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Children’s Perceptions of a Therapy Dog-Assisted Social and Emotional Learning Intervention: Survey and Interview Findings Journal of Research in Childhood Education Pub Date : 2024-03-20 Lena Wintermantel, Christine Grove, Stella Laletas
Therapy dogs can improve the social and mental health outcomes for children and adolescents. School-based interventions that address social and emotional learning (SEL) can promote children’s overa...
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Understanding Young Children’s Composition Across Three Key Components: Transcription, Connection, and Discourse Journal of Research in Childhood Education Pub Date : 2024-03-19 Margaret F. Quinn, Rebecca Rohloff
Early writing (i.e. young children’s emerging skills prior to the onset of skilled writing) provides important foundations for literacy; however, its components are not evenly understood, assessed,...
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The Impact of Recess on Students: A Scoping Review of Developmental Outcomes and Methodological Considerations Journal of Research in Childhood Education Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Mark A. Bjornsen, K. L. Perryman, Laura Cameron, Hailey Thomas, Erin K. Howie
Once a hallmark of the elementary experience, recess time is now being exchanged for increased classroom time as standardized test results drive decision-making. This scoping review examined the im...
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Investigating Preschoolers’ Perspectives on Aggression Through Observation and Video-Stimulated Recall Journal of Research in Childhood Education Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Cara S. Swit, Anne L. McMaugh, Wayne A. Warburton
This article explores video-stimulated recall as a novel approach to understanding children’s decisions to engage in relational and physical aggression. Past studies have relied on caregiver and ob...
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Early Childhood Teachers’ Relationships with Families When Children Experience Adversity Journal of Research in Childhood Education Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Hillary R. Lewis, Shannon T. Lipscomb, Bridget E. Hatfield, Christina M. Jäderholm, Shauna L. Tominey
Quality relationships among families and teachers in early care and education (ECE) hold promise to nurture resilience among children impacted by adversity. However, little is known about how adver...
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Creating a Mark of Reference About the Use of Positioning Technology in Preschool-Aged Children Based on a Systematic Review Journal of Research in Childhood Education Pub Date : 2024-02-06 Markel Rico-González, José Pino-Ortega, Vladimir Martínez-Bello
Technological development has experienced exponential growth, providing more opportunity for enhancing scientific progress based on objective measures. To date, accelerometer (movement monitors) an...
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“We Can Come in Together and Garden”: A Mixed Methods Study of School Connectedness in a Middle School Garden Project Journal of Research in Childhood Education Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Heidi L. Hollingsworth, William D. Giblin
School connectedness is important for students’ current and future outcomes but may decline in the middle school years. This mixed methods study investigated the impact of a school garden project o...
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The Impact of Early Home Learning Environment and Preschool Quality on School-Relevant Language Proficiency in Primary School Journal of Research in Childhood Education Pub Date : 2024-01-25 Anna Volodina, Simone Lehrl, Sabine Weinert
Using data from a longitudinal German large-scale study and structural equation modeling, this study investigated the effects of different dimensions of the early home learning environment (HLE) as...
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Guided STEM Activity Kits for Parents With Preschool Children: Design, Frequency of Use, and Parent Evaluation Journal of Research in Childhood Education Pub Date : 2024-01-29 Karen L. Bierman, Meg Small, Lynn S. Liben, Jennifer Connell, Jessica Menold, Scarlett Miller, Brenda Heinrichs, Morgan D. Mannweiler
Parents boost STEM skills by scaffolding children’s attention and discovery during play, but many need support doing so. Using human-centered design (HCD) methods, we created activity kits fosterin...
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Teachers’ Lived Experiences With Engaging Elementary Students in Synchronous Virtual Learning Journal of Research in Childhood Education Pub Date : 2024-01-29 Amber K. Howard
The COVID-19 pandemic necessitated an unprecedented shift to virtual learning in the United States, even though there is limited research supporting virtual learning at the K-5 level. This study ex...
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Integration of Tablets in Phonological Awareness and Phonics Instruction: A Systematic Review Journal of Research in Childhood Education Pub Date : 2024-01-26 Chun-Ru L. Parry, Swapna Kumar, Caitie Gallingane
This article reviews literature published between 2010 and 2022 on the integration of tablets in phonological awareness and phonics instruction in kindergarten and the elementary grades. Studies in...
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The Goal to Perform in Readers’ Theater Motivates Boys Who Struggle With Reading Journal of Research in Childhood Education Pub Date : 2024-01-25 Jarkko Hautala, Roosa Karhunen, Enni Junttila, Miia Ronimus, Chase Young
There is a global concern regarding boys’ poor engagement in literacy activities. It is suggested that boys enjoy ways of learning that are active and have explicit goals. Readers’ theater (RT) pro...
