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Lu, Monica S.; Whittaker, Jessica E.; Ruzek, Erik; Pianta, Robert C.; Vitiello, Virginia E. – Early Education and Development, 2023
Research Findings: The present study examines the unique and joint effects of individual teacher-child relationships and overall quality of teacher-child interactions on the motivation of 2,745 kindergarten children (51% girls; ages 5--6) from an ethnically and linguistically diverse county. Teachers reported the closeness and conflict in their…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Teacher Student Relationship, Student Motivation, Gender Differences
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Lu, Monica S.; Whittaker, Jessica V.; Ruzek, Erik A.; Pianta, Robert C.; Vitiello, Virginia E. – Grantee Submission, 2023
Research Findings: The present study examines the unique and joint effects of individual teacher-child relationships and overall quality of teacher-childinteractions on the motivation of 2,745 kindergarten children (51% girls; ages 5--6) from an ethnically and linguistically diverse county. Teachers reported the closeness and conflict in their…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Teacher Student Relationship, Student Motivation, Gender Differences
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Brock, Laura L.; Curby, Timothy W. – School Psychology Review, 2016
Teachers' social interactions with children are a salient aspect of the classroom environment. An emerging line of research suggests teachers' emotional support consistency is an important predictor of children's academic and social outcomes. Yet individual differences determine the contribution of classroom affordances to children's adjustment.…
Descriptors: Student Adjustment, Teacher Student Relationship, Classroom Environment, Interpersonal Competence
Virginia E. Vitiello; Tutrang Nguyen; Erik Ruzek; Robert C. Pianta; Jessica Vick Whittaker – Grantee Submission, 2022
Experiencing large differences between pre-k and kindergarten classroom contexts may affect children's academic development as they start school. This study examined differences between classroom contexts in pre-k and kindergarten (teacher-child interactions, time on academic content, and academic rigor) and associations with literacy, language,…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Kindergarten, Achievement Gains, Learning Readiness
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Abry, Tashia; Granger, Kristen L.; Bryce, Crystal I.; Taylor, Michelle; Swanson, Jodi; Bradley, Robert H. – School Psychology Quarterly, 2018
Using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development and a model-building approach, the authors examined direct and indirect associations between first-grade (G1) classroom-level adversity (CLA), G1 teaching practices, and student (N = 1,073; M = 6.64 years; 49% girls; 82%…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 1, Antisocial Behavior, Educational Environment
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Carbonneau, Kira J. – Educational Psychology, 2020
Equitable assessment of students' mathematical thinking is imperative for effective instruction. This two-part study investigated teachers' judgement of students' mathematical thinking. In Study One, we used a national data set to determine the correlation between teachers' judgement of students' mathematical thinking and scores from a…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Prediction, Teacher Student Relationship, Mathematics Achievement
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Hindman, Annemarie H.; Cromley, Jennifer G.; Skibbe, Lori E.; Miller, Alison L. – Evaluation Review, 2011
This article reviews the mechanics of conventional and piecewise growth models to demonstrate the unique affordances of each technique for examining the nature and predictors of children's early literacy learning during the transition from preschool through first grade. Using the nationally representative Family and Child Experiences Survey…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Preschool Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Child Development
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Bachman, Heather J.; Votruba-Drzal, Elizabeth; El Nokali, Nermeen E.; Castle Heatly, Melissa – American Educational Research Journal, 2015
The present study examined whether multiple opportunities to learn math were associated with smaller socioeconomic status (SES) disparities in fifth-grade math achievement using data from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (SECCYD; N = 1,364). High amounts of procedural math instruction were associated with higher…
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Grade 5, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Instruction
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Dunston, Yolanda L.; Patterson, Gerrelyn C.; Daniels, Kisha N. – Journal of Language and Literacy Education, 2010
This study explored the feedback provided by sixty African American mothers as they listened to their first grade children read aloud from a grade level text. Maternal feedback fell into two distinct groups. Children with higher oral reading accuracy levels on the text had mothers who more frequently waited and permitted opportunities for the…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Elementary School Students, African American Students, Mothers