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DiStefano, Christine; Liu, Jin; Burgess, Yin – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2017
When using educational/psychological instruments, psychometric investigations should be conducted before adopting to new environments to ensure that an instrument measures the same constructs. Exploratory structural equation modeling and confirmatory factor analysis methods were used to examine the utility of the short form of the Pediatric…
Descriptors: Screening Tests, Check Lists, Preschool Children, Structural Equation Models
Bustamante, Andres S.; White, Lisa J.; Greenfield, Daryl B. – Grantee Submission, 2017
Approaches to learning are a set of domain-general skills that encompass curiosity, persistence, planning, and engagement in group learning. These skills play a key role in preschoolers' learning and predict school readiness in math and language. Preschool science is a critical domain for early education and facilitates learning across domains.…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Learning Strategies
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Lee, Hsing-Ming; Chou, Mei-Ju; Chin, Chia-Hui; Wu, Ho-Tang – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2017
The purpose of this research mainly lies in exploration of influence of psychological capital of preschool teachers on professional commitment, and moderation effect of their working years on the influential relationship between psychological capital and professional commitment. 400 Taiwan preschool teachers took part in this research as the…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Resilience (Psychology), Positive Attitudes, Preschool Teachers
Sandilos, Lia E.; Goble, Priscilla; Rimm-Kaufman, Sara E.; Pianta, Robert C. – Grantee Submission, 2018
The present study examines the extent to which participation in a 14-week professional development course designed to improve teacher-child interactions in the classroom moderated the relation between teacher-reported job stress and gains in observed teacher-child interaction quality from the beginning to the end of the intervention. Participants…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Teacher Student Relationship, Interaction, Program Effectiveness
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Jeong, Hye In; Kim, Yeolib – Interactive Learning Environments, 2017
This study investigated kindergarten teachers' decision-making process regarding the acceptance of computer technology. We incorporated the Technology Acceptance Model framework, in addition to computer self-efficacy, subjective norm, and personal innovativeness in education technology as external variables. The data were obtained from 160…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Technological Literacy, Self Efficacy, Guidelines
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Palermo, Francisco; Ispa, Jean M.; Carlo, Gustavo; Streit, Cara – Developmental Psychology, 2018
We tested a culturally integrative model examining the associations among economic hardship during infancy and Latino children's later sociobehavioral problems and academic skills prior to kindergarten entry, whether mothers' mental health problems and positive parenting behaviors mediated those associations, and whether they varied by mothers'…
Descriptors: Infants, Economically Disadvantaged, Preschool Children, Hispanic Americans
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Purwati; Japar, Muhammad – International Journal of Instruction, 2017
The aims of this study were (1) to understand the effects of parents' education and personality aspects on child disruptive behavior, (2) to know the correlation between the parents' personality aspects (N-Deference, N-Succorance, N-Dominance and N-Aggression) and the children' disruptive behavior. A quantitative approach to the correlational…
Descriptors: Parent Background, Educational Attainment, Personality Traits, Student Behavior
Spear, Caitlin F.; Piasta, Shayne B.; Yeomans-Maldonado, Gloria; Ottley, Jennifer R.; Justice, Laura M.; O'Connell, Ann A. – Journal of Teacher Education, 2018
In this study, we provide a contemporary examination of the similarities and differences between early childhood general educators (ECEs) and early childhood special educators (ECSEs) within a theoretically driven model that accounted for the associations of beliefs and knowledge with practice. We used structural equation modeling to examine the…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Regular and Special Education Relationship, Special Education Teachers, Preschool Teachers
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Kana, Fatih – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2015
The purpose of this study is to find out the level of speech anxiety of last year students at Education Faculties and the effects of speech anxiety. For this purpose, speech anxiety inventory was delivered to 540 pre-service teachers at 2013-2014 academic year using stratified sampling method. Relational screening model was used in the study. To…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Anxiety, Public Speaking
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Waaland, Torbjørn – Cogent Education, 2017
The main purpose of this article is to study the influence of social support on mentoring provided and the moderating influence of having a higher education. This cross-sectional survey was based on a questionnaire that was sent to 435 employees from 29 preschools in Norway. A total of 284 responses were returned, a response rate of 65.3%. Three…
Descriptors: Mentors, Beginning Teacher Induction, Social Support Groups, Teacher Qualifications
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Anders, Yvonne; Rossbach, Hans-Günther – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2015
Without a doubt, math-related pedagogical content knowledge (PCK), pedagogical beliefs, and emotional attitudes are considered important dimensions of preschool teachers' professional competence. This research, however, documents that they are still understudied. This study focuses on certain aspects of the described dimensions: the sensitivity…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Mathematics, Preschool Children
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Sandvik, Jenny Miglis; van Daal, Victor H. P.; Adèr, Herman J. – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2014
The present study reports on the construction of a research instrument developed to examine preschool teachers' beliefs and practices in relation to emergent literacy. A 130-item survey (Preschool Literacy Survey, PLS) was completed by a total of 90 preschool teachers in Norway. Items were grouped into homogenous scales, and the relationship…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Preschool Teachers, Beliefs, Educational Practices
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Nesbitt, Kimberly Turner; Farran, Dale Clark; Fuhs, Mary Wagner – Developmental Psychology, 2015
Although research suggests associations between children's executive function skills and their academic achievement, the specific mechanisms that may help explain these associations in early childhood are unclear. This study examined whether children's (N = 1,103; M age = 54.5 months) executive function skills at the beginning of prekindergarten…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Preschool Education
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Ghisletta, Paolo; McArdle, John J. – Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
In recent years the use of the latent curve model (LCM) among researchers in social sciences has increased noticeably, probably thanks to contemporary software developments and the availability of specialized literature. Extensions of the LCM, like the the latent change score model (LCSM), have also increased in popularity. At the same time, the R…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Structural Equation Models, Computation, Computer Software
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Trivette, Carol M.; Raab, Melinda; Dunst, Carl J. – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2014
Factors associated with Head Start staff participation in a classroom-based professional development project to promote their use of evidence-based child learning opportunity practices and evidence-based responsive teaching procedures were examined in a study of 36 teachers and teacher assistants in 19 different classrooms. The factors…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Preschool Education, Preschool Teachers, Teaching Assistants
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