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Effects of Emergent Bilingual Students’ and Their Teacher’s Talk-Turns on Students’ Comprehension During Read-Aloud Discussions Journal of Research in Childhood Education Pub Date : 2024-01-25 Tanya Christ, Hyonsuk Cho, Ming Ming Chiu, Iman Bakhoda, Hannah Klebba, Haylie Brown
This article explores the unique contributions of 2nd-grade emergent bilingual (EB) students’ talk-turns vs. those of their teacher on students’ expressions of comprehension during interactive read...
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Pre-Primary Education and School Readiness Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence From Ethiopia Journal of Research in Childhood Education Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Janice Kim, Mesele Araya, Pauline Rose, Tassew Woldehanna
This article investigates to what extent disrupted schooling due to the COVID-19 pandemic has affected pre-primary-age children’s school readiness in Ethiopia. We use data on early numeracy of 2,64...
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Parental Engagement in Children’s Pre-Primary Education in Marginalized Communities in Tanzania Before and During the COVID-19 Era Journal of Research in Childhood Education Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Richard Shukia, Stansilaus Marobo
This study examines parental engagement in their children’s pre-primary education in socioeconomically deprived settings in Tanzania. The study administered a Caregiver Report survey to 384 to pare...
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Parental/Caregiver Engagement in Early Learning Systems: Findings From Early Learning Partnership (ELP) COVID-19 Research in Pakistan and Ethiopia Journal of Research in Childhood Education Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Monazza Aslam, Saba Saeed, Belay Hagos, Baela Jamil
Caregiver support has been identified as a key feature of systems that deliver high-quality early childhood education. The purpose of this study is to explore the degree of engagement of parents/ca...
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Understanding Access to and Learning Outcomes From ECE Among Refugees and Non-Refugee Populations in Uganda: A Cross-Cohort Comparison Journal of Research in Childhood Education Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Bea Simpson, Mary Goretti Nakabugo, Ricardo Sabates
Early childhood education (ECE) is a key investment for improving learning and future outcomes. Yet, in the context of Uganda, it is not compulsory or free, which means that provision tends to be p...
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Setting Strong Foundations for Early Learning: Lessons From the Global South on Early Childhood Education Journal of Research in Childhood Education Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Pauline Rose, Monazza Aslam, Bea Simpson
Published in Journal of Research in Childhood Education (Vol. 38, No. sup1, 2024)
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Ten Years of Early Childhood Education (ECE) in Punjab (Pakistan): What Have We Learned? Journal of Research in Childhood Education Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Amna Ansari, Tazeen Fasih, Ella Humphry
This article adopts a process evaluation approach to identify the challenges and opportunities in scaled implementation of early childhood education (ECE) in Pakistan’s most populous province, Punj...
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Donor Coordination and Evidence Uptake in Early Childhood Education Policy Journal of Research in Childhood Education Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Rachel Hinton, Holly Scott, Shawn Powers, Salim Salamah
In this reflective piece, representatives of the agencies that funded and managed the Early Learning Systems Research program – the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and the Wo...
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Parent Training and Child Development at Low Cost? Evidence From a Randomized Field Experiment in Mexico Journal of Research in Childhood Education Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Sergio Cárdenas, David K. Evans, Peter Holland
Can at-scale, government-implemented parent training programs improve parenting practices and child development outcomes? This article presents evidence on the effects of a low-cost, group-based ea...
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The Virtual Irie Homes Toolbox: Adaptation and Remote Delivery of an Early Childhood, Violence Prevention, Parenting Program in Jamaica Journal of Research in Childhood Education Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Taja Francis, Lelys Dinarte-Diaz, Shawn Powers, Helen Baker-Henningham
In response to the global pandemic, we adapted a Jamaican early childhood, violence prevention, parenting program (the Irie Homes Toolbox (IHT)) for virtual delivery. The resultant virtual IHT (vIH...
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Impact of COVID-19 on Young Children and Families in Jamaica Journal of Research in Childhood Education Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Maureen Samms-Vaughan, Sydonnie Pellington, Rosan Reynolds-Salmon
This study aimed to assess the vulnerabilities of young Jamaican children in the first few months after the COVID-19 pandemic emerged in Jamaica in March 2020. The study participants (n = 649) were...
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Using Early Childhood Data and Measurement to Leverage Change: Are We Making Progress? Journal of Research in Childhood Education Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Abbie Raikes
As countries make continued investments in early childhood care and education (ECCE) systems, data and measurement play a critical role in outlining strengths and areas for improvement. To promote ...
