The Abecedarians approach to social competence: Cognitive and linguistic intervention for disadvantaged preschoolers
A description of the educational environment set up for the disadvantaged preschooler by the Carolina Abecedarian Project to aid achievement of educational competence
Reports & Papers
Aboriginal young children's language and literacy development: Progress, promising practices, and needs
A compendium of information on the speech and language development of aboriginal children under six years old living in Canada, and a proposal for a national strategy to support the language and literacy development of these children
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Aboriginal young children's language and literacy development: Progress, promising practices, and needs [Executive summary]
A summary of a compendium of information on the speech and language development of aboriginal children under six years old living in Canada, and a proposal for a national strategy to support the language and literacy development of these children
Executive Summary
Accelerating language development through picture book reading: A systematic extension to Mexican day care
A study evaluating children's language abilities after the completion of a six to seven week dialogic reading program
Reports & Papers
Advancing the language skills of young Latino children: Fresh evidence: What works
An overview of research on the relationship of preschool education to the English language development of Latino children
Fact Sheets & Briefs
The age group labels and categories of preschool children
Two studies determining preschool children’s use of age group labels and categories; the first examining spontaneous labels for photographs and dolls representing the lifespan, and the second a photograph-sorting task exploring the points of transition between age groups and self-identification by age group
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Alaska Pilot Pre-Kindergarten Project (AP3): Year two report
An evaluation of the second year of the Alaska Pilot Pre-Kindergarten Project, which provides state funding to school districts for preschool programs, that examines child developmental and program quality outcomes
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All children ready for school: Communication, language, and literacy
A discussion of children's outcomes associated with cognitive development and early literacy skills, including information on best practices in early childhood to promote optimal outcomes
Fact Sheets & Briefs
An analysis of the effectiveness of early intervention programs for high-risk children
A review of seventeen studies on the impact of early educational intervention on intellectual development in children from socioeconomically disadvantaged families
Other
Antecedents and correlates of the popular-aggressive phenomenon in elementary school
A study of the relationship between popular-aggressive behavior in grades 3 through 6 and cognitive functioning, maternal sensitivity, and participation in child care through age 4.5 from a secondary analysis of data from 1022 children
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The artistic expression of kindergarten children after a 'guided' teaching approach
A study of the effect of an art-based intervention designed to incorporate the theories of Georges-Henri Luquet on the cognitive development of kindergarten children, based on examinations of the artwork of 40 4- through 6-year-old children receiving the experimental curriculum and 39 control-group children receiving traditional instructions
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Assembly Bill 563: Nevada early childhood education (ECE) program: Building a foundation for school readiness and success in K-12 and beyond: FY 2009-10 final evaluation report
An evaluation of the Nevada publicly-funded early childhood education program for preschool-age children that examines program characteristics and quality, explores the developmental progress and parental involvement of program participants over the program year, and compares third and fifth grade outcomes of participants and nonparticipants
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Assembly Bill 563: Nevada early childhood education (ECE) program: Building a foundation for school readiness and success in K-12 and beyond: FY 2009-10 final evaluation report: Executive summary
A summary of an evaluation of the Nevada publicly-funded early childhood education program for preschool-age children that examines program characteristics and quality, explores the developmental progress and parental involvement of program participants over the program year, and compares third and fifth grade outcomes of participants and nonparticipants
Executive Summary
Assembly Bill 563: Nevada early childhood education (ECE) program: Building a foundation for school readiness and success in k-12 and beyond: FY 2010-11 evaluation report
An evaluation of Nevada's publicly-funded early childhood education program for preschool-age children that examines program characteristics and quality, explores the developmental progress and parental involvement of program participants over the program year, and compares longitudinal developmental and parental involvement outcomes of participants and nonparticipants, based on reports from program directors, program observations, child assessments, and teacher surveys
Reports & Papers
Assembly Bill 563: Nevada early childhood education (ECE) program: Building a foundation for school readiness and success in k-12 and beyond: FY 2010-11 evaluation report: Executive summary
A summary of an evaluation of Nevada's publicly-funded early childhood education program for preschool-age children that examines program characteristics and quality, explores the developmental progress and parental involvement of program participants over the program year, and compares longitudinal developmental and parental involvement outcomes of participants and nonparticipants, based on reports from program directors, program observations, child assessments, and teacher surveys
Executive Summary
Assembly Bill 627: Nevada early childhood education (ECE) program: Building a foundation for school readiness and success in K-12 and beyond: FY 2008-09 final evaluation report
An evaluation of the Nevada publicly-funded early childhood education program for preschool-age children that examines program characteristics and quality, explores the developmental progress and parental involvement of program participants over the program year, and compares second and fourth grade outcomes of participants and nonparticipants
Reports & Papers
Assembly Bill 627: Nevada early childhood education (ECE) program: Building a foundation for school readiness and success in K-12 and beyond: FY 2008-09 final evaluation report: Executive summary
A summary of an evaluation of the Nevada publicly-funded early childhood education program for preschool-age children that examines program characteristics and quality, explores the developmental progress and parental involvement of program participants over the program year, and compares second and fourth grade outcomes of participants and nonparticipants
Executive Summary
Assessing toddler language competence: Agreement of parents' and preschool teachers' assessments
An exploration of the difference between parental and teacher assessments of child language skills and the influence of children's gender and parental education, based on assessments of 140 toddlers in preschool in Slovenia
Reports & Papers
Assessment challenges and solutions with young second language learning children
A transcript of a dialog between professionals on various approaches to the education of children learning English as a second language
Other
Assessment of the design efficacy of a preschool vocabulary instruction technique
A study of the effect of the say-do-tell technique as part of supplemental vocabulary instruction on children's vocabulary scores and a study of the intervention's implementation, based on data from 27 staff and 36 children in 12 full day public preschool classrooms engaged in Year 2 of an Early Reading First (ERF) program and 38 children in a comparison group
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Assessment of quality preschool programming
A study of the associations between classroom quality and both children's behavioral and language development, based on data collected from a random sample of 126 children from 50 South Carolina preschools
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At a loss for words?: Introduction to the special issue on shyness and language in childhood
An introduction to a special issue of the journal Infant and Child Development, exploring the relationship between shyness and children?s language development and literacy skills
Other
Attachment relationships as predictors of language skills for at-risk bilingual preschool children
A study of the association between both English and Spanish language competence and the type of attachment relationship between preschool children and both their teachers and parents, and an examination of differences by child gender and level of parental acculturation, based on data collected from a sample of 468 Hispanic American children attending 7 urban child care or early childhood centers
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Attention in preschoolers: Associations with effortful control and motivation
A study to determine whether characteristics of effortful control and motivation can promote attention skills in low income preschool children
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The Australian child-care centre as a developmental niche
An analysis of the communicative language experiences of two infant children filmed in child care centers over a period of eighteen months, studying the child care center as a developmental niche
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