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Sheridan, Susan M.; Edwards, Carolyn Pope; Marvin, Christine A.; Knoche, Lisa L. – Early Education and Development, 2009
In light of the current policy context, early childhood educators are being asked to have a complex understanding of child development and early education issues and provide rich, meaningful educational experiences for all children and families in their care. Accountability for outcomes is high, and resources for professional support are limited.…
Descriptors: Research Needs, Early Childhood Education, Educational Experience, Professional Development
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Dickinson, David K. – Early Education and Development, 2006
Research conducted in preschool classrooms has long relied on measures of classroom quality that were developed in the 1980s based on theory and data available at that time. They examine classroom quality broadly, provide limited detail about supports for pre-academic instruction, and only weakly predict variation in children's acquisition of…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Preschool Children, Classroom Environment, Classroom Research
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Lopez, Michael L.; Tarullo, Louisa B.; Forness, Steven R.; Boyce, Cheryl A. – Early Education and Development, 2000
Examines the prevalence, developmental course, and predictive power of child mental health problems for young children in general and low-income, diverse populations in particular. Notes discrepancies between Head Start agency-level data, national estimates, and intensive studies of similar populations. Describes new collaborative federal…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Child Development, Emotional Problems, Federal Programs