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Pashe Achhi: A Low-Tech Model of Learning and Psychosocial Support for Children and Caregivers Journal of Research in Childhood Education Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Mohammad Safayet Khan, Erum Mariam, Nasrin Akter Akhi, Esrat Jahan, Sakila Yesmin
Pashe Achhi is a telecommunication model that emerged out of the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh to provide support to 0- to 5-year-old children and their caregivers through mobile-to-mobile phone ...
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Exploring Public Montessori Education: Equity and Achievement in South Carolina Journal of Research in Childhood Education Pub Date : 2023-12-15 David J. Fleming, Brooke Culclasure
This article examines the expansion of public Montessori education and its implications for student participation and outcomes. The study focuses on the state of South Carolina, which has the large...
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Where Have All the Girls Gone? Examining Gender Representation Within Children’s Picture Books Journal of Research in Childhood Education Pub Date : 2023-12-15 Jennifer Lindsay
The underrepresentation of women and girls in children’s picture books and the use of gender stereotypes persists, as seen in a sample of 335 books published between 2010 and 2020. Previous researc...
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On the Inter-Relationships Between Teachers, Technologies, and Children in Makerspace Environments: A Comparative Case Study in Kindergarten Classrooms Journal of Research in Childhood Education Pub Date : 2023-12-13 Adela Peleg, Sharona T. Levy
While early childhood education worldwide has become increasingly interested in integrating makerspaces into their curricula, little research has examined how this can be done. We conducted a compa...
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Promoting Critical Media Literacy in Bilingual Households Through Mother-Child Conversations About Gender: A Multiple Case Study Journal of Research in Childhood Education Pub Date : 2023-12-14 So Jung Kim, Song An, Christina Convertino, Minhye Son
This qualitative case study explores the intersection of family literacy, bilingualism, and critical media literacy by examining how mother-child conversations about children’s videos helped presch...
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Early Childhood Robotics: Children’s Beliefs and Objective Capabilities to Read and Write Programs Journal of Research in Childhood Education Pub Date : 2023-11-13 Rina Zviel Girshin, Nathan Rosenberg, Ida Kukliansky
This longitudinal study of robot programming in early childhood (ROPEC) was performed based on summative and formative assessments of the robotics program in kindergarten and year one of elementary...
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Microaggressions and the Complexities of Smartness in Kindergarten Journal of Research in Childhood Education Pub Date : 2023-10-19 Melissa Sherfinski
This study follows Mikah, an African American twice exceptional (2E-gifted and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder [ADHD]) kindergarten boy, in a U.S. classroom over the course of an academic ...
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Acknowledgment of Reviewers for Volume 37 Journal of Research in Childhood Education Pub Date : 2023-10-11
Published in Journal of Research in Childhood Education (Vol. 37, No. 4, 2023)
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Hybrid Homeschooling: A Missing Piece of the Gifted Education Puzzle Journal of Research in Childhood Education Pub Date : 2023-10-12 Sara Nejatifar, Ahmad Abedi, Amir Ghamarani, Faramarz Asanjarani
Hybrid homeschooling is still in its initial phase in the Iranian education system and is still a mystery to many educators and parents. This study aimed to explore the reasons for choosing the hom...
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The Relationships Between Linguistic Literacy and Geometric Thinking in 2nd-Graders Journal of Research in Childhood Education Pub Date : 2023-10-11 Anat Klemer, Vered Vaknin-Nusbaum
The correlation between linguistic literacy and geometric thinking was investigated in this study, which was conducted among 99 native Hebrew-speaking 2nd-graders. Current results suggest a positiv...
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Get That App!: Examining Parental Evaluations of Numeracy Apps Journal of Research in Childhood Education Pub Date : 2023-10-06 Nicola Urquhart, Joanne Lee, Eileen Wood
The accessibility of mobile technologies opens a new world of possibilities for parents to support their children’s learning through game-based numeracy apps. Carefully designed numeracy apps can b...
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What's the Difference? Interactive Book Reading With At-Risk and Not-At-Risk 1st- and 2nd-Graders Journal of Research in Childhood Education Pub Date : 2023-08-04 Silke Vanparys, Dries Debeer, Hilde Van Keer
Interactive book reading (IBR) is an effective method to foster children’s language development. Previous studies pointed at smaller gains for children at risk for language and literacy impairments...
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(Not) Discussing Race, via Books, in Mainly White Preschools Journal of Research in Childhood Education Pub Date : 2023-08-03 Flóra Faragó
This mixed-methods study investigated how two White preschool teachers, who were familiar with anti-bias pedagogy but had low training on anti-racist teaching strategies, discussed race and racism,...
