2006 childcare and early years providers surveys: Children's centres
Charlton, Angela, 2007
(Research Report No. DCSF-RW010). Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Children, Schools and Families.
A study of characteristics of Sure Start children's centers, which provide integrated child development services including child care, in the United Kingdom, including centers' administrative and business practices, characteristics of children served, and staff size, wages, recruitment and retention, qualifications, and training, based on surveys of center managers
Reports & Papers
The 4-H study of positive youth development: Report of the findings from the first four waves of data collection: 2002-2003, 2003-2004, 2004-2005, and 2005-2006
Lerner, Richard M., 2008
Medford, MA: Tufts University, Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development.
A longitudinal investigation of the theory of Positive Youth Development (PYD) and its promotion of the "Five Cs"--competence, confidence, character, caring, and connection--in youth, based on data on 3,342 students from 33 states assessed from grades five through eight
Reports & Papers
The Abbott preschool program: Fifth year report on enrollment and budget: A report of the Abbott Indicators Project
Applewhite, Erain, October, 2003
Newark, NJ: Education Law Center.
A study of the Abbott preschool program?s overall enrollment, overall budget, and its placement of children with disabilities, and a study of Head Start enrollment in the low income Abbott districts of New Jersey
Reports & Papers
Academic performance of subsequent schools and impacts of early interventions: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial in Head Start settings
Zhai, Fuhua, May, 2012
Children and Youth Services Review, 34(5), 946-954
A comparison of the impact of exposure to the Chicago School Readiness intervention during the Head Start year on children's language, literacy, and math and behavioral outcomes between kindergarteners in both high and low performing schools, based on secondary analysis of data from 361 children who were participants in the Chicago School Readiness Program
Reports & Papers
Accelerating the early numeracy development of kindergartners with limited working memory skills through remedial education
Toll, Sylke W.M., February, 2013
Research in Developmental Disabilities, 34(2), 745-755
A comparison of the impact of a remedial numeracy education program on the early numeracy development of two groups of kindergarteners with either limited or typical working memory skills, based on data from 933 children in the Netherlands followed over a period of 1.5 years
Reports & Papers
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
Reports & Papers
Acceptability ratings of language interventions and reasoning as described by early childhood special education teachers
Turan, Yasemin, October, 2012
Early Child Development and Care, 182(10), 1371-1382
An examination of teachers' preferences between naturalistic and therapeutic approaches to language interventions and reasoning, based on data from 29 early childhood special education teachers from public
school districts in Southern California
Reports & Papers
Access to the general education curriculum for preschoolers with disabilities: Children’s school success
Lieber, Joan, 2008
Exceptionality, 16(1), 18-32
A study of the academic and social skill gains of 58 children with disabilities during their preschool year in classrooms using the Children’s School Success (CSS) curriculum
Reports & Papers
Access to print for children in poverty: Differential effects of adult mediation and literacy-enriched play settings on environmental and functional print tasks
Neuman, Susan B., 1993
American Educational Research Journal, 30(1), 95-122
An article on the effects of adult interaction and literacy environment on literacy development in Head Start children.
Reports & Papers
Access to supplemental education services in central region states
Barley, Zoe, July 2007
(REL 2007–No. 007). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance.
An exploration of the access of students in Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming to supplemental education programs as required by the No Child Left Behind Act
Reports & Papers
The acquisition of literacy skills in 4 and 5 year olds
Smith, Teri L., May 2009
Unpublished master’s thesis, Southwest Minnesota State University, Marshall
An examination of literacy skills acquisition in 16 4 and 5 year old preschoolers in a School Readiness program in a medium sized school district in southwestern Minnesota
Reports & Papers
Adapting Western pedagogies for Chinese literacy instruction: Case studies of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and Singapore preschools
Li, Hui, July, 2012
Early Education and Development, 23(4), 603-621
A comparison of the amounts of both Eastern and Western cultural teaching practices in Chinese-language literacy instruction at 18 preschools in China, Hong Kong, and Singapore, all serving middle-class families
Reports & Papers
Adding two school age children: Does it change quality in family child care?
