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Goldberg, Molly J.; Lloyd, Dalhia D.; Syed, Gullnar; Welch, Greg W.; Curenton, Stephanie M. – Early Education and Development, 2023
Research Findings: Despite widespread calls to advance equity in early childhood classrooms, there are few observational measures of equitable classroom processes that can be used for academic research or professional development for teachers. In this study, we investigate the psychometric properties of an observational measure of equitable…
Descriptors: Sociocultural Patterns, Early Childhood Education, Race, Learning Activities
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Bachman, Heather J.; Degol, Jessica L.; Elliott, Leanne; Scharphorn, Laura; El Nokali, Nermeen E.; Palmer, Kalani M. – Early Education and Development, 2018
Research Findings: The present study examined the amount of exposure to math activities that children of low socioeconomic status (SES) encounter in private community-based preschool classrooms and whether greater time in these activities predicted higher math skills. Three cohorts of 4- to 5-year-old children were recruited from 30 private…
Descriptors: Low Income Groups, Preschool Education, Preschool Children, Private Schools
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Hartz, Karyn; Williford, Amanda P.; Koomen, Helma M. Y. – Early Education and Development, 2017
Research Findings: The present study examined associations between children's classroom interactions and teachers' perceptions of teacher-child relationships during 1 year of preschool. Teachers (n = 223) reported their perceptions of closeness and conflict in their teacher-child relationships in the fall and spring. Children's (n = 895) positive…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Teacher Attitudes, Correlation, Classroom Communication
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McGuire, Patrick R.; Kinzie, Mable; Thunder, Kateri; Berry, Robert – Early Education and Development, 2016
Research Findings: This study analyzed the quality of teacher-child interactions across 10 videotaped observations drawn from 5 different prekindergarten classrooms delivering the same mathematics curriculum: "MyTeachingPartner-Math." Interactions were coded using 2 observational measures: (a) a general measure, the Classroom Assessment…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Video Technology, Observation, Preschool Education
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Goble, Priscilla; Pianta, Robert C. – Early Education and Development, 2017
Research Findings: This article examines whether time spent in free choice and teacher-directed activity settings within preschool was associated with indicators of school readiness and the extent to which children's learning was associated with the quality of teachers' behavior within these settings. Participants were 325 preschool teachers and…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, School Readiness, Preschool Teachers, Preschool Children
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Piasta, Shayne B.; Pelatti, Christina Yeager; Miller, Heather Lynnine – Early Education and Development, 2014
Research Findings: The present study observed and coded instruction in 65 preschool classrooms to examine (a) overall amounts and (b) types of mathematics and science learning opportunities experienced by preschool children as well as (c) the extent to which these opportunities were associated with classroom and program characteristics. Results…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Science Education, Preschool Education, Preschool Children
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Quay, Lorene C. – Early Education and Development, 1991
Head Start caregivers' positive and neutral interactions with nonhandicapped, and mainstreamed handicapped, children were observed while the caregivers engaged in caregiving and instructional activities. Caregivers were found to have higher positive and neutral interaction rates and higher negative interaction rates, with handicapped than with…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Class Activities, Classroom Observation Techniques, Comparative Analysis