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Acculturation, weight status, and eating habits among Chinese-American preschool children and their primary caregivers: A pilot study An examination of the association between acculturation and health outcomes of Chinese-American students and their primary caregivers, based on a sample of 53 children and their caregivers selected from two child care centers in Houston, Texas |
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Addressing the needs of Latino children: A national survey of state administrators of early childhood programs A survey of early childhood administrators' attitudes regarding the challenges of serving Latino children and their families |
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Advancing the use of scientifically based research in forming policy: A response to Mahoney and Zigler A critique of a discussion of the effect of the national impact evaluation of the 21st Century Community Learning Centers program on the program's funding appropriation |
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Alterable predictors of child well-being in the Chicago Longitudinal Study An overview of the major findings from the Chicago Longitudinal Study, including summaries of child well-being indicators and estimated effects of participation in preschool programs |
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...And this helps me how?: Family child care providers discuss training A discussion of the obstacles involved in establishing successful training programs for family child care providers |
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Are critical periods critical for early childhood education?: The role of timing in early childhood pedagogy A description of the concept of critical periods in child development and the relevance to early childhood initiatives and programs |
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Are teachers' education, major, and credentials related to classroom quality and children's academic gains in pre-kindergarten? An investigation using data from the NCEDL Multi-State Study of Pre-Kindergarten, 2001-2003, to examine if early educators' education, early childhood major, and credentials are related to classroom quality and preschool children's academic achievements |
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''Are two better than one?'': The impact of years in Head Start on child outcomes, family environment, and reading at home An examination of the relationship between length of participation in Head Start and family and child outcomes, using data collected by the Neighborhood House Association Head Start Program of San Diego County |
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Assessing child-care quality with a telephone interview A test of the viability of telephone surveys as an alternative to direct observation methods to assess quality in child care sites, based on a comparison of assessments of 89 family child-care homes and 92 centers using both methods |
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Assessing the play beliefs of African American mothers with preschool children A critical discussion of rating scales that measure parent beliefs about play, and a description of a study through which the Parent Play Beliefs Scale (PPBS) was developed and validated, based on the participation of African-American families with children enrolled in Head Start centers |
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Assessment of preschool classroom practices: Application of Q-sort methodology An evaluation of the Preschool Classroom Practices Q-Sort, a measure designed to assess the relation between preschool educator's beliefs and practices and the effectiveness of their classroom practices |
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At the heart of child care: Predictors of teacher sensitivity in center-based child care An examination of the correlation between characteristics of early childhood teachers and settings and teacher sensitivity in 43 child care centers in Northern California |
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Attitudes about shared reading among at-risk mothers of newborn babies 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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Barriers to the implementation of continuity-of-care practices in child care centers An examination of barriers to the implementation of continuity-of-care practices in child care centers, based on an analysis of quantitative and qualitative data for 52 children at four centers that advertise their programs as continuity programs |
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Becoming, being and unbecoming an early childhood educator: a phenomenological case study of teacher attrition A case study following an early childhood educator from the beginning of her three-year pre-service training program until she leaves the field seven years later |
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Benefits and costs of investments in preschool education: Evidence from the Child-Parent Centers and related programs A discussion of preschool program effectiveness in 3 intervention studies, as well as a cost-benefit analysis of the Chicago Child-Parent Center preschool program as compared to other intervention programs for children, such as prenatal and infancy care, reduced class size, grade retention, and youth job training |
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Big math for little kids A description of Big Math for Little Kids, a research-based, comprehensive mathematics program for preschool and kindergarten children, designed to develop and expand on prior mathematics knowledge |
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''Block the sun, not the fun'': Evaluation of a skin cancer prevention program for child care centers An evaluation of a skin cancer prevention program for preschools and child care centers |
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A book reading intervention with preschool children who have limited vocabularies: The benefits of regular reading and dialogic reading A study of the effects of storybook reading on the acquisition of vocabulary for preschool children who have poor vocabulary skills |
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Breast-feeding, day-care attendance and the frequency of antibiotic treatments from 1.5 to 5 years: A population-based longitudinal study in Canada An investigation using a nationally representative sample of Canadian children to examine the impact of breast feeding on children's health and its relation to child care attendance during the child's first five years using antibiotic treatments as the general measure of health |
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Building Blocks for early childhood mathematics A description of Building Blocks, a research-based mathematics program emphasizing the development of a basic mathematics foundation organized into spatial and geometric concepts and numeric and quantitative concepts |
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Building director competence An article outlining National-Louis University's Early Childhood Administration program, designed to help early childhood center directors meet Illinois' requirements for director credentials |
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Building number sense with Number Worlds: A mathematics program for young children A description of Number Worlds, a mathematics program for preschool children designed to help teach conceptual understanding of mathematics at developmentally appropriate levels |
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Building successful home visitor-mother relationships and reaching program goals in two Early Head Start programs: A qualitative look at contributing factors The results of two qualitative studies of the perspectives of mothers and home visitors on the success of home visiting services in achieving stated goals and the engagement of participants in two Early Head Start program |
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Building support for language and early literacy in preschool classrooms through in-service professional development: Effects of the Literacy Environment Enrichment Program (LEEP) An evaluation of the impact of the Literacy Environment Enrichment Program (LEEP), an in-service training course for Head Start teachers, on growth in measures of classroom support for literacy among a group of program participants, as compared to a group of non-participants |
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