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Barnes, Erica; Puccioni, Jaime – Infant and Child Development, 2017
This paper examines the relationships among the quality and quantity of parent-child shared book reading (SBR) engagements and children's reading and mathematics outcomes in preschool. Additionally, we explore how child and family characteristics predict the quality and quantity of SBR. Quantity was measured using parental reports of the frequency…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Socioeconomic Status, Race, Ethnicity
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Torquati, Julia C.; Raikes, Helen; Huddleston-Casas, Catherine A. – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2007
The purposes of this study were to present a conceptual model for selection into the early childhood profession and to test the model using contemporaneous assessments. A stratified random sample of center-based child care providers in 4 Midwestern states (n=964) participated in a telephone interview, and 223 were also assessed with the Early…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Teacher Motivation, Compensation (Remuneration), Work Environment