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Byers-Heinlein, Krista; Garcia, Bianca – Developmental Science, 2015
Young children engage in essentialist reasoning about natural kinds, believing that many traits are innately determined. This study investigated whether personal experience with second language acquisition could alter children's essentialist biases. In a switched-at-birth paradigm, 5- and 6-year-old monolingual and simultaneous bilingual…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Childhood Attitudes, Bilingualism, Young Children
Charlton, Lee Boyd – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study examined teacher education background and developmentally based teaching practices as predictors of student achievement in kindergarten. Participants were approximately 17,000 kindergarteners and 3,000 teachers from a national longitudinal study. Using multilevel regression and hierarchical linear models, this study found that only…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Individual Characteristics, Kindergarten, Certification