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Afterschool Alliance, May, 2012
Other
An overview of research on the relationship of after school program participation to children's academic and behavioral outcomes
Li Hui, Rao Nirmala, Tse Shek Kam, July, 2012
Reports & Papers
Peer Reviewed
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
Lillard Angeline S., June, 2012
Reports & Papers
Peer Reviewed
A comparison of children's school readiness skills change in classic Montessori, supplemented Montessori, and conventional programs and an investigation of the relationship between the percentage of children using Montessori materials in a classroom…
Downs Andrew, Strand Paul S., Heinrichs Nina, Cerna Sandra, July, 2012
Reports & Papers
Peer Reviewed
A psychometric examination of the utility of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) as a teacher-report measure of internalizing and externalizing problems, based on data from 3 groups of 3- through 5-year-olds in early child care…
Thorpe Karen J., Staton Sally, Morgan Robert, Danby Susan J., Tayler Collette, July, 2012
Reports & Papers
Peer Reviewed
An examination socioeconomic background, social networks, qualities of friendships, and child initiated play across private, publically subsidized, and publically funded preschool settings, based on data from 472 children in 24 Australian preschool…
RMC Research Corporation, University of the State of New York, 2003
Instruments
McCarthy Betsy, Michel Lisa, Tiu Michelle, Atienza Sara, Rice John, Nakamoto Jonathan, Tafoya Armando, October, 2011
Reports & Papers
A study of the implementation of The Electric Company Summer Learning Program, a transmedia curriculum for summer programs with a focus on math and literacy skills, and of the relationship of participation in the program to teaching outcomes and to…
McCarthy Betsy, Michel Lisa, Tiu Michelle, Atienza Sara, Rice John, Nakamoto Jonathan, Tafoya Armando, October, 2011
Executive Summary
A summary of a study of the implementation of The Electric Company Summer Learning Program, a transmedia curriculum for summer programs with a focus on math and literacy skills, and of the relationship of participation in the program to teaching…
South Dakota Head Start Association, April, 2012
Fact Sheets & Briefs
An overview of recent trends in health insurance enrollment of and medical, mental health, and disability services received by children in South Dakota Head Start and Early Head Start programs, with a focus on the 2010-2011 program year
Berthelsen Donna C., Karuppiah Nirmala, December, 2011
Reports & Papers
Peer Reviewed
An investigation of teachers' understandings of multicultural education, their perceptions of its importance in early childhood education, about their personal and professional experiences with multiculturalism, and their understanding of the nature…
Canadian Union of Public Employees, February, 2012
Other
A discussion of the recent history of corporate for-profit child care providers in Ontario, Canada
Parmenter Lynne, June, 2010
Book Reviews
Peer Reviewed
A review of an ethnographic study of changes in the cultures and practices of 3 individual preschools in China, Japan, and the United States, based on interviews with stakeholders viewing video of the events of typical days both in 1984 and in…
Brown Christopher P., Gasko John W., July-September 2012
Reports & Papers
Peer Reviewed
A case study of reasons for stakeholders' attraction to the Texas Early Education Model (TEEM), a reform process that aligns their prekindergarten programs both horizontally across prekindergarten programs within districts and vertically with their…
Parks Amy Noelle, Bridges-Rhoads Sarah, July-September 2012
Reports & Papers
Peer Reviewed
A qualitative study of the use of a mandated and highly scripted literacy curriculum which examines one teacher's instructional practices in mathematics, based on data from a multiyear ethnographic study in a rural public preschool primarily serving…
McCray Jennifer S., Chen Jie-Qi, July-September 2012
Reports & Papers
Peer Reviewed
A study of both the predictive and construct validity of the Preschool Mathematics PCK Interview, designed to assess teachers' pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) of preschool mathematics, that includes an examination of the relationship between…