Informational text use in preschool classroom read-alouds
A categorical study of texts read in early childhood classrooms and an analysis of their correspondence to state standards from 733 randomly selected texts identified from the reading logs of 84 teachers in 2 states participating in a larger, 30-week book-reading study called Project Sit Together and Read (STAR) for at-risk students
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Parents' selection factors when choosing preschool programs for their children with disabilities
A study parents' selection factors in choice of preschool programs for their children with disabilities and the extent that these parents focus on structural, process, or familial features of quality when selecting a preschool, based on a survey of 54 parents of preschool-aged children with disabilities
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A standardized tool for assessing the quality of classroom-based shared reading: Systematic Assessment of Book Reading (SABR)
An assessment of the psychometric characteristics of the Systematic Assessment of Book Reading (SABR), an observational tool designed to characterize the quality of classroom-based shared-reading sessions in early childhood education (ECE) settings, based on data from 105 ECE teachers
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Teacher-child relationships, behavior regulation, and language gain among at-risk preschoolers
A study of the relationship between child language gain and both teacher-child relationship quality and children's behavior regulation within preschool classrooms, based on data from 173 children with low socioeconomic status background and their teachers
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Teachers’ use of scaffolding strategies during read alouds in the preschool classroom
An examination of 5 preschool teachers' use of 6 types of literacy scaffolds and their perceived use of specific scaffolds compared to actual in whole group read aloud sessions in their classrooms from videotapes and systematic observation
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