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Joo, Young Sun; Magnuson, Katherine; Duncan, Greg J.; Schindler, Holly S.; Yoshikawa, Hirokazu; Ziol-Guest, Kathleen M. – Early Education and Development, 2020
Research Findings: This study uses data from a comprehensive meta-analytic database of early childhood education (ECE) program evaluations published between 1960 and 2007 in the United States to examine the incremental effects of adding enhancement program components to ECE programs on children's cognitive abilities, pre-academic skills,…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Cognitive Ability, Academic Ability, Child Behavior
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Schachter, Rachel E. – Early Education and Development, 2015
Research Findings: The goal of this study was to examine empirical research on the design, delivery, and measurement of the effects of professional development (PD) for early childhood educators in order to provide insight into what the field has accomplished as well as suggest directions for future PD programs and research. Through the use of…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Preschool Teachers, Educational Research, Evaluation Methods
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Early Education and Development, 2007
Research Findings: Data on more than 900 children participating in the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care were analyzed to examine the effect of age of entry to kindergarten on children's functioning in early elementary school. Children's academic achievement and socioemotional development were…
Descriptors: School Entrance Age, Kindergarten, Academic Achievement, Emotional Development
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Killen, Melanie – Early Education and Development, 1995
Contrasts prevailing attitudes with new research that presents a new portrayal of young children's social disposition: children are social and sensitive to the needs of others and take other viewpoints into consideration, aggression is a rare form of conflict resolution, and children negotiate and compromise with peers in the absence of adults at…
Descriptors: Aggression, Child Behavior, Child Development, Child Psychology