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
Academic competence in preschool: Exploring the role of close relationships and anxiety
A discussion of preschool children’s psychosocial pathway to school readiness and the importance of primary caregiver attachment as it relates to children’s anxiety, peer relationships and academic success, based on parent and teacher interviews and evaluations of 31 preschool children
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Accountability in early childhood: No easy answers
An inquiry into the role of high-stakes testing in early childhood programs in the adoption of early childhood policies, with a suggestion of an alternative method for the assessment of children to inform the decisions of public policymakers
Other
Acoustic analysis of lexical tone in Mandarin infant-directed speech
A comparison between the acoustics and inflection of language of Mandarin-Chinese mothers when speaking to their 10-12 month-old infants and when speaking to adults, based on vocal recordings of 16 mothers
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Acquisition of hearing, listening and speech skills by and during key stage 1
An examination of the relationship between effective classroom teaching and factors that may affect listening and speech skills in children between the ages of 5 and 7, including classroom acoustic environments, reduced hearing sensitivity, and underdeveloped listening skills
Other
Action speaks louder than words: Young children differentially weight perceptual, social, and linguistic cues to learn verbs
An exploration of the ways that children utilize perceptual, social, and linguistic cues in order to learn verbs, using data from three experiments conducted with 21- to 24-month-old children
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Aesthetic experience and early language and literacy development
An exploration of the connections between theory and research in language development and children’s engagement with the arts, and their implications for early childhood classroom practice
Other
An analysis of Utah’s K-3 Reading Improvement Program
An analysis of the adherence to state legislation of school districts and charter schools receiving matching state funds through Utah’s Reading Improvement Program
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Are there long-term effects of early child care?
An analysis of the links between early child care and school-age children's development, socioemotional functioning, and academic performance, based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development
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Assessment and decision-making in early childhood education and intervention
An account of the use of an inductive-experimental teaching assessment model to improve children’s letter recognition scores at a Head Start center
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Assessment and implementation of positive behavior support in preschools
An assessment of the implementation of positive behavior support (PBS) models in early childhood education settings, based on a study of 15 classrooms in a United States Pacific Northwest community
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Association between nonmaternal care in the first year of life and children's receptive language skills prior to school entry: The moderating role of socioeconomic status
A longitudinal examination of the role of family socioeconomic status in the relationship between nonmaternal child care in the first year of life and young children's developing language skills
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Attitudes about shared reading among at-risk mothers of newborn babies
An examination of low income, multi ethnic mothers' attitudes in terms of shared book reading with their infants, the number of books in their homes and the relation between sociodemographic characteristics and the mothers' attitudes
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Babies and young children in nurseries: Using psychoanalytic ideas to explore tasks and interactions
An application of theories from psychoanalysis in a conceptual framework for emotional interactions in the nursery based on data from a study of 6 nurseries
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Behavior problem trajectories and first-grade cognitive ability and achievement skills: A latent growth curve analysis
An investigation of the relationship between behavior problems at age 2 and school performance in first grade, using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development
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Behaviour and skills in six-year-old children in a 'high risk' programme
An analysis of the correlation between behavior problems and cognitive, linguistic, and motor skills in a sample of 31 children, with an average age of 6 years and 4 months, enrolled in a special education program for children with problem behavior in Norway
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Caregiver well-being affects academic achievement
A summary of an examination of the relations of young children's sociodemographic characteristics, parental well-being, family functioning, and neighborhood quality to their early academic achievements and socioemotional competence
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Challenging behaviors: Preschool as a contributing or ameliorating factor?
A review of research on the relationship between children's preschool experiences and challenging behaviors
Other
Children entering school ready to learn: Maryland school readiness information: 2006-2007
A survey of teacher ratings of the school readiness of Maryland kindergartners during the fall of 2006
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Child's attachment to his/her mother, father and kindergarten teacher
An analysis of the relationships between attachments to mothers, fathers, and kindergarten teachers in a sample of 178 kindergarten children aged 36 to 82 months, using newly developed scales of attachment
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Co-constructing the transition to school: Reframing the novice versus expert roles of children, parents, and teachers from a cultural perspective
A discussion of the transition to school as a cultural experience for children and families
Other
College students' beliefs about preschooler's literacy development: Results from a national study of Jumpstart
An exploration of changes in college students' beliefs about preschool literacy development after their involvement in a yearlong intensive program on the topic, from survey data of 941 participants in a large-scale national service Jumpstart program and 24 public university student participants in a smaller local Jumpstart program
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The Collier County Early Literacy Partnership for Educational Success: 2006-2007: Year 3 implementation and evaluation report
Findings from an implementation and program evaluation of the Early Literacy and Learning Model (ELLM) and the Skills-based Educational Experiences Delivery System (ELLM/SEEDS) programs to improve children's early literacy skills in Collier County, Florida, during the 2006-2007 year
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A comparison of the effects of two social skill training approaches on teacher and child behavior
A comparison of the social skills of preschool children engaged in art activities following an 8-day period of intervention in three inclusive classrooms: one using a social skills curriculum, one in which a teacher used verbal reinforcement in response to children’s target behaviors, and one in which neither strategy was used
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