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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"classroom quality"”.
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The relationship of classroom quality to kindergarten achievement
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Early Childhood Classroom Quality and Preschool Learning Behaviors
… decision-making although it lacks descriptive quality indicative of how children learn best and precisely what contributes to learning differences among children. Researchers have advocated for the use of alternative assessment methods to describe differences in children's learning. Limited …
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A Short-Term Longitudinal Study of the Relationship Between Classroom Quality and Child Language and Academic Outcomes in a State-Funded Pre-Kindergarten Program
… study was to evaluate the relationship between classroom process quality and child language and academic outcomes from the beginning of the pre-kindergarten year to the beginning of the kindergarten year for one cohort of children participating in a state-funded pre-kindergarten program in South …
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Professional development reform: a shift from traditional practices to a new paradigm
… intended to improve attitudes and increase classroom quality. The research questions tested these outcomes along with the impact of the researcher's leadership. The participants were a sample of preschool teachers in a large urban school district. The data were collected through quantitative …
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Language environments in toddler classrooms: the contribution of setting, teacher, and child variables.
… of language teachers used in their toddler classrooms as well as the amount of engaged conversations 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 …
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Influences of School, Classroom, and Teacher Characteristics on Children's School Readiness
… examines the influence of school composition, classroom quality, and teacher preparation on kindergarten children's school readiness using data originally collected as part of an evaluation of a school readiness intervention. Children's academic school readiness was predicted by teachers' …
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Effect of Early Childhood Teacher Characteristics on Classroom Practice, Quality, and Child Abilities
… on the teachers' developmentally appropriate classroom practices, global rating of classroom quality, and child cognitive abilities. These relationships were examined at two time periods- at child age 36 months and child age 54 months. The results indicated that many of these relationships …
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The Impact of the 101s: A Guide to Positive Discipline Training on Teacher Interaction Practices, Attitudes, and Prosocial Skill Outcomes in Preschool Classrooms
… significant increases in teacher interaction quality as measured by the <em>101s Teacher Interaction Checklist</em> on variables of positive redirection of behavior and responsive social emotional support as well as significant increase in overall classroom quality. <em>The 101s Teacher …
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Quality of Early Childhood Education and Care: Examining Different Conceptualizations and Levels of Quality
… this context, it is important to examine the quality of care children receive, whether they experience quality differently, and the effects of quality on child development. Exposure to high quality ECEC is expected to promote child development. However, results linking ECEC quality to …
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Relating Preschool Class Size to Classroom Life and Student Achievement
… many children should be placed in a preschool classroom.</p><p>The majority of states require that programs implement class sizes of 20 and teacher-child ratios of 1:10 (Barnett et al, 2011), but much of the research on class size suggests that class sizes smaller than 20 might be more …
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Measures for Conceptualizing High-Quality Education for Children with ASD in Inclusive Preschool Classrooms
… children with autism enter the general preschool classroom (Shaw et al., 2025), researchers, practitioners, and caregivers are increasingly in need of tools that can truly evaluate the quality of inclusive education. There are a number of classroom assessment tools that may offer this information, …
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Latino American Children and School Readiness: The Role of Early Care Arrangements and Caregiver language
… of developing interventions, such as high quality child care, to better prepare Latino children for their entry into kindergarten. Findings from several studies already suggest that high quality center-based child care arrangements may have positive impacts on Latino children's academic …