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Grattan, Amy S. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The role of early childhood educators (ECE) is changing as a result of increasing numbers of young children with autism participating in natural preschool classrooms. To understand what ECE know about autism and the evidence-based practices (EBP) that support children with autism to make progress in learning and development, 125 preschool teachers…
Descriptors: Autism, Early Childhood Education, Evidence Based Practice, Preschool Children
Callaghan, Melissa N. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
To date, applying what is known about child development to educational app design has been minimally studied and rarely tested. Using developmental and learning sciences research (e.g., Hirsh-Pasek et al., 2015), this dissertation identifies whether evidence-based teaching strategies are used in the design of existing educational apps and…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Computer Oriented Programs, Preschool Education, Preschool Children
Johnson-Ferguson, Melita Sutton – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this qualitative research study was to explore how instructors became aware of culturally relevant teaching (CRT) and developmentally appropriate practices (DAP) that support African American students' academic achievement. The Grounded Theory approach was used to uncover themes from the individual interviews of African American…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Culturally Relevant Education, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Grounded Theory