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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
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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
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Hojnoski, Robin; Polignano, Joy; Columba, Helen Lynn – Early Education and Development, 2016
Research Findings: Shared book reading provides opportunities for adults to engage in literacy-related interactions with children in meaningful ways. Research has examined various dimensions of adult and child behavior during shared book-reading interactions with some focus on how book type affects the reading experience. Little research, however,…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Preschool Teachers, Preschool Children, Reading Aloud to Others
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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
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Barnes, Erica M.; Dickinson, David K. – Early Education and Development, 2018
Research Findings: Mental state verbs (MSV), a component of literate and academic language, may facilitate vocabulary growth, as they relate to metacognitive and metalinguistic awareness as well as decontextualized talk, all of which have been associated with vocabulary growth. In this study, we examined teacher MSV use in group content…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Metacognition, Language Usage, Verbs
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Keefe-Cooperman, Kathleen; Brady-Amoon, Peggy – Early Education and Development, 2014
Research Findings: Preschoolers' sleep patterns were examined related to cognitive and adaptive functioning. The sample consisted of 874 typically developing preschool children with a mean age of 40.01 months. Parent/caregiver reports of children's sleep pattern factors, Stanford-Binet 5 intelligence scale scores, and Behavior Assessment System…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Sleep, Cognitive Ability, Adjustment (to Environment)