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Direct Experience with Nature and the Development of Biological Knowledge
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Longbottom, Sarah E.; Slaughter, Virginia – Early Education and Development, 2016
Research Findings: An emerging consensus is that casual, direct contact with nature influences the development of children's biological knowledge. Here we review the existing literature on this topic, focusing on the effects of (a) rural versus urban rearing environments and (b) pet ownership and care on children's biological concepts and…
Descriptors: Biology, Knowledge Level, Rural Urban Differences, Place of Residence
Preschoolers' Emergent Literacy Skills: The Mediating Role of Maternal Reading Beliefs
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Cottone, Elizabeth Ann – Early Education and Development, 2012
Research Findings: The purpose of this paper is to explore the association between maternal reading beliefs and children's emergent literacy outcomes in light of maternal education. Furthermore, I consider whether maternal reading beliefs may mediate the association between maternal education level and children's print knowledge and phonological…
Descriptors: Phonological Awareness, Preschool Children, Counties, Emergent Literacy
Preschool Quality and the Development of Children from Economically Disadvantaged Families in India
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Rao, Nirmala – Early Education and Development, 2010
Research Findings: The influence of preschool quality on the development of 67 4-year-old children from poor and rural families in South India was examined. Children's developmental status was assessed using a modified version of the McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities and through physician ratings. Preschool quality was assessed through…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Rating Scales, Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers
Relations of Children's Effortful Control and Teacher-Child Relationship Quality to School Attitudes in a Low-Income Sample
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Silva, Kassondra M.; Spinrad, Tracy L.; Eisenberg, Nancy; Sulik, Michael J.; Valiente, Carlos; Huerta, Snjezana; Edwards, Alison; Eggum, Natalie D.; Kupfer, Anne S.; Lonigan, Christopher J.; Phillips, Beth M.; Wilson, Shauna B.; Clancy-Menchetti, Jeanine; Landry, Susan H.; Swank, Paul R.; Assel, Michael A.; Taylor, Heather B. – Early Education and Development, 2011
Research Findings: The purpose of this study was to examine the relations of children's effortful control and quality of relationships with teachers to school attitudes longitudinally in an ethnically diverse and economically disadvantaged sample. Data were collected as part of a larger intervention project during mid-fall, winter, and late spring…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, School Attitudes, Low Income, Structural Equation Models
The Relationship between Maternal Beliefs and Behavior during Shared Reading
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Meagher, Susan M.; Arnold, David H.; Doctoroff, Greta L.; Baker, Courtney N. – Early Education and Development, 2008
The goal of the present study was to increase understanding of the connection between maternal beliefs and behavior during shared reading and to examine the relation of these maternal beliefs to children's reading engagement. The study included survey and observational data from an ethnically diverse sample of 50 mothers and their 5- to 6-year-old…
Descriptors: Mothers, Gender Differences, Reading Aloud to Others, Young Children
Does the EDI Measure School Readiness in the Same Way across Different Groups of Children?
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Guhn, Martin; Gadermann, Anne; Zumbo, Bruno D. – Early Education and Development, 2007
The present study investigates whether the Early Development Instrument (Offord & Janus, 1999) measures school readiness similarly across different groups of children. We employ ordinal logistic regression to investigate differential item functioning, a method of examining measurement bias. For 40,000 children, our analysis compares groups…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Kindergarten, Child Development, Program Validation
A Gender Comparison of the Cooperation of 4-Year-Old Children in Classroom Activity Centers
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Anderson, Genan T.; Hilton, Sterling C.; Wouden-Miller, Melissa – Early Education and Development, 2003
This study examined the proportion of cooperative play in 4-year-old children across centers (housekeeping, block, manipulative, and computer) and gender in a natural classroom setting. Eighty-four white, middle-income children (41 boys and 43 girls, mean age = 55 months) were videotaped during free-play for 30 minutes per day for four weeks in…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Play, Gender Differences, Housework
Further Psychometric Evaluation of the Eyberg and Behar Rating Scales for Parents and Teachers of Preschoolers.
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Funderburk, Beverly W.; Eyberg, Sheila M.; Rich, Brendan A.; Behar, Lenore – Early Education and Development, 2003
Examined psychometric properties of the Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory, Preschool Behavior Questionnaire (PBQ) (Parent and Teacher versions), and Sutter-Eyberg Student Behavior Inventory (SESBI) with a sample of 2- to 6-year-olds. Established internal consistency for SESBI and the PBQ-Teacher. Obtained evidence for long-term stability on the…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Construct Validity, Early Childhood Education, Measures (Individuals)