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An Empirical Investigation of the Dimensionality of the Physical Literacy Environment in Early Childhood Classrooms
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Dynia, Jaclyn M.; Schachter, Rachel E.; Piasta, Shayne B.; Justice, Laura M.; O'Connell, Ann A.; Yeager Pelatti, Christina – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2018
This study investigated the dimensionality of the physical literacy environment of early childhood education classrooms. Data on the classroom physical literacy environment were collected from 245 classrooms using the Classroom Literacy Observation Profile. A combination of confirmatory and exploratory factor analysis was used to identify five…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Classroom Environment, Literacy Education, Factor Analysis
An Empirical Investigation of the Dimensionality of the Physical Literacy Environment in Early Childhood Classrooms
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Dynia, Jaclyn M.; Schachter, Rachel E.; Piasta, Shayne B.; Justice, Laura M.; O'Connell, Ann A.; Yeager Pelatti, Christina – Grantee Submission, 2016
This study investigated the dimensionality of the physical literacy environment of early childhood education classrooms. Data on the classroom physical literacy environment were collected from 245 classrooms using the Classroom Literacy Observation Profile. A combination of confirmatory and exploratory factor analysis was used to identify five…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Classroom Environment, Literacy Education, Factor Analysis
An Assessment of the Validity of the ECERS-R with Implications for Measures of Child Care Quality and Relations to Child Development
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Gordon, Rachel A.; Fujimoto, Ken; Kaestner, Robert; Korenman, Sanders; Abner, Kristin – Developmental Psychology, 2013
The Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale-Revised (ECERS-R) is widely used to associate child care quality with child development, but its validity for this purpose is not well established. We examined the validity of the ECERS-R using the multidimensional Rasch partial credit model (PCM), factor analyses, and regression analyses with data from…
Descriptors: Young Children, Rating Scales, Relationship, Child Care