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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"childhood environment"”.
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Genetics of Experience: Genetically Sensitive Approaches to Measuring Childhood Environment
Environmental experience is not free of genetic influence. Through genetically-influenced behaviours, genes can influence exposure to certain environments: gene-environment correlation. Particular genotypes may also be more or less sensitive to the effects of the environment: gene-environment …
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Psychobiological Mechanisms of Aggression in Youth
… [MHPG]) and characteristics of the rearing environment play in different expressions of aggression (i.e., hostile and instrumental). It was predicted that higher concentrations of MHPG would be related to increased self-reports of aggressive behavior, especially hostile forms, while …
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Language environments in toddler classrooms: the contribution of setting, teacher, and child variables.
… they had with children. The Language ENvironment Analysis (LENA) system, Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale (ECERS) and Teacher Beliefs Scale (TBS) were used. Child variables included age, gender, and disability, English language learner, and poverty (tuition subsidy) status. …
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An Evaluation of in-Service Training in a Day Care Program
… made by three trained observers using the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale (Harms & Clifford, 1980). Ratings were done on two classrooms independently for each of the seven categories of the scale which include (1) Personal Care Routines, (2) Furnishings and Display, (3) Language …
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Adding Insult to Injury: How Neoliberal Ideology Convinces the Disadvantaged to Blame Themselves for Poor Health
… outcomes are strongly tied to social class. Childhood environment, level of education, income, and even neighborhood characteristics are strongly correlated with negative health outcomes such as obesity, diabetes, hypertension, stress, and others. Despite extensive research chronicling these …
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Early childhood programs and the Arizona public schools: Promises and practices
… forth in the Guidelines for Comprehensive Early Childhood Programs as reported by the Early Childhood Advisory Council to the Arizona State Board of Education (1990). The study examined program quality of twelve preschool programs through the lens of the standards for developmentally appropriate …
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Early Childhood Classroom Quality and Preschool Learning Behaviors
… their link to positive child outcomes. Early childhood environments have similarly been linked to children's scholastic success and positive outcomes.</p><p> This study examined the relationships between early childhood program quality, preschool learning behaviors, and early scholastic …
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A Descriptive-Comparative Study of Professional Development and Observed Quality in Early Care and Education Programs
… education classrooms (as measured by the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale-Revised [ECERS-R]) differed from the professional development experiences of teachers in 10 poor quality classrooms serving children ages 2½ to 5 years old. Well-defined and recommended categorizations of training, …
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Measures for Conceptualizing High-Quality Education for Children with ASD in Inclusive Preschool Classrooms
… the study compared three tools (i.e., the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale-Revised [ECERS-R], the Inclusive Classroom Profile [ICP], and the Autism Program Environment Rating Scale–Preschool/Elementary [APERS-PE]) to explore three research questions: (1) What are the differences in data …
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Essays on health economics and development policies
… chapter refers to the connection between early childhood environment and adult health by exploring the potential effects of early-life health environment, proxied by malaria intensity at the time of birth, on adult mortality rates. In chapter 3, I address the impacts of societal local …
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Parental bonding: Validity, stability and predictor of mental and physical health during pregnancy
Background: Parental bonding during childhood is known to have a significant impact on an individual’s life-long health. The influence of early parent-child relationships may be particularly strong in mothers who are pregnant with their first child. In this study, these emotional bonds were …
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Project 3rd Grade Environment: Descriptive Phenomenological Study of the Physical and Learning Environment in a Transformed 3rd Grade Classroom.
… 1)to document the current physical and learning environment and 2)interview the participant regarding a classroom transformation in relation to teaching and learning. Methods of data collection included: interview questions related to the classroom environment pretransformation and …