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Arizona's "Success by Six" Legislative Package: A Historic Case of Strategic Framing
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Nagasawa, Mark K. – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2015
This account of what, at first glance, might seem like a narrow and obscure historical case of one U.S. state's preschool program is a vehicle for raising questions about how early childhood policies have developed in other locales, for the contemporary policies and programs that exist around the world are the result of efforts by many…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Policy, Educational Practices, Strategic Planning
"No-o-o-o Peeking": Preschoolers' Executive Control, Social Competence, and Classroom Adjustment
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Denham, Susanne A.; Bassett, Hideko H.; Sirotkin, Yana S.; Brown, Chavaughn; Morris, Carol S. – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2015
The goals of this study were to evaluate (1) how specific aspects of executive control, briefly assessed, predict social competence and classroom adjustment during preschool and (2) differences between two aspects of executive control, according to child's age, socioeconomic risk status, and gender. The facets of executive control were defined as…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Executive Function, Interpersonal Competence, Classroom Environment
Quebec's Child Care Services: What Are the Mechanisms Influencing Children's Behaviors across Quantity, Type, and Quality of Care Experienced?
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Lemay, Lise; Bigras, Nathalie; Bouchard, Caroline – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2015
The objective of this study was to examine how quantity, type, and quality of care interact in predicting externalizing and internalizing behaviors of 36-month-old children attending Quebec's educational child care from their first years of life. To do so, the authors examined two hypothesized models: (1) a mediation model where quantity, type,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Care Centers, Child Care, Child Behavior
Quality in Family Child Care Settings: The Relationship between Provider Educational Experiences and Global Quality Scores in a Statewide Quality Rating and Improvement System
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Hallam, Rena A.; Bargreen, Kaitlin N.; Ridgley, Robyn – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2013
This study is a secondary analysis of a statewide sample of licensed family child care providers in the Tennessee Child Care Evaluation and Report Card Program ("N"?=?1,145) that describes the general quality of family child care programs in the state and examines the relationships between provider education and global quality. Study…
Descriptors: Educational Experience, Child Care, Educational Quality, Child Caregivers
A Descriptive Case Analysis of Instructional Teaching Practices in Finnish Preschool Classrooms
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Salminen, Jenni; Hannikainen, Maritta; Poikonen, Pirjo-Liisa; Rasku-Puttonen, Helena – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2013
This study examined the diversity of teaching practices to illuminate the qualitative variety of instructional teaching practices among preschool teachers. Further, teachers' self-rated educational goals were explored to complement the multifaceted nature of preschool teachers' instructional teaching practices. The study was carried out as a case…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Practices, Case Studies
Results for Year 2 of an Early Reading First Project
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Martin, Kathleen; Emfinger, Kay; Snyder, Scott; O'Neal, Marcia – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2007
This paper presents results of Year 2 of an Early Reading First project in a low-income, primarily African American community. Goals of Early Reading First include preparing at-risk preschoolers for school success. This project provided professional development, classroom coaching, books, and materials in support of a literacy-focused preschool…
Descriptors: Early Reading, Kindergarten, Emergent Literacy, Intervention