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The 2007 Child Care Licensing Study: Final report A compilation of survey data on state licensing programs and policies for child care centers and small and large family child care homes in all 50 states and the District of Columbia in 2007 |
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America After 3PM A 2009 update of and comparison to a 2004 study of the after school child care arrangements of kindergarten through grade 12 students, based on a survey of nearly 30,000 households |
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Assistive technology user group perspectives of early childhood professionals An examination of efficacy of participatiing in a series of Assistive Technology user groups from semi-structured interviews with 10 teachers at an early childhood center in a Midwestern city |
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Being accountable for one's own governing: A case study of early educators responding to standards-based early childhood education reform A case study of standards-based education reform in a large urban early childhood program in the United States based on pre-kindergarten stakeholders responses to a policies that emphasize a uniform conception of learning and student performance |
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Children's communication and socialization skills by types of early childhood experiences An investigation of the relation between experiences in different early childhood settings and children's social development, based on a sample of 244 kindergarteners from a suburb of the Dallas and Fort Worth metropolitan areas in Texas |
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Children's graphical representations and emergent writing: Evidence from children's drawings A study of the Chinese pictographic and English ideographic characters appearing in the drawings of ten children aged 4-5 at Austin Chinese School |
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Comparing universal and targeted prekindergarten programs A comparison of classroom characteristics and preschooler achievement outcomes in universal and targeted pre-k programs based on a sample of over 400 children in over 800 classrooms |
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Confronting the contradictions: A case study of early childhood teacher development in neoliberal times An qualitative examination of 9 early childhood preservice teachers' notions of high-stakes standards-based accountability reforms as revealed in interviews upon entry to a teacher education program and as they progress through the program |
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Determining the feasibility and acceptability of a garden-based nutrition curriculum for preschoolers A feasibility study of a classroom-based gardening curriculum for early care and education programs from pre- and post-implementation teacher questionnaires with 9 teachers or teachers' aides in two Head Start centers serving 103 preschoolers |
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Developing a data-driven assessment for early childhood candidates A comparison of the knowledge about pedagogy held by 149 teacher candidates before and after their studies at the early childhood teacher preparation program at the University of Texas at Arlington, and a description of the quantitative assessment of student learning used by the program to comply with the requirements of national and state accreditation |
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Early care and education state budget actions FY 2009 A study of state appropriations of state funds for early care and education programs in fiscal year 2009, based on a survey of legislative fiscal staff in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the territories |
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Effectiveness of comprehensive professional development for teachers of at-risk preschoolers An investigation into the effect of the Center for Improving the Readiness of Children for Learning and Education (CIRCLE) Preschool Early Language and Literacy Training professional development intervention coupled with 4 combinations of mentoring and electronic or written feedback on teachers’ promotion of at-risk children’s development of early language and emergent literacy skills, based on samples of 262 early childhood teachers placed in one of 4 variations of the CIRCLE intervention or in a control group, and 1,786 preschool students |
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Employment outcomes for low-income families receiving child care subsidies in Illinois, Maryland, and Texas A study of the relationship between child care subsidy use and employment outcomes, and an identification of factors associated with child care subsidy use among eligible low income families, based on analysis of administrative and census data collected in Illinois, Maryland, and Texas |
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An evidence based approach to estimating the national and state-by-state costs of an integrated prek-3rd education program A study of the national and state costs of providing universal, high-quality prekindergarten through third grade education, derived from an evidence-based model for identifying the components and estimating the costs of high-quality prekindergarten through third grade education in a prototypical elementary school |
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An exploration of early childhood leaders' perceptions regarding their knowledge, skills, and confidence in the areas of mathematical content, child development, pedagogical content, and instructional leadership strategies An exploration of early childhood leaders' perceptions regarding their knowledge, skills, and confidence in the areas of mathematical content and instructional leadership strategies for 47 early childhood administrators and teacher leaders in the Effective Mathematics Instruction for the Prekindergarten Classroom professional development program |
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Exploring early childhood teachers' beliefs and practices about preschool outdoor play: A case study A case study of teachers' beliefs, perceptions, and facilitation of children's outdoor play while in preschool based on interviews with 10 early childhood teachers in one program in North Texas |
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The impact of an ongoing professional development program on prekindergarten teachers' mathematics practices A comparison of self-predicted teacher emphasis on classroom mathematical activities before and after attending the C3 continuing education program, based on questionnaire responses of 126 Texas mid-career teachers working with children ages 3 through 5 |
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Inside the pre-kindergarten door: Classroom climate and instructional time allocation in Tulsa's pre-K programs A study of the quality of Tulsa prekindergarten and Head Start classrooms and a comparison of the quality of classrooms in Tulsa with sample of classrooms from across 11 states, based on observations of 106 public prekindergarten and Head Start classrooms in Tulsa, Oklahoma and data collected from 241 prekindergarten and 25 Head Start classrooms from 11 states |
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Inside the pre-kindergarten door: Classroom climate and instructional time allocation in Tulsa's pre-k programs A study of classroom climate and academic instruction in public prekindergarten programs in Tulsa, Oklahoma, a comparison of classroom climate and academic instruction in Tulsa prekindergarten classrooms to classroom processes in Head Start and other state prekindergarten classrooms, and an examination of classroom and teacher characteristics associated with variations in classroom climate and academic instruction |
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National AIAN Head Start Collaboration needs assessment 2009 A study of the collaboration and professional development activities of American Indian/Alaska Native Head Start grantees, based on a survey of 153 grantees |
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Novel word learning of preschoolers enrolled in Head Start regular and bilingual classrooms: Impact of adult vocabulary noneliciting questions during shared storybook reading An examination of the effect of eliciting and noneliciting questions during shared storybook reading on children's expressive and receptive knowledge of target words and on two measures of vocabulary with 45 children enrolled in monolingual Head Start classrooms and an examination of the effect of eliciting and noneliciting questions during storybook reading and parental home language use on expressive and receptive Spanish and English vocabulary of 28 children enrolled in English-Spanish bilingual Head Start classrooms |
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Parents and the high price of child care: 2009 update A state-by-state study of the prices of center-based and family child care for infants, preschool-age children, and school-age children in 2008, based on a national survey of state child care resource and referral networks and local child care resource and referral agencies |
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Perceptions of parents of preschool children with and without disabilities regarding inclusion A comparison of differences of perceptions of inclusion and inclusive programs of parents of children with and without disabilities, an examination of differences by severity, type of disability, demographic characteristics among those parents whose children have a disability, and a study of differences in parental perceptions of inclusive placements within specific disability based on a survey of 238 parents or caregivers of children who attend any of seven Rise School inclusive early childhood programs in four states |
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Preparing for change: A case study of successful alignment between a pre-k program and k-12 education A presentation of findings from a case study of standards-based reform to highlight strategies that early childhood educators should consider in order to align their program's practices and policies with those of partnering K-12 systems of education from data from a larger instrumental case study of 21 prekindergarten statkeholders of the South West school district in Texas |
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Professional development + coaching = enhanced teaching: Increasing usage of math mediated language in preschool classrooms An examination of the efficacy of a professional development workshop coupled with side-by-side coaching to increase teacher usage of math mediated language, based on classroom observations of 12 early childhood teachers with 4-year degrees from a university-affiliated child development center in Texas |
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