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The Abecedarians approach to social competence: Cognitive and linguistic intervention for disadvantaged preschoolers
Ramey, Craig T., 1982
In K. Borman (Ed.), The social life of children in a changing society (pp. 145-174). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates

A description of the educational environment set up for the disadvantaged preschooler by the Carolina Abecedarian Project to aid achievement of educational competence

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

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

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Accelerating language development through picture book reading: A systematic extension to Mexican day care
Valdez-Menchaca, Marta C., 1992
Developmental Psychology, 28(6), 1106-1114

A study evaluating children's language abilities after the completion of a six to seven week dialogic reading program

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Advancing the language skills of young Latino children: Fresh evidence: What works
Bridges, Margaret, 2010
Berkeley: University of California, Berkeley, Institute of Human Development, New Journalism on Latino Children.

An overview of research on the relationship of preschool education to the English language development of Latino children

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The age group labels and categories of preschool children
Edwards, Carolyn P., 1984
Child Development, 55(2), 440-452

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
Alaska. Department of Education and Early Development, January, 2012
Juneau: Alaska, Department of Education and Early Development.

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
Dixon, Susan D., 2006
(Early Childhood Briefing Paper Series). Bloomington, IN: Indiana Institute on Disability and Community, Early Childhood Center.

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

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An analysis of the effectiveness of early intervention programs for high-risk children
Bryant, Donna M., 1987
In M.J. Guralnick & F.C. Bennett (Eds.), Effectiveness of early intervention for at-risk and handicapped children (pp. 33-78). New York: Academic Press

A review of seventeen studies on the impact of early educational intervention on intellectual development in children from socioeconomically disadvantaged families

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Antecedents and correlates of the popular-aggressive phenomenon in elementary school
Rodkin, Philip C., May/June 2010
Early Child Development and Care, 81(3), 837-850

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
Arapaki, Xenia, 2004
European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 12(2), 43-58

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
Leitner, David, January, 2011
Carson City: Nevada, Office of Special Education, Elementary and Secondary Education, and School Improvement Programs.

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
Leitner, David, January, 2011
Carson City: Nevada, Office of Special Education, Elementary and Secondary Education, and School Improvement Programs.

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

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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 2010-11 evaluation report
Leitner, David,
Carson City: Nevada, Office of Special Education, Elementary and Secondary Education, and School Improvement Programs.

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

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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 2010-11 evaluation report: Executive summary
Leitner, David, August, 2011
Carson City: Nevada, Office of Special Education, Elementary and Secondary Education, and School Improvement Programs.

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

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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
Leitner, David,
Carson City: Nevada, Office of Special Education, Elementary and Secondary Education, and School Improvement Programs.

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

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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
Leitner, David,
Carson City: Nevada, Office of Special Education, Elementary and Secondary Education, and School Improvement Programs.

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

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Assessing toddler language competence: Agreement of parents' and preschool teachers' assessments
Marjanovic Umek, Ljubica, March 2011
European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 19(1), 21-43

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

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Assessment challenges and solutions with young second language learning children
Garcia, Gil, 2000
NHSA Dialog, 3(3), 361-386

A transcript of a dialog between professionals on various approaches to the education of children learning English as a second language

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Assessment of the design efficacy of a preschool vocabulary instruction technique
Roskos, Kathleen, July-Sept 2011
Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 25(3), 268-287

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
Williams, Jessica Carfolite, 2010
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of South Carolina, Columbia

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
Coplan, Robert J., May/June 2009
Infant and Child Development, 18(3), 211-215

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

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Attachment relationships as predictors of language skills for at-risk bilingual preschool children
Oades-Sese, Geraldine V., August, 2011
Psychology in the Schools, 48(7), 707-722

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
Chang, Florence, 2005
Child Development, 76(1), 247-263

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
Nyland, Berenice, 2004
Journal of Australian Research in Early Childhood Education, 11(2), 27-38

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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