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Aboriginal young children's language and literacy development: Progress, promising practices, and needs
Ball, Jessica, April 2007
London, Ontario, Canada: Canadian Language and Literacy Research Network.

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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Academic competence in preschool: Exploring the role of close relationships and anxiety
Wood, Jeffrey J., 2007
Early Education and Development, 18(2), 223-242

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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Acoustic analysis of lexical tone in Mandarin infant-directed speech
Liu, Huei-Mei, July 2007
Developmental Psychology, 43(4), 912-917

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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Action speaks louder than words: Young children differentially weight perceptual, social, and linguistic cues to learn verbs
Brandone, Amanda C., July 2007
Child Development, 78(4), 1322-1342

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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An analysis of Utah’s K-3 Reading Improvement Program
Makkonen, Reino, June 2007
(Issues & Answers, REL 2007-No. 002). Washington, DC: Regional Educational Laboratory West.

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?
Belsky, Jay, March/April 2007
Child Development, 78(2), 681-701

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
Strand, Paul S., April 2007
Journal of Child and Family Studies, 16(2), 209-218

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
Benedict, Elizabeth A., Fall 2007
Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 27(3), 174-192

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
Geoffroy, Marie-Claude, May, 2007
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 48(5), 490-497

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
Berkule, Samantha B., January-February 2007
Ambulatory Pediatrics, 7(1), 45-50

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
Elfer, Peter, March 2007
Children & Society, 21(2), 111-122

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
Bub, Kristen L., August, 2007
Journal of Educational Psychology, 99(3), 653-670

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
Knivsberg, Ann-Mari, 2007
British Journal of Special Education, 34(1), 10-18

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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Children entering school ready to learn: Maryland school readiness information: 2006-2007
Maryland. State Department of Education, 2007
Baltimore: Maryland, State Department of Education.

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
Cugmas, Zlatka, May 2007
Early Child Development and Care, 177(4), 349-368

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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College students' beliefs about preschooler's literacy development: Results from a national study of Jumpstart
Adler, Martha A., Fall 2007
Early Childhood Research & Practice, 9(2)

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
Wehry, Stephanie, Summer 2007
Jacksonville, FL: Florida Institute of Education.

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
Hyatt, Keith J., Fall 2007
Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 22(1), 85-96

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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Complexity, movement, and text familiarity: Correlates of visual attention to onscreen print
Linebarger, Deborah L., 30 April, 2007
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, Children's Media Lab. (No longer accessible as of December 19, 2012).

A study of the relationship of onscreen movement and text complexity in Between the Lions, an educational television program, to children's visual attention to onscreen text

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Constructing language: Evidence from a French-English bilingual child
Macrory, Gee, 2007
Early Child Development and Care, 177(6 & 7), 781-792

An examination of the emergence and development of structures in two languages for bilingual children, drawing evidence from a case study of a French-English bilingual child, focusing on the development of questions in both languages

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Context matters: The interrelatedness of early literacy skills, developmental health, and community demographics
Lesaux, Nonie K., 2007
Early Education and Development, 18(3), 497-518

A population-level study of the relationships between school-level early literacy rates, developmental health of the population, and demographic factors, in 23 schools from one school district in British Columbia, Canada

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Cross-sectional predictors of reading to young children among participants in the Texas WIC program
Harris, Karol Kaye, Spring 2007
Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 21(3), 254-268

An analysis of survey data from a sample of 600 mothers visiting selected Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) clinics in Texas in 2003, on their knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors concerning reading to their young children

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Can toddlers learn vocabulary from television?: An experimental approach
Krcmar, Marina, 2007
Media Psychology, 10(1), 1-23

An investigation of young children?s ability to learn vocabulary quickly from television programs, also known as fast mapping, based on a sample of 48 toddlers between the ages of 15 and 24 months

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A culture of tenderness: Teachers' socialization practices in group care settings
Brennan, Margaret, March 2007
European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 15(1), 137-146

An observational study of the techniques teachers use to help children participate in group culture, based on observations at mealtimes at a community-based child care center

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Developing the communicative competence and narrative thinking of four and five year olds in educational settings
Wilde, Melanie E., August 2007
Early Child Development and Care, 177(6 & 7), 679-696

An investigation of a method to stimulate the development of narrative thinking and communication skills among 13 four and five year old children in England

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