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Hanne Røe-Indregård; Ellen Irén Brinchmann; Veslemøy Rydland; Meredith L. Rowe; Bente E. Hagtvet; Imac M. Zambrana – Early Education and Development, 2024
Research Findings: Although it is well documented that toy play and book sharing shape communication between adults and children in different ways, relatively few studies have compared teacher-child interactions in the two activities. The aim of this observational study was to describe and compare the conversational functions of teachers' and…
Descriptors: Toys, Sharing Behavior, Books, Teacher Student Relationship
Strasser, Katherine; Darricades, Michelle; Mendive, Susana; Barra, Gabriela – Early Education and Development, 2018
Research Findings: This study examines the association between preschool classroom activity and the quality of the language spoken by teachers and children. Eighteen classrooms serving low-income children between the ages of 3 and 4 in Santiago de Chile were audio-recorded during one morning shift. Recordings were transcribed and segmented into…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Correlation, Preschool Education, Language Usage
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
Cheung, Sum Kwing; McBride, Catherine – Early Education and Development, 2017
Research Findings: In Study 1, we observed 32 Chinese kindergarteners playing a number board game with their caregivers in dyads. Number board game playing provided important opportunities for kindergarteners and their caregivers to talk about an array of number concepts, but their numeracy-related exchanges rarely went beyond counting. In Study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Children, Play, Games
Schacter, John; Shih, Jeff; Allen, Charles M.; DeVaul, Lina; Adkins, Amy B.; Ito, Taro; Jo, Booil – Early Education and Development, 2016
Research Findings: Effective preschool mathematics instruction is especially important for low-income children. Previous research demonstrates that low-income children enter kindergarten behind their middle-income peers. They receive less mathematics support at home and from public preschools. The aim of this study was to test Math Shelf, a tablet…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Preschool Education, Low Income Groups, At Risk Students
Lindsey, Eric W. – Early Education and Development, 2014
Research Findings: Two forms of exercise play (toy mediated and non-mediated) and 2 forms of rough-and-tumble (R&T) play (chase and fighting) were examined in relation to preschoolers' peer competence. A total of 148 preschoolers (78 boys, 89 Euro-Americans) were observed during free play at their university-sponsored child care center. The…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Play, Toys, Child Care Centers
Li, Xia; Chi, Liping; DeBey, Mary; Baroody, Arthur J. – Early Education and Development, 2015
Research Findings: The present study involved using a questionnaire to investigate the mathematics teaching practices of 74 U.S. and 67 Chinese early childhood teachers. Quantitative and qualitative analyses yielded several key findings. First, U.S. teachers are less intentional in mathematics teaching than their Chinese counterparts.…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Mathematics Instruction, Questionnaires, Educational Practices
Sosinsky, Laura Stout; Gilliam, Walter S. – Early Education and Development, 2011
Assistant teachers are a ubiquitous yet virtually overlooked part of the early education workforce. Assistant teacher education level and its relationship to various classroom characteristics and the roles lead teachers feel assistants play in classroom management and teaching were examined in a nationally representative sample of 3,191…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Play, Preschool Education, Disadvantaged Youth
Girard, Lisa-Christine; Girolametto, Luigi; Weitzman, Elaine; Greenberg, Janice – Early Education and Development, 2011
Research Findings: This study examined the effects of educators' participation in an in-service training program on the aggressive and prosocial behaviors of preschool-age children. Seventeen early childhood educators were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. A total of 68 preschool children, 4 from each educator's classroom, also…
Descriptors: Play, Preschool Children, Interaction, Preschool Teachers

Malone, D. Michael – Early Education and Development, 1998
The patterns of cognitive play of 28 African-American and Euro-American preschool children with intellectual disabilities are reported. Fourteen children representing each group, matched on developmental age and family variables, were observed playing independently at home. The pattern of African-American children's play was more reflective of…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Blacks, Child Behavior, Comparative Analysis

Landry, Susan H.; Miller-Loncar, Cynthia L.; Swank, Paul R. – Early Education and Development, 1998
Examined goal-directed behaviors for a group of children with Down's syndrome and a control group of children. Maternal and child behaviors were recorded during joint play. Found that children with Down's syndrome are less likely than normal children to show increases in independent goal-directed play behaviors following a joint play session with…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Comparative Analysis, Downs Syndrome, Goal Orientation

Lieber, Joan – Early Education and Development, 1994
Compared the nature of conflict and its resolution during free-play among preschool children with and without disabilities. Results indicated conflict occurred relatively infrequently and was of short duration. Disabled children tended to have more object possession disputes than other disputes; nondisabled children had more disputes during…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Conflict Resolution, Disabilities, Interpersonal Competence

Roopnarine, Jaipaul; And Others – Early Education and Development, 1992
Discusses the salience of father-infant rough play in some countries and presents data on the physical play interactions of 34 Indian mothers and fathers with their 1 year olds. The data suggest that fathers do not have a greater propensity than mothers for rough play and that rough play may be culture specific. (Author/LB)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cultural Differences, Developed Nations, Developing Nations

Lieber, Joan – Early Education and Development, 1993
Strategies for social pretend play were compared for 15 preschoolers with mild disabilities and 15 nondisabled preschoolers in 3 integrated sites. Videotapes of children during free play were analyzed to determine strategies used to enter, initiate, maintain, and terminate play. Both groups initiated play without discussing roles, conducted short…
Descriptors: Cerebral Palsy, Comparative Analysis, Delayed Speech, Developmental Disabilities

Hart, Craig H.; And Others – Early Education and Development, 1992
A total of 136 mothers of preschool-age children participated in interviews about their disciplinary style. Children of power-assertive mothers engaged in more antisocial or disruptive behavior than other children and expected successful instrumental outcomes for hostile methods of resolving peer conflict. (LB)
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Assertiveness, Behavior Patterns, Comparative Analysis
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