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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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Schmitt, Sara A.; Pratt, Megan E.; McClelland, Megan M. – Early Education and Development, 2014
Research Findings: The current study investigated the predictive utility of teacher-rated, observed, and directly assessed behavioral self-regulation skills to academic achievement in preschoolers. Specifically, this study compared how a teacher report (the Child Behavior Rating Scale), an observer report (the Observed Child Engagement Scale), and…
Descriptors: Validity, Preschool Children, Prediction, Academic Achievement
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Kim, Do-Hong; Lambert, Richard G.; Burts, Diane C. – Early Education and Development, 2013
Research Findings: This study examined the measurement equivalence of the "Teaching Strategies GOLD[R]" assessment system across subgroups of children based on their primary language and disability status. This study is based on teacher-collected assessment data for 3-, 4-, and 5-year-old children for the fall of 2010, winter of 2010, and spring…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Teaching Methods, Educational Strategies, Special Needs Students
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Julvez, Jordi; Forns, Maria; Ribas-Fito, Nuria; Mazon, Carlos; Torrent, Maties; Garcia-Esteban, Raquel; Ellison-Loschmann, Lis; Sunyer, Jordi – Early Education and Development, 2008
Research Findings: Few rating scales measure social competence in very young Spanish or Catalan children. We aimed to analyze the psychometric characteristics of the California Preschool Social Competence Scale (CPSCS) when applied to a Spanish- and Catalan-speaking population. Children were rated by their respective teachers within 6 months…
Descriptors: Social Class, Test Validity, Rating Scales, Factor Analysis
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Hyson, Marion C.; Lee, Kyeong-Min – Early Education and Development, 1996
Developed a measure of the structure and correlates of 279 early childhood practitioners' emotion beliefs. Found that emotion beliefs were related to practitioners' level of education and background in early childhood education. Comparison with Korean teachers' beliefs showed differences reflecting culturally specific expectations about children's…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Influences
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Quay, Lorene C.; Steele, Donald C. – Early Education and Development, 1998
Constructed and tested for validity the Developmental Rating Scale (DRS), which uses teacher judgments about the academic development of children to evaluate student achievement. Teachers evaluated children at the pre-kindergarten, first-, and second-grade levels using the DRS and the Developmental Profile II (DPII). Found that the DRS, unlike the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Development, Comparative Analysis, Elementary School Students