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Lerkkanen, Marja-Kristiina; Kikas, Eve; Pakarinen, Eija; Poikonen, Pirjo-Liisa; Nurmi, Jari-Erik – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2013
This study examined the extent to which mothers' trust toward the classroom teacher of their child in first grade is related to observed teaching practices in Finland and Estonia. Sixty-six teachers (32 in Finland, 34 in Estonia) were observed using the Early Childhood Classroom Observation Measure (ECCOM; Stipek & Byler, 2004). Mothers in…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Grade 1, Mothers
Pinto, Ana Isabel; Pessanha, Manuela; Aguiar, Cecilia – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2013
This study examined the joint effects of home environment and center-based child care quality on children's language, communication, and early literacy development, while also considering prior developmental level. Participants were 95 children (46 boys), assessed as toddlers (mean age = 26.33 months; Time 1) and preschoolers (mean age = 68.71…
Descriptors: Child Care, Foreign Countries, Communication Skills, Emergent Literacy
Ziv, Margalit; Smadja, Marie-Lyne; Aram, Dorit – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2013
Recent research has shown that parents, through conversations during shared book reading, play a pivotal role in promoting children's social cognition, particularly their theory of mind (ToM). This study compared mothers' mental-state discourse during two kinds of interactions with their children--storybook reading and wordless storybook telling.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Cognition, Theory of Mind, Preschool Children
Aguiar, Cecilia; McWilliam, R. A. – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2013
This study documented the consistency of child engagement across two settings, toddler child care classrooms and mother-child dyadic play. One hundred twelve children, aged 14-36 months (M = 25.17, SD = 6.06), randomly selected from 30 toddler child care classrooms from the district of Porto, Portugal, participated. Levels of engagement were…
Descriptors: Child Care, Age, Foreign Countries, Play
Dickinson, David K.; Caswell, Linda – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2007
There is a substantial and persistent gap in achievement between children from different backgrounds [National Center for Education Statistics. (2002). "Children's reading and mathematics achievement in kindergarten and first grade". Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office] that can be traced to the preschool years [Snow, C. E., Burns, M.…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Intervention, Enrichment Activities, Mathematics Achievement
Barros, Silvia; Aguiar, Cecilia – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2010
The purpose of this study was to describe the quality of toddler child care classrooms in the district of Porto, in the north of Portugal. One hundred and sixty classrooms for children between 1 and 3 years of age participated in this study. Results suggested the existence of poor average quality and absence of good-quality classrooms. Child-adult…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Foreign Countries, Child Care, Child Care Centers
Lan, Xuezhao; Ponitz, Claire Cameron; Miller, Kevin F.; Li, Su; Cortina, Kai; Perry, Michelle; Fang, Ge – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2009
This study investigated variation in students' behavioral engagement across mathematics classes in China and the United States. Student behavioral engagement was examined along with two aspects of the classroom (group size and teacher instructions given about classroom behavior). Video observational data were collected and coded over 1051 time…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Intervals, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries
Anders, Yvonne; Rossbach, Hans-Gunther; Weinert, Sabine; Ebert, Susanne; Kuger, Susanne; Lehrl, Simone; von Maurice, Jutta – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2012
This study examined the influence of the quality of home and preschool learning environments on the development of early numeracy skills in Germany, drawing on a sample of 532 children in 97 preschools. Latent growth curve models were used to investigate early numeracy skills and their development from the first (average age: 3 years) to the third…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Family Characteristics, Numeracy, Preschool Children
Goelman, Hillel; Forer, Barry; Kershaw, Paul; Doherty, Gillian; Lero, Donna; LaGrange, Annette – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2006
This paper reports on the design, methodology, and results of a study of quality in 326 classrooms in 239 Canadian child care centers. This study, the largest and most extensive ever undertaken in Canada, used the Caregiver Interaction Scale (CIS) to rate the adult-child interactions in the classrooms and the Infant-Toddler Environment Rating…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Wages, Questionnaires, Public Policy
Aboud, Frances E.; Hossain, Kamal – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2011
Evidence was collected regarding changes over 3 years in the quality of a preprimary program in rural Bangladesh and differences in school achievement of children who did and did not attend. The quality of 30 preprimary schools was evaluated using the ECERS-R (Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale-Revised) and ECERS-E (-Extension). Results…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Young Children, Rating Scales, Foreign Countries
Yamamoto, Yoko; Holloway, Susan D.; Suzuki, Sawako – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2006
Studies conducted in the US consistently demonstrate that parenting self-efficacy and construction of the parent role are critical elements associated with parents' involvement in their children's elementary school education. Less is known about the dynamics of parent involvement during the preschool period, or in nations outside the US. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mothers, Parent Participation, Preschool Children
Pessanha, Manuela; Aguiar, Cecilia; Bairrao, Joaquim – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2007
Whereas child care quality has been extensively studied in the U.S., there is much less information about the quality of child care in other countries. With one of the highest maternal employment rates in Europe, it is important to examine child care in Portugal. Thirty toddler classrooms in child care centers were observed. The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Foreign Countries, Child Care Centers, Child Care
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Cryer, Debby; Tietze, Wolfgang; Burchinal, Margaret; Leal, Teresa; Palacios, Jesus – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1999
Examined relations between structural and process quality in preschool classrooms across four countries. Structural quality variables included classroom, center, wage, and regional characteristics. Found differences in levels of structural variables used in the different countries, although many of the same structural features affected process…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Educational Quality, Foreign Countries
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Howes, Carollee; Marx, Elisabeth – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1992
Describes and contrasts aspects of child care systems in France and the United States to stimulate discussion of child care standards. French child care is characterized by highly trained and reasonably compensated teachers who work in classrooms with class sizes and child-adult ratios considered excessive by U.S. standards. (HTH)
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Class Size, Comparative Analysis, Compensation (Remuneration)
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Tzuriel, David; Kaniel, Shlomo; Kanner, Ella; Haywood, H. Carl – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1999
Examined the effects of Bright Start, an early-education program for providing children in Israel with the cognitive tools for school learning, on first graders' cognitive performance and achievement tests in math and reading comprehension. Found improvements in the test group's performance over all measures. (JPB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Development, Developmental Programs, Elementary School Students