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Conversation Compass© Communication Screener: A Conversation Screener for Teachers
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Gardner, Shari L.; Curenton, Stephanie M. – Early Child Development and Care, 2017
The purpose of this study was to report preliminary reliability and validity data from the Conversation Compass© Communication Screener (CCCS), a teacher-reported language screener intended to capture children's skills related to classroom conversations with peers and teachers. Three preschool teachers completed the CCCS and the Child Observation…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Peer Relationship, Teacher Student Relationship, Preschool Teachers
An Examination of the Implementation of Mathematics Lessons in a Chinese Kindergarten Classroom in the Setting of Standards Reform
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Hu, Bi Ying; Quebec Fuentes, Sarah; Ma, Jingjing; Ye, Feiwei; Roberts, Sherron Killingsworth – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2017
In China, the "2001 Kindergarten Education Guidelines (Trial)", or "New Outline", delineates what constitutes high-quality, developmentally appropriate practices in all early childhood education curriculum domains, including mathematics. The "New Outline" is known for advocating a child-centered, play-based approach…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Mathematics Instruction, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Re-Conceptualizing Early Childhood Teacher Education: Enacting a Paradigm Shift to Bring Developmentally Appropriate Practice to Higher Education
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Cunningham, Denise D. – Critical Questions in Education, 2014
In this article, Denise D. Cunningham presents a project that emerged from informal discussions with early childhood pre-service teachers during their content area methods courses at a large, Midwestern four-year university. Students stated that they needed personal experience with materials and practices that they will be expected to use in…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Teacher Education Programs, Methods Courses
Realizing a Progressive Pedagogy: A Comparative Case Study of Two Reggio Emilia Preschools in San Francisco
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Abdelfattah, Marwa – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2015
This study aims to uncover how a particular imported philosophy of early childhood education, Reggio Emilia, is implemented in the context of one public and one private preschool in San Francisco. The philosophy of Reggio Emilia is believed to be progressive and to be developmentally appropriate for children in early childhood. The study involved…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Case Studies, Reggio Emilia Approach, Preschool Education
Professional Development for the Early Learning Content Social Studies Standards
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Katz, Laurie; Inan, Hatice Zeynep; Tyson, Cynthia; Dixson, Adrienne; Kang, Hyun-Young – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2010
This article describes early childhood educators' responses to a professional development series aimed at helping them to understand and incorporate early learning standards for social studies. While the primary aim of the professional development was to focus on the social studies content standards, the secondary aim was to introduce early…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Faculty Development, Early Childhood Education, Academic Standards