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Cha, Dong-Ju – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This study applied the Social Cognitive Theory (SCT) to explore the sources of self-efficacy and professional development activities that are most predictive of PreK-6 music teachers' efficacious beliefs. This study also compared teacher efficacy levels across different groups. The target population for this study was PreK-6 music teachers in the…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Faculty Development, Music Teachers, Elementary Education
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Mantzicopoulos, Panayota; Patrick, Helen; Strati, Anna; Watson, Jesse S. – Journal of Experimental Education, 2018
We investigated the premise that observation measures of instruction are indicators of effective teaching, using the definition of effectiveness articulated by departments of education: teaching that boosts student achievement. We argued that student motivation is equally as important as achievement in the evaluation of teaching effectiveness…
Descriptors: Observation, Teacher Effectiveness, Kindergarten, Preschool Teachers
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Shernoff, David J.; Tonks, Stephen M.; Anderson, Brett – Teachers College Record, 2014
This chapter presents a study that investigated characteristics of the learning environment predicting for student engagement in public high school classrooms. Students in seven high school classrooms in five different subject areas were observed and videoed in order to predict their engagement as measured by the experience sampling method (ESM).…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Learner Engagement, High School Students, Predictor Variables
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Regalla, Michele; Peker, Hilal – Foreign Language Annals, 2017
This study examined a teacher's prompting strategies and the use of dynamic assessment (DA) in an inclusive prekindergarten French program. Prior research has shown that DA is an effective method to assess both foreign language learning and first language development for typically developing students and for students with special needs, as well as…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Needs Assessment, Student Needs, Special Needs Students
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Trawick-Smith, Jeffrey; Swaminathan, Sudha; Baton, Brooke; Danieluk, Courtney; Marsh, Samantha; Szarwacki, Monika – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2017
Block play has been included in early childhood classrooms for over a century, yet few studies have examined its effects on learning. Several previous investigations indicate that the complexity of block building is associated with math ability, but these studies were often conducted in adult-guided, laboratory settings. In the present…
Descriptors: Play, Manipulative Materials, Toys, Teacher Student Relationship
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Amusan, Mosunmola A. – Journal of the International Society for Teacher Education, 2016
Researchers have opined that pedagogical skill of the teacher is a powerful force. This study investigated variables that are required to cultivate effective pedagogical skills for teaching basic science and technology (BST) in Ogun State Primary Schools in Nigeria. A survey research design was adopted. A total of 148 teachers across the state…
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Teaching Skills, Inservice Teacher Education, Predictor Variables
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Puckett, Kathleen; Mathur, Sarup R.; Zamora, Roxanne – Journal of International Special Needs Education, 2017
This study examined the effects of instruction, delivered in a special education classroom, to improve classroom behaviors and support the emergence of social skills in an inclusive classroom for two fourth grade male students with behavioral concerns. The intervention consisted of peer mentoring, interactive social narratives, video modeling and…
Descriptors: Intervention, Special Education, Interpersonal Competence, Inclusion
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König, Johannes; Kramer, Charlotte – ZDM: The International Journal on Mathematics Education, 2016
Due to the need for measurement instruments that allow an investigation of teachers' situational cognition and thus go beyond the limited scope of classical paper-and-pencil-tests, we ask how a specific video-based measurement of teachers' classroom management expertise can provide additional information when compared with an established…
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Classroom Techniques, Expertise, Classroom Observation Techniques
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Marjanovic-Umek, Ljubica; Fekonja-Peklaj, Urška; Podlesek, Anja – Early Child Development and Care, 2014
The purpose of our study was to examine the ways in which parents engage in play with their children within the family context and to establish which parental play behaviour predicts the play behaviour of their children during interactive play with toys. The sample included 58 children from 2;6 to 6 years old and their parents. The parent-child…
Descriptors: Play, Parent Child Relationship, Child Behavior, Young Children
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Cigala, Ada; Venturelli, Elena; Fruggeri, Laura – Early Child Development and Care, 2014
Microtransitions can be identified as those exchanges that occur during everyday life when family members negotiate a change in their interactions. This study aims to highlight how certain aspects of family functioning during microtransitions could influence the development of children's socio-emotional competence in their interactions with peers.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Family Environment, Child Development
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Pretsch, Johanna; Flunger, Barbara; Heckmann, Nina; Schmitt, Manfred – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2013
Being a teacher is known to be a particularly stressful occupation and as a consequence many teachers suffer from reduced well-being. Thus, it is important to know as soon as possible which individuals are likely to experience reduced well-being in their employment. Therefore, this study investigated whether it is possible to infer teachers'…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Well Being, Teaching Conditions, Stress Variables
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Sterling, Audra M.; Warren, Steven F.; Brady, Nancy; Fleming, Kandace – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2013
This study investigated the influence of maternal and child variables on the maternal responsivity of 55 mothers with young children with fragile X syndrome. Data included video observations of mother-child interactions in four different contexts, standardized assessments with the children, and standardized questionnaires for the mothers. The…
Descriptors: Genetic Disorders, Mothers, Young Children, Observation
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Raby, K. Lee; Lawler, Jamie M.; Shlafer, Rebecca J.; Hesemeyer, Paloma S.; Collins, W. Andrew; Sroufe, L. Alan – Developmental Psychology, 2015
This study drew on prospective, longitudinal data to test the hypothesis that the intergenerational transmission of positive parenting is mediated by competence in subsequent relationships with peers and romantic partners. Interview-based ratings of supportive parenting were completed with a sample of 113 individuals (46% male) followed from birth…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Child Rearing, Hypothesis Testing, Parenting Styles
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Dexter, Casey A.; Stacks, Ann M. – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2014
This study examined relations between parenting, shared reading practices, and child development. Participants included 28 children (M = 24.66 months, SD = 8.41 months) and their parents. Measures included naturalistic observations of parenting and shared reading quality, assessments of child cognitive and language development, and home reading…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Parent Child Relationship, Reading Aloud to Others, Low Income Groups
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Klintwall, Lars; Macari, Suzanne; Eikeseth, Svein; Chawarska, Katarzyna – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2015
Recent studies have suggested that skill acquisition rates for children with autism spectrum disorders receiving early interventions can be predicted by child motivation. We examined whether level of interest during an Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule assessment at 2?years predicts subsequent rates of verbal, nonverbal, and adaptive skill…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Early Intervention, Student Interests
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