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Continuity of Care, Caregiver-Child Interactions, and Toddler Social Competence and Problem Behaviors
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Ruprecht, Karen; Elicker, James; Choi, Ji Young – Early Education and Development, 2016
Research Findings: Continuity of care is a recommended practice in child care intended to promote secure and supportive relationships between infants and toddlers and their caregivers. Toddlers (N = 115) between 12 and 24 months were observed in 30 continuity and 29 noncontinuity classrooms. The average duration of care for toddlers with…
Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Behavior Problems, Infants, Toddlers
Teacher Stress Predicts Child Executive Function: Moderation by School Poverty
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Neuenschwander, Regula; Friedman-Krauss, Allison; Raver, Cybele; Blair, Clancy – Early Education and Development, 2017
Research Findings: Recent research has explored relations between classroom quality and child executive function (EF), but little is known about how teachers' well-being, including stress, relates to child EF--a crucial component of self-regulation. We hypothesized that teacher stress is negatively or curvilinearly related to child EF and…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Prediction, Stress Variables, Executive Function
Child Behavior Problems, Teacher Executive Functions, and Teacher Stress in Head Start Classrooms
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Friedman-Krauss, Allison H.; Raver, C. Cybele; Neuspiel, Juliana M.; Kinsel, John – Early Education and Development, 2014
Research Findings: The current article explores the relationship between teachers' perceptions of child behavior problems and preschool teacher job stress, as well as the possibility that teachers' executive functions moderate this relationship. Data came from 69 preschool teachers in 31 early childhood classrooms in 4 Head Start centers and were…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Preschool Children, Behavior Problems, Executive Function
Supporting Vocabulary Teaching and Learning in Prekindergarten: The Role of Educative Curriculum Materials
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Neuman, Susan B.; Pinkham, Ashley; Kaefer, Tanya – Early Education and Development, 2015
The purpose of this study was to support teachers' child-directed language and student outcomes by enhancing the educative features of an intervention targeted to vocabulary, conceptual development and comprehension. Using a set of design heuristics (Davis & Krajcik, 2005), our goal was to support teachers' professional development within the…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Preschool Education, Preschool Curriculum, Faculty Development