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Contributions of emergent literacy skills to name writing, letter writing, and spelling in preschool children
Puranik, Cynthia S., Q4 2011
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 26(4), 465-474

A study of the relationship between preschool children's emergent literacy skills and their name writing, letter writing, and spelling skills, based on data from 296 children 4- and 5-years-old at 30 private preschools and both public and private child care centers in north Florida

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Promoting the development of preschool children's emergent literacy skills: A randomized evaluation of a literacy-focused curriculum and two professional development models
Lonigan, Christopher J., March, 2011
Reading and Writing, 24(3), 305-337

A study of the impact of a literacy-focused preschool curriculum and two types of professional development on the emergent literacy skills of at-risk children, based on data from teachers and 739 children in 48 preschools

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Family child care learning environments: Caregiver knowledge and practices related to early literacy and mathematics
Phillips, Beth M., August, 2011
Early Childhood Education Journal, 39(3), 213-222

A study of the relationship between the structural quality of early learning environments and both the academic knowledge and professional backgrounds of carers, a second study of the relationship between caregivers' allocation of time and stated teaching goals, and a profile of the background characteristics and teaching goals of the sample, based on the questionnaire responses of 170 family child care home providers in Florida

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Examining the dimensionality of effortful control in preschool children and its relation to academic and socioemotional indicators
Allan, Nicholas P., July, 2011
Developmental Psychology, 47(4), 905-915

A study of effortful control (EC) in preschool children and an exploration of the relationship between EC dimensions and both emergent literacy and socioemotional competence, based on data from 234 preschool children in 16 preschools in Northern Florida

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Early literacy and early numeracy: The value of including early literacy skills in the prediction of numeracy development
Purpura, David J., December, 2011
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 110(4), 647-658

A study of the relationship between the early preschool measures of print knowledge, vocabulary, and phonological awareness, and the measures of numeracy skills a year later, in a sample of 69 children enrolled in 10 Florida preschools

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From scribbles to scrabble: Preschool children's developing knowledge of written language
Puranik, Cynthia S., May, 2011
Reading and Writing, 24(5), 567-589

An examination of the development of written language across different writing tasks and an investigation of the development and knowledge of writing features in preschool children, based on data from 372 children 3- through 5-years-old from private and public preschool classes and private child care centers in Florida

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Predicting ELL students' beginning first grade English oral reading fluency from initial kindergarten vocabulary, letter naming, and phonological awareness skills
Yesil-Dagli, Ummuhan, Q1 2011
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 26(1), 15-29

A study of the relationships between both English letter naming fluency and initial sound fluency at kindergarten entry and both first grade English vocabulary skills and oral reading fluency, based on data from 2,481 English language learners in 291 Florida Reading First schools from the 2004-2005 school year

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Spanish phonological awareness: Dimensionality and sequence of development during the preschool and kindergarten years
Anthony, Jason L., November, 2011
Journal of Educational Psychology, 103(4), 857-876

A psychometric validation of the dimensionality and continuum of Spanish phonological awareness in preschoolers and kindergartners and a second psychometric study of the sequence of emergence of Spanish Phonological awareness skills in preschoolers and kindergartners, based on data from 1,265 monolingual and bilingual children 3- through 6-years old in four program evaluation projects in Texas and Florida

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Early Learning Coalition of Duval report 2011-12
Wehry, Stephanie, Fall 2011
Jacksonville, FL: Early Learning Coalition of Duval.

An examination of the school readiness skills and gains of children who attend early care and learning centers that participate in Guiding Stars of Duval, an initiative to improve the quality of early learning and care services in Jacksonville, Florida, based on pre- and posttest assessments of participants and on public school kindergarten readiness administrative data

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Early Learning Coalition of Duval report 2010-11
Wehry, Stephanie, Fall 2011
Jacksonville, FL: Early Learning Coalition of Duval.

An examination of the school readiness skills and gains of children who attend early care and learning centers that participate in Guiding Stars of Duval, an initiative to improve the quality of early learning and care services in Jacksonville, Florida, based on pre- and posttest assessments of participants and public school kindergarten readiness administrative data

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Shared-reading versus oral storytelling: Associations with preschoolers' prosocial skills and problem behaviours
Curenton, Stephanie M., January 2011
Early Child Development and Care, 181(1), 123-146

A study of relationships between shared reading and oral storytelling practices, emotion state talk and evaluative judgments, and prosocial and problem behaviors, with an examination of child gender, family background, maternal literacy, and children's language skills as mediators, based on observations of 33 mother-child dyads from a Head Start program in Virginia and private child care centers in Florida

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Supporting low-income parents of young children: The Palm Beach County family study fifth annual report
Spielberger, Julie, 2011
Chicago: University of Chicago, Chapin Hall Center for Children.

Findings from the fifth year of a longitudinal study of service usage and child and family outcomes related to the comprehensive system of early intervention and prevention services for low income families developed by the Children's Services Council (CSC) of Palm Beach County, Florida, based on administrative data on family characteristics and service use, structured interviews with a sample of parents, and qualitative in-depth interviews with a subsample of parents

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The state of preschool 2011: State preschool yearbook
Barnett, W. Steven, 2011
New Brunswick, NJ: National Institute for Early Education Research.

An annual review of access to, quality in, and resources devoted to state-funded preschool programs for 3- and 4-year-old children in all 50 states and the District of Columbia during the 2010-2011 program year, based on a survey of administrators of state-funded preschool programs

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Promising results: Educare implementation study data--June 2012
Yazejian, Noreen, 2011
Chapel Hill, NC: FPG Child Development Institute.

Findings from an implementation study of Educare, a full-day, full-year high-quality early care and education program for at risk children from birth to age 5, that examine children's school readiness, vocabulary, and socioemotional outcomes and classroom quality, based on data collected at 12 programs during the 2010-2011 school year

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Early learning programs and related delivery systems: Audit performed pursuant to Chapter 2011-142, Laws of Florida
Florida. Office of the Auditor General, December, 2011
(Report No. 2012-061). Tallahassee: Florida, Office of the Auditor General.

An examination of the governance structure, administration, oversight, and service delivery of state-funded early learning programs in Florida, based on audit procedures that include interviews with state agency staff, analyses of administrative data, a survey of 2,000 parents, interviews with 100 child care providers, and 20 provider site visits

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Impact of curriculum training on state-funded prekindergarten teachers' knowledge, beliefs, and practices
Breffni, Lorraine, 2011
Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 32(2), 176-193

An evaluation of the impact of an eight-week curriculum course on state-funded prekindergarten teachers' knowledge about developmentally appropriate curriculum, their beliefs about best practice, and their classroom instructional performance, and an examination of the relationship between teacher qualifications and their knowledge, beliefs, and instructional performance, based on data from 17 teachers in state-funded Voluntary Prekindergarten in Florida

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