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Acquisition of hearing, listening and speech skills by and during key stage 1
Robinshaw, Helen, August 2007
Early Child Development and Care, 177(6 & 7), 661- 678

An examination of the relationship between effective classroom teaching and factors that may affect listening and speech skills in children between the ages of 5 and 7, including classroom acoustic environments, reduced hearing sensitivity, and underdeveloped listening skills

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Aesthetic experience and early language and literacy development
Johnson, Helen L., April 2007
Early Child Development and Care, 177(3), 311-320

An exploration of the connections between theory and research in language development and children’s engagement with the arts, and their implications for early childhood classroom practice

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Analyzing the cognitive teaching styles of preservice and cooperating preschool teachers in Turkey
Kabadayi, Abdulkadir, April 2007
Early Child Development and Care, 177(3), 275-293

A descriptive investigation of the relationship between the cognitive styles and instructional preferences of Turkish preschool student-teachers and their practicing preschool teacher mentors

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Assessing quality day care: The child care facility schedule
Dragonas, Thalia, 1995
International Journal of Behavioral Development, 18(3), 557-568

A description and validity study of the Child Care Facility Schedule, a research instrument tested in Greece, Nigeria and the Philippines, for observer measuring and personnel self-evaluation of child care center quality

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Characteristics of families enrolled in an isolated, mountain Head Start program: Managing social capital
Harr, Judith, 2001
Issues in Comprehensive Pediatric Nursing, 24(2), 117-135

A study of Head Start participating families in a geographically-isolated community in California, identifying their educational, religious, financial and neighborhood characteristics

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Child's attachment to his/her mother, father and kindergarten teacher
Cugmas, Zlatka, May 2007
Early Child Development and Care, 177(4), 349-368

An analysis of the relationships between attachments to mothers, fathers, and kindergarten teachers in a sample of 178 kindergarten children aged 36 to 82 months, using newly developed scales of attachment

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A comparative study of small group fluency instruction
Kuhn, Melanie, 2005
Reading Psychology, 26(2), 127-146

A study evaluating the effectiveness of three intervention strategies for developing reading fluency among elementary school children

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A comparison of two phonological awareness techniques between samples of preschool children
Maslanka, Phyllis, 2002
Reading Psychology, 23(4), 271-288

A study comparing the methods of Sound Box and Sound Sort instruction their impact on the development of phonological awareness skills among preschool children

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Constructing language: Evidence from a French-English bilingual child
Macrory, Gee, 2007
Early Child Development and Care, 177(6 & 7), 781-792

An examination of the emergence and development of structures in two languages for bilingual children, drawing evidence from a case study of a French-English bilingual child, focusing on the development of questions in both languages

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Descriptive-developmental performance of at-risk preschoolers on early literacy tasks
Justice, Laura M., 2005
Reading Psychology, 26(1), 1-25

A description of findings from the Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening: Pre-Kindergarten (PALS-PreK) in Virginia, which evaluated the early literacy achievement of at-risk preschool children

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Developing the communicative competence and narrative thinking of four and five year olds in educational settings
Wilde, Melanie E., August 2007
Early Child Development and Care, 177(6 & 7), 679-696

An investigation of a method to stimulate the development of narrative thinking and communication skills among 13 four and five year old children in England

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Developing an understanding of young children's learning through play: The place of observation, interaction and reflection
Broadhead, Pat, April 2006
British Educational Research Journal, 32(2), 191-207

An examination of the roles of educator-pupil dialogue and observations of young children’s play in the context of the Foundation Stage Profile (FSP), a British national framework for formative assessment, with a discussion of the development of the Social Play Continuum--an observation, assessment, and evaluation tool

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The effects of daycare intervention in the preschool years of the narrative skills of poverty children in kindergarten
Vernon-Feagans, Lynne, 1994
International Journal of Behavioral Development, 17(3), 503-523

A study of the effects of child care intervention on the narrative skills of poverty children in kindergarten

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The effects of daycare intervention on teacher's ratings of the elementary school discourse skills in disadvantaged children
Vernon-Feagans, Lynne, 1995
International Journal of Behavioral Development, 18, 243-261

An experimental study of whether a child care intervention program for at-risk children from impoverished backgrounds could affect teacher’s ratings of their language use in the classroom in early elementary school

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Fathers and young children’s literacy experiences in a family environment
Saracho, Olivia N., May 2007
Early Child Development and Care, 177(4), 403-415

A review of research literature relevant to the role of fathers in promoting their children’s literacy development, with recommendations for researchers and educators

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Five essential components for social justice education
Hackman, Heather W., May 2005
Equity & Excellence in Education, 38(2), 103-9

A discussion of content mastery, action skills, critical thinking, self-reflection, and awareness of multicultural group dynamics as five essential components for the effective implementation of social justice education in K-12 classrooms

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Home-based Parental Involvement in Young Children's Education: Examining the effects of maternal education across U.S. ethnic groups
Suizzo, Marie-Anne, August 2007
Educational Psychology, 27(4), 533-566

A longitudinal study of the contributions of maternal education and ethnicity to parental involvement in young children's education and development in a sample of families with 5 year old children, including a discussion of parental expectations about educational attainment, children's activities, and family routines

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Language development in the years before school: a comparison of developmental assets in home and child care settings
Weigel, Daniel J., 2007
Early Child Development and Care, 177(6 & 7), 719-734

An examination of the development of children’s speaking and listening skills prior to formal schooling, comparing the influences of home and childcare settings

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A longitudinal investigation of mothers' mind-related talk to their 12- to 24-month-old infants
Degotardi, Sheila, 2007
Early Child Development and Care, 177(6 & 7), 767-780

A study of the relationship between infants' cognitive development and mothers' use of talk related to mental states and processes, based on observations of 22 mothers engaging in play activities with their infants

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Mobile crèches: A way of reaching children of poverty
Isikoglu, Nesrin, September 2007
Educational Research, 49(3), 225-242

An evaluation of the effectiveness of an early childhood intervention program in Turkey which uses buses as mobile ECE classrooms in low-income urban neighborhoods, based on interviews with participating parents, administrators, teachers, and children

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Mothers’ and caregivers’ interactive and teaching behavior with toddlers
Klein, Pnina S., May 2007
Early Child Development and Care, 177(4), 383-402

A comparison of the quality of mothers’ and caregivers’ interactive and teaching behaviors in one-on-one free play interactions with children, based on observations of a sample of 90 toddlers from 16 randomly selected Israeli child care centers

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The national curriculum and the early years: Challenges and opportunities
Cox, Theo, 1996
London: Taylor & Francis

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The objectives and organisation of educational and day care services for young children
Tizard, Jack, 1975
Oxford Review of Education, 1(3), 211-221

A discussion of child care and education funding, provisions and potential benefits

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The objectives and organization of educational and day care services for young children
Tizard, Jack, 1975
Oxford Review of Education, 1(3), 211-221

A study of the objectives and organization of education and child care services for young children under the age of five in the United Kingdom

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Oracy: social facets of language learning
Saracho, Olivia N., 2007
Early Child Development and Care, 177(6 & 7), 695-705

A discussion of the cultural context in which language is learned and developed, and teachers’ roles in providing listening, reading, speaking, and writing experiences to assist children in understanding the relationship between written language and oral expression

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