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The Hidden and Invisible: Supporting Science Learning in Infant-Toddler Group Settings Journal of Research in Childhood Education Pub Date : 2023-07-27 Glykeria Fragkiadaki, Marilyn Fleer, Prabhat Rai
Science concept formation has a long history in early childhood educational research. Most of the studies in the field focus on the way children form science concepts as preschoolers. However, less...
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An Examination of Educator Standards for Early Grade Teachers Journal of Research in Childhood Education Pub Date : 2023-07-27 R. Clarke Fowler
This study examines two longstanding but thinly evidenced claims regarding credentialing requirements for teachers in the early grades (pre-K, K, 1, 2, and 3): 1) that elementary education (ELED) e...
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Diversity, Economic Characteristics, and Retention of Early Learning and Child Care Workers in Canada Journal of Research in Childhood Education Pub Date : 2023-07-26 Youjin Choi, Kristyn Frank
Given Canada’s increasingly diverse population, a better understanding of the representation of different groups among Canadian workers and their economic characteristics is needed. This study anal...
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Gaining Insights Into the Education of Vulnerable Students: Services in Schools and Beyond Journal of Research in Childhood Education Pub Date : 2023-07-18 Mark D. Lauterbach, Ginny A. Dembek
Published in Journal of Research in Childhood Education (Vol. 37, No. 3, 2023)
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Creating an Adaptable Literacy Tutoring System for Elementary-Age Students in New York City Foster Care Journal of Research in Childhood Education Pub Date : 2023-07-18 Ginny A. Dembek, Mark D. Lauterbach, Shawn M. Datchuk
ABSTRACT The researchers present a case study of an ongoing literacy tutoring program for elementary-age students in foster care. The first two authors collaborated with the education program at The New York Foundling, and created a multi-component, data-based program modification to guide tutors to virtually assess and teach core literacy skills. The program combined explicit instruction, fluency
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Examining the Prevalence Rates of Autism Diagnosis by Race/Ethnicity for Medicaid-Eligible Children Enrolled in NYC Universal Pre-Kindergarten Programs Journal of Research in Childhood Education Pub Date : 2023-07-18 Natasha M. Strassfeld, Hua-Yu Sebastian Cherng, Scarlett Wang, Sherry Glied
ABSTRACT This study examines autism diagnosis prevalence within the New York City (NYC) Universal Pre-K for All (UPK) program expansion into racially, ethnically, and socioeconomically diverse NYC neighborhoods. Here, it is hypothesized that racial/ethnic differences in autism diagnoses may close as more children are referred for testing by UPK programs, which they have more thorough interactions with
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Kindergarten Children’s Learning of Computational Thinking With the “Sorting Like a Computer” Learning Unit Journal of Research in Childhood Education Pub Date : 2023-07-19 Bayan Masarwa, Hagit Hel-Or, Sharona T. Levy
Computational thinking (CT) activities are increasingly being integrated into early childhood schools. We focus on studying children’s learning using an “unplugged” (non-computational) learning uni...
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How Early Head Start Home Visitors Foster or Impede Shared Decision-Making with Families Journal of Research in Childhood Education Pub Date : 2023-07-18 Christine L. Hancock, Gregory A. Cheatham
Rather than professional-driven decisions, shared decisions are central to family-centered philosophy and practices. This qualitative study investigated how four home visitors and 12 families engag...
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Collective Stories of Voice and Influence: Weaving Together Stories and Cultures for a World on the Move Journal of Research in Childhood Education Pub Date : 2023-06-30 Verónica Boix-Mansilla, Angela K. Salmon, Kiriaki Melliou
ABSTRACT Preparing children and youth for a world of growing complexity, diversity, and mobility requires fresh educational approaches and deliberate pedagogies. In this article, we explore the role of storytelling in making sense of crucial global transformations affecting children’s lives. We examine how migrant children and their peers in two classrooms – in the United States and Greece – learn
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A Pilot Math Anxiety Storybook Approach to Normalize Math Talk in Children and to Support Emotion Regulation Journal of Research in Childhood Education Pub Date : 2023-06-28 Dominic Petronzi, Gail Schalkwyk, Rebecca Petronzi
Research and education stakeholders in the United Kingdom (UK) acknowledge math anxiety as a detriment to learning math and associated with performance deficits, avoidance, and limiting career oppo...
