The professional perceptions of instructional personnel at a public prekindergarten program were examined in this mixed methods study. The staff was provided with an anonymous Google form survey. This study investigates the social-emotional outcomes of students in an inclusive prekindergarten program. The outcome of the survey responses showed…

Teachers can play important roles in supporting children's development through play, but require training to better understand this role. Practice-based coaching shows promise in its ability to train teachers in use of evidence-based practice, but has not been used for play support practices. The present study sought to explore using…

My research study titled, "Connecting Universal Design for Learning with Gallery Tours in Art Museum Education," establishes a relationship between gallery tours in art museum education and the principles of UDL, (CAST, 2011). Through this study I will address contemporary theories on art museum education, volunteer guide training, and…

This study examined the effects that a multi-component intervention had on play behaviors and mean length of utterance (MLU) of eight Head Start children at risk for language delays and social skill development. The intervention consisted of three components: (a) a planning period included reading a story book that illustrated the play theme and…

Focusing on styles of interaction, this study investigated the possibility of sex differences in preschool children's use of the computer. A total of 21 girls and 7 boys attending a mixed-age summer preschool class chose to create drawings using an interactive computer graphics program. Observer logs, computer drawing programs, and transcribed…

This study compares the teaching of problem-solving skills to preschool children in individual and group settings. Subjects were 8 girls and 7 boys of 3 years, 6 months to 5 years, 10 months of age who attended a university laboratory preschool. There were two experimental groups and one comparison group. Children were presented with a problem…

This study examined the reliability and validity of the Application of Cognitive Functions Scale (ACFS) (C. Lidz and R. Jepsen, 1997) Behavior Observation Rating Scale. The study involved observational ratings of 25 participants who were enrolled in a preschool for children with developmental disabilities. Validity was investigated by determining…

The purpose of this study is to contribute to research regarding the Application of Cognitive Functions Scale (ACFS; C. Lidz and R. Jepsen, 1997), a newly developed dynamic assessment approach for the assessment of preschool children. The ACFS assesses the ability of children to apply their cognitive functions in areas that are related to the…

A survey questionnaire consisting of 14 multiple-choice questions was prepared in order to measure parents' knowledge in the area of reading readiness skills and to determine their views of themselves as their children's teachers. The questionnaire was distributed to 160 middle-class parents residing in New Jersey. A total of 123 responded.…

The effectiveness of social modeling reinforcers in changing the toy preferences of preschool-age children was investigated in this document. Subjects, ranging in age from 37 to 64 months, were matched by sex and age, then randomly assigned to one of two experimental conditions or to one control condition. In the high-reinforcement condition the…

There has been recent interest in Dynamic Assessment in the psychoeducational assessment of preschool children. This study investigated the concurrent validity between the Application of Cognitive Functions Scale (ACFS) (C. Lidz and R. Jepsen, 1999), a Dynamic Assessment, and the Leiter-Revised International Performance Test (Leiter-R) (G. Roid…

The AGS Early Screening Profiles (AGS:ESP) instrument (P. Harrison, 1990) has been introduced recently as a screening instrument for predicting mental ability. A study was conducted to determine the degree of concurrent validity between the AGS:ESP and the Stanford Binet Fourth Edition (SB:FE), an instrument often used by psychologists to detect…

A week-long exploratory observational case study of two white middle class girls (4 years, 9 months of age) investigated how children incorporate reading and writing literacy skills and knowledge of literacy artifacts into their play activities. Also examined was the role these play activities have in the development of literacy. Data were…

To test Bettelheim's claim that picturebook illustrations adversely affect children's imagination, this study examined effects of an adult's storytelling versus picturebook reading on the creativity of 11 preschool children. Initially, a total of 292 interviews were held with 30 children; the reduced final sample was composed of children with high…

A computer activity center was established in a preschool in order to investigate the effect of the introduction and use of microcomputers on the environment and to assess the appropriateness of computers as tools for the preschool. The center consisted of one 16K Atari 400 computer, a black and white television, a cassette memory storage device,…