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Gol-Guven, Mine – Early Child Development and Care, 2009
The purpose of this study was to examine the quality of two types of Turkish early childhood education programs: private and public preschools. Three public and three private preschools in a district of Istanbul were randomly selected. The quality of preschools was assessed using the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale developed by Harms et…
Descriptors: Young Children, Rating Scales, Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers
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Dever, Martha T.; Burts, Diane C. – Early Child Development and Care, 2002
The Family Literacy Bags (FLB) project is a parent involvement and education innovation designed to engage children and their families in reading books in Spanish or English at home. Findings from inquiry at four primarily rural, middle-class school districts suggest that the FLB project encouraged home book reading. Parents learned effective ways…
Descriptors: Family Involvement, Family Literacy, Instructional Materials, Kindergarten
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Tadros, Lori Connors – Early Child Development and Care, 1997
Evaluated an Even Start project in Maryland, using results from the National Evaluation of the Even Start Family Literacy Program for comparison. Found that participants significantly improved in their literacy skills, and that children of parents in the project were much more likely to be exposed to literacy activities such as library visits.…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Educational Opportunities, Family Involvement, Family Literacy