ability, Foreign Countries
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Forbes, Anne; Falloon, Garry; Stevenson, Michael; Hatzigianni, Maria; Bower, Matt – Early Education and Development, 2021
Research Findings: This study was undertaken to investigate learning processes and outcomes from using 3D design and printing technologies with children aged 5-8 years, in three schools in a metropolitan city in Australia. Data were collected from five sources (teacher interviews, surveys, journals; student interviews; and iPad screen recordings)…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Technology Uses in Education, Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students
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Niklas, Frank; Cohrssen, Caroline; Tayler, Collette – Early Education and Development, 2016
Research Findings: Young children develop numeracy competencies during interactions with more knowledgeable others. Such interactions typically occur in the home numeracy environment (HNE). In this study a nonintensive intervention procedure was developed to improve both the HNE and numerical competencies. All parents of 113 Australian children…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Family Environment
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Dunstan, Debra A.; Anderson, Donnah L.; Marks, Anthony D. G. – Early Education and Development, 2015
Research Findings: Emotional and social competence are critical to a child's current and future well-being. A. D. Paterson et al. (2012) studied a sample of mothers and proposed that an adult's approach to the socialization of a child's emotions can be summarized in his or her parenting style as measured by the Emotion-Related Parenting Styles…
Descriptors: Parenting Styles, Socialization, Emotional Development, Gender Differences
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Cloney, Dan; Cleveland, Gordon; Hattie, John; Tayler, Collette – Early Education and Development, 2016
Research Findings: This article provides Australian evidence of the availability and quality of early childhood education and care (ECEC) services in low-socioeconomic status (SES) neighborhoods. There is less availability of ECEC in low-SES areas in Australia, and these programs provide a lower average quality of care than in more advantaged…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Socioeconomic Status, Neighborhoods, Foreign Countries
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Searle, Amelia Kate; Miller-Lewis, Lauren R.; Sawyer, Michael G.; Baghurst, Peter A. – Early Education and Development, 2013
The aim of this prospective study was to identify preschool factors that are associated with children's classroom engagement during their 1st school year. The study was guided by a social-motivational process model that highlights the importance of parent-child and teacher-child relationships in promoting engagement. In preschool, parents and…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Kindergarten, Learner Engagement, Parent Child Relationship
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Brinkman, Sally A.; Silburn, Sven; Lawrence, David; Goldfeld, Sharon; Sayers, Mary; Oberklaid, Frank – Early Education and Development, 2007
This article aims to contribute to the ongoing evaluation of the Australian Early Development Index (AEDI) by investigating its construct and concurrent validity with a subsample of 642 children aged 4 to 5 years drawn from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC). Construct validity was examined by considering the theoretical…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Predictive Validity, Test Validity, Child Development
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Grieshaber, Susan – Early Education and Development, 2008
Research Findings: Despite calls to the contrary, research about teaching has tended to take a back seat to research about children's development and learning in early childhood education. After exploring why this might be the case, this essay considers the importance of teaching for early childhood education and the contexts in which it occurs in…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Foreign Countries, Stereotypes