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Hu, Bi Ying; Guan, Lin; Ye, Feiwei; Vitiello, Virginia E.; Roberts, Sherron K.; Li, Yuan Hua; Wu, Qiong – Early Education and Development, 2023
Research Findings: This study explores how Chinese preschool teachers' enactment of Concept Development (CD) strategies, as measured by the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS), might effectively elicit children's higher-order thinking during whole-group science teaching. Participants included 25 Chinese preschool teachers and 800 young…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Education, Preschool Teachers, Teaching Methods
Kook, Janna Fuccillo; Greenfield, Daryl B. – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2021
High-quality instructional interaction, in which teachers engage children in conversations that support the development of higher order thinking skills, conceptual understanding, and advanced language skills, is associated with positive outcomes for preschool children. Classrooms serving low-income preschoolers tend to have lower levels of this…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Preschool Education, Preschool Teachers, Interaction