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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Impact of the Developmental Appropriateness of Teacher Guidance Strategies on Kindergarten Children's Interpersonal Relations
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Burts, Diane C.; Schmidt, Hardee M.; Durham, R. Sean; Charlesworth, Rosalind; Hart, Craig H. – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2007
This initial study explored the social behaviors of kindergarten children in two classrooms (one developmentally appropriate, one developmentally inappropriate) where the teacher used either positive or negative guidance strategies. Six pairs of kindergartners--three dyads (boy-boy, girl-girl, boy-girl) from a classroom in which the teacher used…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Young Children, Social Behavior, Child Behavior
Increasing the Literacy Behaviors of Preschool Children through Environmental Modification and Teacher Mediation
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Wayne, Angela; DiCarlo, Cynthia F.; Burts, Diane C.; Benedict, Joan – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2007
Emergent literacy research states that young children learn about reading and writing through experiences with oral and written language. The purpose of this study was to examine the frequency with which individual preschool children voluntarily engaged in literacy behaviors during free choice in the classroom. The sample consisted of nine…
Descriptors: Intervention, Low Income, Preschool Education, Observation
Developmentally Appropriate Practices as Predictors of Self-Competence among Preschoolers.
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Jambunathan, Saigeetha; Burts, Diane C.; Pierce, Sarah H. – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 1999
Investigated the relationship between developmentally appropriate practices in the classroom and preschoolers' perception of self-confidence. Found that developmentally appropriate practice influenced social development, and that teaching strategies, curriculum goals, motivation, and guidance of social-emotional development predicted peer…
Descriptors: Child Development, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Outcomes of Education, Peer Acceptance
Observed Stress Behaviors of 1st-Grade Children Participating in More and Less Developmentally Appropriate Activities in a Computer-based Literacy Laboratory.
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Ruckman, Andrea Young; Burts, Diane C.; Pierce, Sarah H. – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 1999
Examined the relationship between more and less developmentally appropriate learning activities (MDAP, LDAP) and stress and nonstress behaviors of first graders during a computer-based literacy laboratory. Found that children exhibited more stress behaviors during LDAP learning activities than did children during MDAP learning activities. No…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Comparative Analysis, Computer Uses in Education, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Stress Behaviors and Activity Type Participation of Preschoolers in More and Less Developmentally Appropriate Classrooms: SES and Sex Differences.
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Hart, Craig H.; Burts, Diane C.; Durland, Mary Ann; Charlesworth, Rosalind; DeWolf, Michele; Fleege, Pamela O. – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 1998
Investigated effect of classroom type (DAP versus DIP) on stress behaviors and activity participation of 102 preschool children as moderated by socioeconomic status (SES) and sex. Found twice the level of overall stress behavior in DIP classrooms, with lower SES children and males (during small motor/paper-and-pencil activities) exhibiting…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Predictor Variables