Achieving excellence in early care for Virginia's infants and toddlers
Virginia Infant & Toddler Specialist Network, Summer 2009
Charlottesville, VA: Virgina Infant & Toddler Specialist Network.
A discussion of the role of data collection in the improvement of the quality of early childhood education and care programs in Virginia
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Early interventionists' reports of authentic assessment methods through focus group research
Keilty, Bonnie, February 2009
Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 28(4), 244-256
A qualitative exploration of the opinions of Part C early intervention staff members on the use of authentic assessment methods to provide contextual information about children's learning and development, based on focus group interviews with 73 early interventionists from one northeastern state
Reports & Papers
Editorial: Special Issue: Listening to young children's voices in research: Changing perspectives/changing relationships
Schiller, Wendy, February 2009
Early Child Development and Care, 179(2), 125-130
An introduction to a special issue of the journal Early Child Development and Care, focusing on the act of listening to children as a data collection method in child development and education research
Other
Monitoring classroom behavior in early childhood: Using group observation data to make decisions
Krasch, Delilah, June 2009
Early Childhood Education Journal, 36(6), 475-482
A presentation of methods for data collection on children’s ability to follow expectations, engage academically, and transition between activities
Other
A national parent survey: Measuring the home media environment, parental behaviors, and literacy skills of young children
Taylor-Piotrowski, Jessica L., October, 2009
Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania, Children's Media Lab.
A description of the development of a survey on the association between children's media use at home, parental behaviors, and literacy skills, and a discussion of obstacles for data collection methods
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Professional development and preschool intervention research: I would rather have a talking frog
Griffin, James A., May 2009
Early Education and Development, 20(3), 373-376
An introduction to a special issue of Early Childhood Education and Development, focusing on the need to report on professional development components of early childhood intervention research studies carried out by the Interagency School Readiness Consortium (ISRC)
Other
Special issue: Listening to young children's voices in research: Changing perspectives/changing relationships
Schiller, Wendy, February 2009
Early Child Development and Care, 179(2)
A special issue of the journal Early Child Development and Care, focusing on the act of listening to children as a data collection method in child development and education research
Other