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Ranta, Samuli; Uusiautti, Satu; Hyvärinen, Sanna – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
The purpose of this paper is to analyze how positive pedagogical practices are implemented by early childhood education (ECE) teachers in Finland. A survey was conducted among 625 teachers, enquiring about specific positive pedagogical practices in ECEC. It was found that the correlation between the sum variables and principal components were…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers
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Leung, Chi-Hung – Early Child Development and Care, 2014
Play is a primary context for fostering young children's positive peer interactions. Through play, children develop the social, emotional, cognitive and language skills that contribute to the ability to establish effective relationships with peers. The Penn Interactive Peer Play Scale (PIPPS) was first developed by Fantuzzo to assess the quality…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Low Income Groups, Measures (Individuals)
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Samur, Ayse Öztürk – Early Child Development and Care, 2015
The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between externalising behaviours and emotional skills of 60-72-month-old children and to determine the differentiation in externalising behaviours and emotional skills according to the variable gender. The sample consists of 209 children who are 60-72 months old. Ninety-six of the children are…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Correlation, Emotional Development, Gender Differences
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McBride, Brent A.; Dyer, W. Justin; Laxman, Daniel J. – Early Child Development and Care, 2013
The purpose of this study was to longitudinally examine the relationship between father involvement in school settings and student achievement. The sample, pulled from the first and second waves of the PSID-CDS data set, consisted of 596 families with children aged 5-12 at time 1. Results revealed variations in the relationship between father…
Descriptors: Fathers, Parent Participation, Academic Achievement, Children
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Kikas, Eve; Peets, Katlin; Niilo, Airi – Early Child Development and Care, 2011
Questionnaires assessing mothers' involvement in children's education and their trust in teachers were developed for the usage in Estonian kindergartens and elementary schools. The scales were adapted based on the questionnaires by Fantuzzo and colleagues (parental involvement) and Adams and Christenson (trust). Mothers of 454 kindergarten…
Descriptors: Trust (Psychology), Mothers, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship