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Kriener-Althen, Kerry; Newton, Emily K.; Draney, Karen; Mangione, Peter L. – Early Education and Development, 2020
Research Findings: The Desired Results Developmental Profile (DRDP) provides formative assessment of five domains of learning and development that are essential for school success. The current study provides an approach for establishing thresholds of readiness using the DRDP in relation to California's early learning expectations. DRDP data…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), School Readiness, Kindergarten, Young Children
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Chan, Megan; Williams, Aya I.; Teng, Yin-Ping Teresa; Zhou, Qing – Early Education and Development, 2023
Research Findings: Emotion talk (ET) is an emotion socialization practice theorized to promote children's socioemotional competence. The present study examined parent and child ET in two subgroups of Chinese-heritage families in low-income communities: Chinese immigrant families in U.S. (CA) and Taiwanese families in Taiwan (TW). In a sample of 75…
Descriptors: Chinese Americans, Immigrants, Foreign Countries, Cultural Background
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Jacobs Johnson, Cleo; Thomas, Jaime; Boller, Kimberly – Early Education and Development, 2017
Research Findings: Many young children spend crucial developmental years in informal, home-based child care (HBCC) settings, but parents and others share concerns about HBCC quality. We applied the ecomap method in a descriptive study of racially, ethnically, and linguistically diverse informal caregivers and parents to capture their informal…
Descriptors: Child Care, Visual Aids, Holistic Approach, Methods
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Marcella, Jennifer; Howes, Carollee; Fuligni, Allison Sidle – Early Education and Development, 2014
Research Findings: The home literacy environment and other early learning settings such as preschool play a role in children's language and literacy outcomes, yet research suggests that Latino, Spanish-speaking families are less likely than other families to participate in family literacy activities. This study explored the relations among…
Descriptors: Low Income Groups, Hispanic Americans, Risk, Family Literacy
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Howes, Carollee; Fuligni, Allison Sidle; Hong, Sandra Soliday; Huang, Yiching D.; Lara-Cinisomo, Sandraluz – Early Education and Development, 2013
Research Findings: The purpose of this article is to examine how dimensions of the preschool instructional context predict child-teacher relationship quality. A total of 118 low-income, predominantly Latino/a children and their teachers participated in this study. Children were observed in their 1st preschool classroom. Measures of instructional…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Preschool Education, Low Income Groups, Classroom Observation Techniques
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Shivers, Eva Marie; Howes, Carollee; Wishard, Alison G.; Ritchie, Sharon – Early Education and Development, 2004
In this research we examined associations among teacher-articulated beliefs and practices about families, teacher background characteristics, and observed teaching practices in programs that served low-income children and families of color. One hundred and fifty four children (50% girls) and their primary teachers from 12 programs in Los Angeles…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Teaching Methods, Teacher Background, Teacher Effectiveness