Howes, Carollee, 1997
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 12(3), 327-342
A study of family child care provider quality and caregiver sensitivity before and after enrolling two additional school-age children to these programs
Reports & Papers
Addressing asthma management challenges in a multisite, urban Head Start program
Garwick, Ann W., July/August 2010
Public Health Nursing, 27(4), 329-336
A participatory action research project to develop an action plan to address asthma management challenges identified by Head Start teachers in a midwestern multisite urban program
Reports & Papers
Addressing disruptive behaviors in the preschool classroom: An adaptation of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) for Head Start teachers
Collett, Brent R., 2002
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Utah State University, Logan
A study describing the development, implementation, and evaluation of an early intervention program designed to improve teaching strategies and practices for Head Start children with behavioral problems
Reports & Papers
Addressing early learning standards for all children within blended preschool classrooms
Grisham-Brown, Jennifer, November 2009
Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 29(3), 131-142
Examination of intensive instruction embedded into classroom activities and routines on the acquisition and maintenance of prewriting skills for children with various abilities across blended preschool classrooms examined across 3 studies with a total of 9 children
Reports & Papers
Adequacy of responses given by low income and middle income kindergarten children in structured adult-child conversations
Gordon, Alice M., 1984
Developmental Psychology, 20(5), 881-892
A study of structured adult-child conversations, the ability of children to give adequate responses, and the contributing factors of the subjects’ socioeconomic status and child care arrangements; the sample population included 15 black low-income children from a preschool intervention program, 15 black low-income children from a nonintervention program, and 15 middle-income children
Reports & Papers
Adjustment Scales for Preschool Intervention: Extending validity and relevance across multiple perspectives
Bulotsky-Shearer, Rebecca, 2004
Psychology in the Schools, 41(7), 725-736
Two studies evaluating the behavioral and emotional difficulties of Head Start preschool children, and assessing the reliability and concurrent validity of the Adjustment Scales for Preschool Intervention (ASPI)
Reports & Papers
Adjustment to the first year in school: A Singapore perspective
Yeo, Lay See, 2006
European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 14(2), 55-68
An examination of adjustment to school by 90 first graders from different ethnic, language, and socioeconomic backgrounds entering a school in western Singapore
Reports & Papers
Adult outcomes as a function of an early childhood educational program: An Abecedarian Project follow-up
Campbell, Frances A., July, 2012
Developmental Psychology, 48(4), 1033-1043
A longitudinal study of the effect of an early educational intervention on economic, socioemotional, and educational outcomes at age 30, based on data collected from 101 of the original low-income participants in the Abecedarian Project experiment in North Carolina
Reports & Papers
An African American youth mentoring program: A pilot study
Johnson, Martin K., 2005
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
An investigation of the effectiveness of a youth mentoring program in terms of character, skills, and attitude development in order to help prepare African American young people for school and life success
Reports & Papers
The afterschool experience in Salsa, Sabor y Salud: Evaluation 2007-2008
Huang, Denise, December 2008
(CRESST Report 747). Los Angeles: University of California, Los Angeles, Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing.
A process and outcomes evaluation of Salsa, Sabor y Salud (SSS), a child-centered adaptation of a healthy lifestyles program for Latino families, that examined the effect of program participation on elementary school students' and program instructors' knowledge and healthy behaviors, based on survey, interview, and observational data collected in after school programs implementing SSS and matched control programs in Los Angeles and on case studies of programs in Chicago
Reports & Papers
An after-school program for elementary school aged children: Academic and socio-emotional outcomes
Vanderploeg, Jeffrey J., 2005
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
An investigation of the effects of an after-school program on elementary school students' academic and socioemotional outcomes, examining the relationship between students' outcomes and duration of program participation
Reports & Papers
Afterschool program participation and the development of child obesity and peer acceptance
Mahoney, Joseph L., 2005
Applied Developmental Science, 9(4), 202-215
A longitudinal study of the relationship between after school program participation and the obesity and peer acceptance of early elementary school children
Reports & Papers
The Afterschool Supper Program: An Oregon case study
Hyde, Eileen, Winter 2009
Portland, OR: Oregon Hunger Relief Task Force.
An examination of the perceived benefits of the Afterschool Supper Program component of the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) in Oregon to program participants, based on survey of CACFP participants in Clackamas, Washington, and Multnomah Counties in Oregon
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