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Harris, Toni; Sideris, John; Serpell, Zewelanji; Burchinal, Margaret; Pickett, Chloe – Journal of Negro Education, 2014
This study examined the degree to which dimensions of parenting predicted early academic outcomes in a sample of 111 low-income African American children. Three aspects of parenting were assessed when the children were 36 months old: language stimulation, math-related stimulation, and maternal sensitivity. Academic outcomes were assessed at 54…
Descriptors: Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, African American Children, Preschool Children
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Early, Diane M.; Iruka, Iheoma U.; Ritchie, Sharon; Barbarin, Oscar A.; Winn, Donna-Marie C.; Crawford, Gisele M.; Frome, Pamela M.; Clifford, Richard M.; Burchinal, Margaret; Howes, Carollee; Bryant, Donna M.; Pianta, Robert C. – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2010
The current paper considers how children spend their time in state-funded pre-kindergarten programs and how time use relates to ethnicity, gender, and family income, based on the assumption that how time is spent in pre-kindergarten is relevant for the programs' success in narrowing achievement gaps. Classroom observations of 2061 children in 652…
Descriptors: African American Children, Ethnicity, Family Income, Preschool Education
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Iruka, Iheoma U.; Burchinal, Margaret; Cai, Karen – Journal of Black Psychology, 2010
This study investigates the extent to which the quality of the relationships between African American children and their mothers and teachers in kindergarten predict academic and social development during elementary school years using the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development. The…
Descriptors: African American Children, Behavior Problems, Mothers, Academic Achievement
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Roberts, Joanne; Jurgens, Julia; Burchinal, Margaret – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2005
This study examined how 4 specific measures of home literacy practices (i.e., shared book reading frequency, maternal book reading strategies, child's enjoyment of reading, and maternal sensitivity) and a global measure of the quality and responsiveness of the home environment during the preschool years predicted children's language and emergent…
Descriptors: Family Environment, African American Children, Reading Skills, Reading Strategies