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Leong, Anne Day; Berzin, Stephanie Cosner; Hawkins, Summer Sherburne – Early Child Development and Care, 2019
Head Start is a federally funded early childhood education programme that takes a unique 2-generation approach to working with families. Family engagement in early education like Head Start has been shown to improve academic and behavioural outcomes in children, with particular beneficial effects in the children of immigrant parents. This study…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Parent Participation, Federal Programs, Early Childhood Education
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Iivonen, S.; Sääkslahti, A. K. – Early Child Development and Care, 2014
Fundamental motor skills (FMS) affect children's physical, social, and cognitive development. To plan successful interventions when promoting the development of children's FMS, the underlying positive determinants for the acquisition of FMS competence during preschool years need to be identified. The purpose of this systematic review was…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Basic Skills, Psychomotor Skills, Needs Assessment
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Seo, Hyun Ah; Chun, Hui Young; Jwa, Seung Hwa; Choi, Mi Hyun – Early Child Development and Care, 2011
This study investigates the relationship between young children's habitual computer use and influencing variables on socio-emotional development. The participants were 179 five-year-old children. The Internet Addiction Scale for Young Children (IASYC) was used to identify children with high and low levels of habituation to computer use. The data…
Descriptors: Young Children, Measures (Individuals), Internet, Emotional Development
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Hanline, Mary Frances; Milton, Sande; Phelps, Pamela C. – Early Child Development and Care, 2010
The purpose of this study was to explore the predictive relationship between the level of symbolic representation in block constructions of preschoolers and reading and mathematics abilities and rate of growth in early elementary school for children with and without disabilities. Fifty-one children participated, 22 of whom had identified…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Young Children, Reading Ability, Predictor Variables
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Hill, Susan – Early Child Development and Care, 2011
This article explores aspects of early language and literacy that may predict later literacy development. It explores a range of assessment procedures used for oral language, vocabulary, sentence structure and phonology and early reading and writing. The article then describes a small-scale study which highlights the disconnections between the…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Early Reading, Phonology, Sentence Structure
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Joshi, Arti – Early Child Development and Care, 2009
The study assessed the nature of teacher-child interactions in early childhood classrooms in India, from the teachers' and parents' perspectives. Specifically, the impact of teacher training, satisfaction with training and job, years of experience, and class size on the teacher-child interactions were examined. Sixty-five preschool teachers and…
Descriptors: Class Size, Young Children, Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers
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Marjanovic Umek, Ljubica; Kranjc, Simona; Fekonja, Urska; Bajc, Katja – Early Child Development and Care, 2008
The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of preschool on children's school readiness in connection with their intellectual abilities, language competence and parents' education. The sample included 219 children from 68 to 83 months old attending the first year of primary school, differentiated by whether or not they had attended…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Family Environment, Language Acquisition, Preschool Children
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Xu, Yaoying; Gelfer, Jeffrey I.; Sileo, Nancy; Filler, John; Perkins, Peggy G. – Early Child Development and Care, 2008
This study examined the effects of peer tutoring on children's social interactions and compared social interaction behaviors between children who are English-language learners (ELL) and children who are primary English speakers (PES). Single-subject withdrawal design (ABA) was applied in this study and classwide peer tutoring was used as the…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Young Children, Interpersonal Relationship, Interaction
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Young, David M. – Early Child Development and Care, 1984
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Childhood Attitudes, Children, Content Analysis
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Stacks, Ann M.; Goff, Jamie – Early Child Development and Care, 2006
This study examines the rate of internalizing and externalizing behavior and whether or not family factors influence internalizing and externalizing behavior differently depending on child gender. Sixty-three Head Start parent-child dyads participated in this study. Rates of externalizing behavior at home for males and females were consistent with…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Depression (Psychology), Gender Differences, Child Behavior