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50 Years of ERIC
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Norwalk, Kate E.; DiPerna, James C.; Lei, Pui-wa; Wu, Qiong – School Psychology Quarterly, 2012
The purpose of the present study was to determine whether there are systematic differences in literacy skills among children from less-advantaged households, using latent profile analysis. Early reading skills were measured using the Early Arithmetic, Reading, and Learning Indicators (EARLI; DiPerna, Morgan, & Lei, 2007) literacy tasks.…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Young Children, Individual Characteristics, Reading Skills
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Graves, Scott L., Jr.; Howes, Carollee – School Psychology Quarterly, 2011
Drawing from the National Center for Early Development and Learning (NCEDL) Multi-State Study of Prekindergarten and the State-Wide Early Education Programs Study (SWEEP), this study examined the effects of classroom and teacher variables on social-emotional development in prekindergarten. Results indicated that prekindergarten teachers rated…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Teacher Characteristics, Preschool Education, Preschool Children
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Hooper, Stephen R.; Roberts, Joanne E.; Nelson, Lauren; Zeisel, Susan; Kasambira Fannin, Danai – School Psychology Quarterly, 2010
This study examined the preschool predictors of elementary school narrative writing skills. The sample included 65 typically developing African American children, ranging in age from 5.0 to 5.5 years, and was 44.6% male. Targeted preschool predictors included measures of phonological processing, core language abilities, prereading skills, and…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, African American Children, Beginning Reading, Kindergarten
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Dobbs, Jennifer; Arnold, David H. – School Psychology Quarterly, 2009
The relationships between preschool children and their teachers are an important component of the quality of the preschool experience. This study used attribution theory as a framework to better understand these relationships, examining the connection between teachers' perceptions of children's behavior and teachers' behavior toward those…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Attribution Theory, Behavior Problems, Psychologists
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Shernoff, Elisa Steele; Kratochwill, Thomas R. – School Psychology Quarterly, 2007
The transportability of an evidence-based teacher professional development program, the Incredible Years Classroom Management Program, was evaluated. This study compared the impact of two training methods: self-administered videotape modeling (VM) and self-administered videotape modeling plus consultation (VMC) on teachers' use of classroom…
Descriptors: Training Methods, Interpersonal Competence, Classroom Techniques, Behavior Problems
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Bates, Stacey L. – School Psychology Quarterly, 2005
Fifteen studies of family-school interventions with preschool children conducted between 1980 and 2002, and published in peer-reviewed journals, were reviewed and evaluated according to the criteria developed by the Task Force on Evidence-Based Intervention in School Psychology (Division 16 and Society for the Study of School Psychology Task…
Descriptors: Family School Relationship, Preschool Children, Intervention, Journal Articles
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Fantuzzo, John; Perry, Marlo A.; McDermott, Paul – School Psychology Quarterly, 2004
The validity generalization of the Preschool Learning Behavior Scale (PLBS; McDermott, Green, Francis, & Stott, 2000) dimensions was assessed for low-income, urban, preschool children. A three-factor structure was found: Competence Motivation, Attention/Persistence, and Attitude Toward Learning. This structure was congruent with the PLBS structure…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Play, Preschool Children, Child Behavior
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Saft, Elizabeth W.; Pianta, Robert C. – School Psychology Quarterly, 2001
This study assessed the extent to which teachers' perceptions of their relationships with young students varied as a function of child and teacher characteristics in a large, demographically diverse sample of 197 preschool and kindergarten teachers and 840 children. Children were approximately evenly divided between boys and girls. Regression…
Descriptors: Teacher Characteristics, Preschool Teachers, Ethnicity, Teacher Student Relationship
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Guglielmo, Hindi M.; Tryon, Georgiana Shick – School Psychology Quarterly, 2001
This study examined the effectiveness of a commercially available social skills training program plus classroom reinforcement for use with preschoolers with developmental delays. Two groups of 19 participants each received either the combined treatment package or classroom reinforcement of target behaviors only. An additional 20 participants…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Sharing Behavior, Reinforcement, Preschool Education