Classroom dimensions predict early peer interaction when children are diverse in ethnicity, race, and home language
Howes, Carollee, Q4 2011
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 26(4), 399-408
A study of the relationship between children's behaviors with peers and dimensions of the classroom as well as teacher-child relationship quality, based on data from children from diverse race, ethnic, and home language backgrounds that are part of the National Evaluation of Early Head Start
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Ethnic differences in social-emotional development in preschool: The impact of teacher child relationships and classroom quality
Graves, Scott, September, 2011
School Psychology Quarterly, 26(3), 202-214
A study of differences in teachers' perceptions of prekindergarten children's behavior problems by ethnic group and gender, and a second study of the relationship between both classroom and teacher quality and children's behavior problems, based on a secondary analysis of two multi-state prekindergarten studies
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Evaluation of the First 5 LA Family Literacy Initiative: Final evaluation report
Quick, Heather, 12 January, 2011
Los Angeles: First 5 LA.
Findings from an eight-year process and outcome evaluation of the First 5 LA Family Literacy Initiative, a comprehensive program to promote literacy among low-income families in Los Angeles County, that examines both program characteristics and quality and both child and parent school participation and literacy outcomes
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Evaluation of the First 5 LA Family Literacy Initiative: Final evaluation report [Executive summary]
Quick, Heather, 12 January, 2011
Los Angeles: First 5 LA.
A summary of findings from an eight-year process and outcome evaluation of the First 5 LA Family Literacy Initiative, a comprehensive program to promote literacy among low-income families in Los Angeles County, that examines both program characteristics and quality and both child and parent school participation and literacy outcomes
Executive Summary
Implementation of a course focused on language and literacy within teacher-child interactions: Instructor and student perspectives across three institutions of higher education
Scott-Little, Catherine, 2011
Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 32(3), 200-224
A documentation of the implementation of a standardized early childhood education early literacy teaching practices course and an examination of instructors' and students' perceptions of the quality of course delivery, content, and their learning, based on data from 3 course instructors from 3 different institutions and the course evaluations of their students
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Social and relational factors in early education and prosocial actions of children of diverse ethnocultural communities
Spivak, Asha L., January 2011
Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 57(1), 1-24
A study of associations between prosocial behavior and quality of social dynamics among children and teachers and if factors associated with prosocial behavior vary across children's racial or ethnic background, based on child and family data from 1,078 participants in the National Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project
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