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Ready to learn? Children's pre-academic achievement in pre-Kindergarten programs
Carollee Howes,Margaret Burchinal,Robert C. Pianta,Donna M. Bryant,Diane M. Early,Richard M. Clifford,Oscar A. Barbarin +6 more
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The authors examined children's growth in school-related learning and social skills over the pre-Kindergarten (pre-K) year in state-funded programs designed to prepare children for kindergarten.About:
This article is published in Early Childhood Research Quarterly.The article was published on 2008-01-01. It has received 1009 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Academic achievement & Social skills.read more
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Measures of classroom quality in prekindergarten and children's development of academic, language, and social skills.
Andrew J. Mashburn,Robert C. Pianta,Bridget K. Hamre,Jason T. Downer,Oscar A. Barbarin,Donna M. Bryant,Margaret Burchinal,Diane M. Early,Carollee Howes +8 more
TL;DR: Analysis of prekindergarten programs in 11 states suggests that policies, program development, and professional development efforts that improve teacher-child interactions can facilitate children's school readiness.
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The Influence of Affective Teacher–Student Relationships on Students’ School Engagement and Achievement A Meta-Analytic Approach
TL;DR: In this article, a meta-analytic approach was used to investigate the associations between affective qualities of teacher-student relationships (TSRs) and students' school engagement and achievement, based on 99 studies, including students from preschool to high school.
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Conceptualization, Measurement, and Improvement of Classroom Processes: Standardized Observation Can Leverage Capacity
TL;DR: The authors argued that exposure to such supports is predictive of greater student learning gains and that teachers' behavioral interactions with students can be assessed observationally using standardized protocols, analyzed systematically with regard to sources of error, validated for predicting student learning, and changed (improved) as a function of specific and aligned supports provided to teachers.
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Teachers' Education, Classroom Quality, and Young Children's Academic Skills: Results From Seven Studies of Preschool Programs
Diane M. Early,Kelly Maxwell,Margaret Burchinal,Soumya Alva,Randall Bender,Donna M. Bryant,Karen Cai,Richard M. Clifford,Caroline Ebanks,James A. Griffin,Gary T. Henry,Carollee Howes,Jeniffer Iriondo-Perez,Hyun-Joo Jeon,Andrew J. Mashburn,Ellen Peisner-Feinberg,Robert C. Pianta,Nathan Vandergrift,Nicholas Zill +18 more
TL;DR: It is found that policies focused solely on increasing teachers' education will not suffice for improving classroom quality or maximizing children's academic gains, and raising the effectiveness of early childhood education likely will require a broad range of professional development activities and supports targeted toward teachers' interactions with children.
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Threshold analysis of association between child care quality and child outcomes for low-income children in pre-kindergarten programs
TL;DR: In this article, a spline regression analysis of data from an 11-state pre-kindergarten evaluation was performed to identify the level or threshold in quality of teacher-child interaction and intentional instruction related to better child outcomes.
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