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Heike Wadepohl; Cathleen Bethke – Early Child Development and Care, 2023
In Germany, there is still a great need for research on the quality of teacher-child interactions in ECEC institutions. Especially, because social interactions and relationships are crucial for (early) learning and development (Ulferts et al., 2019). However, there are hardly any results on factors influencing the interaction quality. This paper…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Student Relationship, Kindergarten, Young Children
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Franka Baron; Anja Linberg; Simone Lehrl – Early Child Development and Care, 2023
The present study examines the quality and domains of teacher-toddler interactions and associations with structural characteristics using data from 95 German early childcare settings. The results of the confirmatory factor analysis supported a two-factor structure of interaction quality assessed by the CLASS Toddler: emotional and behavioural…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Foreign Countries, Toddlers, Teacher Student Relationship
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Qikai Zheng; Xinjun Zheng; Naihua Liu; Fen Wang; Yuwei Zhao – Early Child Development and Care, 2023
This meta-analysis aims to clarify the relationship between teacher-child interaction and children's outcomes in language, mathematics, literacy, social development, and self-regulation based on the perspective of the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS). A total of 24 studies with 139 independent effect sizes and 67,919 participants were…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Teacher Student Relationship, Early Childhood Education, Interaction
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Tilbe, Yohannes Tigro; Gai, Xiaosong – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
The present study investigated the relationship between teacher-child interaction quality and children's social-emotional and language development. Also considered was the level/status of classroom quality in preschool setting. Classroom Assessment Scoring System Pre-K (CLASS Pre-K), the Devereux Early Childhood Assessment (DECA-P2), and Peabody…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Child Development, Social Emotional Learning, Educational Quality
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Stites, Michele L.; Brown, Elizabeth Todd – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
It is widely understood that preschool should provide children the mathematical foundational skills necessary for later success. This study examines seven preschool teachers and their use of a variety of pedagogical strategies to develop foundational mathematics concepts. Using a qualitative research design, this study uses the CLassroom…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Preschool Education, Preschool Teachers, Preschool Children
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Wang, X. Christine; Dai, Wei; Hu, Biying; Song, Zhanmei – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
Aiming to inform teaching practices and understand cultural differences, we examined praise practices of high- and low-quality preschool teachers in China. As part of a broader project, we purposefully selected three high-quality and three low-quality teachers based upon their Pre-K CLASS ratings and self-reports, and conducted qualitative…
Descriptors: Positive Reinforcement, Teacher Effectiveness, Preschool Teachers, Preschool Children
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Qi, Cathy Hi; Zieher, Almut; Lee Van Horn, M.; Bulotsky-Shearer, Rebecca; Carta, Judith – Early Child Development and Care, 2020
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between language skills and behavioural problems and the potential moderating role of the quality of classroom emotional support in this relationship among 242 preschool children from low-income families. The "Preschool Language Scale-5" was administered individually to each…
Descriptors: Language Skills, Behavior Problems, Teacher Student Relationship, Correlation
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Meng, Christine – Early Child Development and Care, 2019
The present study investigated whether the bidirectional cross-lagged paths between teacher--child language interactions and receptive vocabulary would be significantly different between English language learner (ELL) and non-ELL children. The FACES 2009 cohort was used to address the research goals. Cross-lagged analysis was conducted with the…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Interaction, Receptive Language, English Language Learners