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Housman, Donna K.; Cabral, Howard; Aniskovich, Katsiaryna; Denham, Susanne A. – Early Child Development and Care, 2023
Research has shown that the first few years of a child's life are critical for developing executive functioning and emotional regulatory skills. This study aimed to evaluate how begin to ECSEL (Emotional, Cognitive and Social Early Learning), an intervention designed to promote young children's emotional competence, influenced children's…
Descriptors: Self Control, Executive Function, Intervention, Preschool Children
Hestenes, Linda L.; Rucker, Lia; Wang, Yudan Chen; Mims, Sharon U.; Hestenes, Stephen E.; Cassidy, Deborah J. – Early Education and Development, 2019
Research Findings: The present study provides an initial descriptive comparison of the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale-Revised (ECERS-R) and the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale-Third Edition (ECERS-3) in a relatively large sample in 1 state that uses the Environment Rating Scales within its Quality Rating and Improvement System…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Quality, Rating Scales, Early Childhood Education
Jeon, Lieny; Buettner, Cynthia K. – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2015
Background: Providing enriched learning environments is important to stimulating children's development in early childhood. Early child-care policymakers in many states in the US have adopted Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS) as a way to verify quality of child care and to support children's school readiness. Objective: The purpose of…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Child Care, Child Care Centers, Cognitive Development
Nabuco, Maria Emília; Aguiar, Maria Stella; Costa, Cláudia; Morais, Diogo – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2014
This cross-sectional study attempts to investigate the effects of the Aprender em Parceria (A PAR) programme, an intervention in early childhood education and parenting support in the suburbs of Great Lisbon which aims to increase the educational achievement of disadvantaged children from birth to six-years-old. A quasi-experimental design was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Effectiveness, Program Implementation, Intervention
Celebioglu Morkoc, Ozlem; Aktan Acar, Ebru – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2014
This research examined the effectiveness of Multipurpose Unit Early Classroom Intervention Program (MUECIP) prepared for 4-5-year-old (48-60 months) children whose development is at risk because of their families' socioeconomic conditions. The research adopted a preliminary test-final test control group trial model. The research participants were…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Preschool Children, Preschool Evaluation, Program Effectiveness
Gallagher, Peggy A.; Abbott-Shim, Martha; VandeWiele, Laura – NHSA Dialog, 2011
This study describes the results of an evaluation of the Individualized Learning Intervention, a mentoring program for early childhood educators. This mentoring program includes 3 components: Mentor Teacher Seminar, Mentor teachers supporting professional development of Protege teachers throughout the school year, and Mentor coordinator meetings…
Descriptors: Mentors, Disadvantaged Youth, Young Children, Teacher Workshops
Using Meta-Analysis to Explain Variation in Head Start Research Results: The Role of Research Design
Shager, Hilary M.; Schindler, Holly S.; Hart, Cassandra M.D.; Duncan, Greg J.; Magnuson, Katherine A.; Yoshikawa, Hirokazu – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2010
Head Start was designed as a holistic intervention to improve economically disadvantaged, preschool-aged children's cognitive and social development by providing a comprehensive set of educational, health, nutritional, and social services, as well as opportunities for parent involvement (Zigler & Valentine, 1979). Given the current interest in ECE…
Descriptors: Intervention, Early Childhood Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth
Child Care & Early Education Research Connections, 2010
"Research Connections" conducted a comprehensive search of its collection for resources focused on early mathematics. This Key Topic Resource List includes an overview of the early mathematics literature, as well as a listing of selected resources on the topic. Search results are grouped into five broad areas: (1) Programs and…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Skills, Knowledge Level, Parent Role
US Department of Health and Human Services, 2010
This paper presents an overview of the Early Head Start program. The objective of the Early Head Start program is to enhance the cognitive, social and emotional development of low-income children, including children on federally-recognized reservations and children of migratory farm workers, through the provision of comprehensive health,…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Cognitive Development, Emotional Development

Landsberger, Betty H. – National Elementary Principal, 1973
Describes a public school program for educating 5-year-olds that emphasizes the children before the subject matter, looks at how and what the children learn rather than how and what the teachers teach, creates more open classrooms, fosters interaction within the school and between school and community, and achieves a greater commonality of purpose…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Cognitive Development, Early Childhood Education, Educational Change
Price, Alda; Sperber, Diane – 1979
This evaluation report describes Project P.R.O.B.E., a bilingual education program for four and five year old Spanish speaking children in two Bronx, New York schools. The educational objectives of the program, including the improvement of reading and other curriculum skills, are outlined. Also described are staffing patterns, orientation and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Cognitive Development, Early Childhood Education, Program Descriptions
Gabriel, Roy M. – 1982
Data from 86 Early Childhood Education (ECE) projects in Oregon were analyzed using methods prescribed by the Value Added model for ECE evaluation. The extent to which appropriate model implementation procedures were followed is unknown. Thus, the results represent an empirical account of the model's estimates of project impact, rather than a…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Data Analysis, Early Childhood Education, Models
Di Lorenzo, Louis T. – 1969
This report presents the results of a study from July 1965 to July 1969 on the effects of year-long prekindergarten programs for disadvantaged children involving eight school districts in New York State and approximately 1,800 children. The study focused on factors which the schools considered important and major objectives of their programs.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education
Economic and Youth Opportunities Agency of Greater Los Angeles, CA. – 1970
In October 1969 and again six months later, in April 1970, the Bettye Caldwell Preschool Inventory was administered to Head Start children in Los Angeles County. In all, 704 pre- and post-tests were obtained. The purpose of the testing was to assess one of the goals of the Head Start Program: to enrich the experience of preschool children and to…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Compensatory Education, Early Childhood Education, Interpersonal Competence

Affholter, Dennis P.; And Others – Evaluation Review, 1983
Early evidence from an evaluation of the Child and Family Resource Program (a Head Start demonstration) suggests that this program influences parent-child interaction in ways that promote children's social and cognitive development. (Author)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Early Childhood Education, Evaluation Methods, Interaction