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Investigating the Development of Positive Peer Interactions in Low-Income Latino DLL Preschool Children
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Rica Ramírez; Lisa M. López; Olivia Hernandez Gonzalez; Marcela Galicia; Eugene Komaroff; Carol Scheffner Hammer – Early Education and Development, 2024
Research Findings: There is limited research regarding socio-emotional development in low-income Latino Dual Language Learner (DLL) children. A total of 14 studies have been identified in a comprehensive review of the literature (Halle et al. 2014). Within these studies the majority have focused on problem behaviors within this population. Through…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Hispanic American Students, Peer Relationship, Low Income Students
Using a Standardized Task to Assess the Quality of Teacher-Child Dyadic Interactions in Preschool
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Whittaker, Jessica E. V.; Williford, Amanda P.; Carter, Lauren M.; Vitiello, Virginia E.; Hatfield, Bridget E. – Early Education and Development, 2018
Research Findings: This study explored the quality of teacher-child interactions within the context of a newly developed standardized task, Teacher-Child Structured Play Task (TC-SPT). A sample of 146 teachers and 345 children participated. Children who displayed the highest disruptive behaviors within each classroom were selected to participate.…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Interaction, Preschool Children, Preschool Teachers
The Development and Validation of the Behavior and Emotion Expression Observation System to Characterize Preschoolers' Social and Emotional Interactions
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Johnson, Stacy R.; Finlon, Kristy J.; Izard, Carroll E. – Early Education and Development, 2016
Research Findings: This article describes the development and evaluation of the Behavior and Emotion Expression Observation System (BEEOS), a direct observation tool to characterize preschoolers' social and emotion behaviors during semistructured activities in the classroom. The BEEOS was used to observe 148 Head Start preschoolers, and…
Descriptors: Observation, Preschool Children, Social Behavior, Emotional Response
Peer Play Interactions and Learning for Low-Income Preschool Children: The Moderating Role of Classroom Quality
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Bulotsky-Shearer, Rebecca J.; Bell, Elizabeth R.; Carter, Tracy M.; Dietrich, Sandy L. R. – Early Education and Development, 2014
Research Findings: The present study examined the degree to which the association between interactive peer play and academic skills was dependent upon the level of classroom quality for a representative sample of culturally and linguistically diverse urban Head Start children (N = 304 children across 53 classrooms). Peer play interactions within…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Play, Peer Relationship, Economically Disadvantaged
Emotion Regulation, Language Ability, and the Stability of Preschool Children's Peer Play Behavior
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Cohen, Jeremy S.; Mendez, Julia L. – Early Education and Development, 2009
Research Findings: This study examined the stability of preschoolers' peer play behavior across the school year and the relations between emotion regulation, receptive vocabulary, and the trajectory of social competence deficits. Participants were 331 preschool children attending Head Start; they were primarily African American and from a low-SES…
Descriptors: Play, Preschool Children, Adjustment (to Environment), Receptive Language
The Relation between Toy Gun Play and Children's Aggressive Behavior.
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Watson, Malcolm W.; Peng, Ying – Early Education and Development, 1992
A study of 3-5 year olds in child care focused on the children's real and pretend aggression, rough-and-tumble play, and nonaggressive pretend play. Results suggest that toy gun play and parental punishment are positively associated with a high level of real aggression but not of pretend aggression. (LB)
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Problems, Discipline, Hostility
Externalizing Problems in Two-Year-Olds: Implications for Patterns of Social Behavior and Peers' Responses to Aggression.
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Calkins, Susan D.; Gill, Kathryn; Williford, Amanda – Early Education and Development, 1999
Studied social interaction among a sample of children at risk for the development of later and more severe behavioral-control difficulties. Observed 121 children in pairs. Found that children in the high-risk group displayed significantly and consistently more aggressive behavior than did the children in the low-risk group. (JS)
Descriptors: Aggression, At Risk Persons, Behavior Problems, Interpersonal Relationship
The Effects of Classwide Self-Assessment on Preschool Children's Engagement in Transition, Free Play, and Small Group Instruction.
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Miller, Linda J.; And Others – Early Education and Development, 1993
Discusses the effectiveness of a group self-management procedure (involving opportunity to perform a behavior, performance self-assessment, matching with the teacher, and reinforcement contingent on a student-teacher match) for increasing the on-task behavior of four disruptive preschool boys. Presents results regarding child engagement behavior,…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Class Activities, Males, Play