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Improving Vulnerable Populations’ Emergent Reading Outcomes by Training Preservice Teachers in an Evidence-Based Program Journal of Research in Childhood Education Pub Date : 2023-06-16 Katharine Pace Miles, Andrew Fletcher
ABSTRACT This article details a large-scale tutor-to-teacher pipeline created in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. The program addressed two vital needs: 1) improving outcomes for striving readers in high-needs communities, and 2) improving teacher training in both evidence- and research-based instruction. Across school year (SY) 2020–2021 and 2021–2022, 608 preservice teachers delivered an evidence-based
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Digital Storytelling of Two “Underperforming” and “Misbehaving” Boys of Color in a 2nd-Grade Classroom Journal of Research in Childhood Education Pub Date : 2023-06-15 Ting Yuan, Rachel Grant
ABSTRACT Disparities in school discipline data indicate that children of color, particularly boys, receive more frequent and harsher disciplinary actions than their white peers, and this begins in early schooling. Within today’s print-centered, bodily restricted school curricula, literacy instruction is often reduced to highly controlled, leveled readers and narrowly tailored writing tasks. Drawing
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Evidence-Based Educational Practices for Working With Refugee Children Journal of Research in Childhood Education Pub Date : 2023-06-15 Huili Hong, Qijie Cai
ABSTRACT This article presents five main challenges refugee children experience in their learning and living in host countries, revealing an urgent need for reexamining their strengths and needs in education. It further reports an asset-based participatory research project with 18 preservice teachers (PTs) and 85 refugee children (K-5) engaged in an after-school English language-learning program in
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All It Takes for a Teacher Is to Know the Children? An Empirical Study on Increasing Child Development in Vietnamese Preschools Journal of Research in Childhood Education Pub Date : 2023-06-15 Sofie Cabus, Filip Lenaerts, Nguyen Thị My Trinh, Nguyen Thi Trang, Le Thi Dieu Phuc, Nguyen Hoang Phuong
ABSTRACT Process-oriented child monitoring (POM) deals with systematic monitoring of the observed learning needs of children in early childhood education by teachers. Between 2017 and 2021, a teacher professional development trajectory was implemented using POM in ethnically diverse preschools in Central Vietnam. These preschools typically consist of disadvantaged children at risk of barriers to classroom
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The Development of the Perceptions of Childhood Scale Journal of Research in Childhood Education Pub Date : 2023-06-09 Keely Dyan Cline, Rochelle L. Hiatt, Elizabeth Dimmitt
To date, no measure of perceptions reflecting the view of childhood as a social construction exists within the fields of developmental psychology or education. The aim of this small-scale study was...
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A Systematic Review of Curiosity and Wonder in Natural Science and Early Childhood Education Research Journal of Research in Childhood Education Pub Date : 2023-05-23 Anne-Line Bjerknes, Terese Wilhelmsen, Emilie Foyn-Bruun
Disagreement exists about how to best spark young children’s motivation to learn natural science. Both curiosity and wonder are considered important motivational factors for learning during early c...
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First-Year Teachers’ Challenges With Implementing Developmentally Appropriate Practices in Their Public School Classrooms Journal of Research in Childhood Education Pub Date : 2023-05-09 Christopher P. Brown, Da Hei Ku, Kate Puckett, David P. Barry
The first year of teaching has and continues to be fraught with challenges for early educators in public school contexts across the United States. A persistent problem that has been documented acro...
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Class-Based Cognitive Reinforcement (CORE) Improves Executive Functions in Preschoolers Journal of Research in Childhood Education Pub Date : 2023-04-14 Vahid Nejati, Batool Zavarei
Executive functions (EFs) play a crucial role in academic performance. In the present study, we aimed to improve EFs through a group-based cognitive training. Thirty-three typically developing chil...
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Key Issues in the Field of Childhood Education Journal of Research in Childhood Education Pub Date : 2023-04-06 Weipeng Yang, Lydiah Nganga
Published in Journal of Research in Childhood Education (Vol. 37, No. 2, 2023)
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Using Wordless Picturebooks to Promote Bilingual Students’ Translanguaging Practices Journal of Research in Childhood Education Pub Date : 2023-04-07 Chaehyun Lee
Using the transactional theory (Rosenblatt, 1995, 2001) and translanguaging pedagogy (García, 2009) as guiding lenses, this study explores how 1st-grade Korean-English bilingual students engage in ...
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Child-Centered and Teacher-Directed Practices in Two Different Countries: A Descriptive Case Study in Finnish and Japanese Grade 1 Classrooms Journal of Research in Childhood Education Pub Date : 2023-03-22 Eija Pakarinen, Kyoko Imai-Matsumura, Akie Yada, Takumi Yada, Anne Leppänen, Marja-Kristiina Lerkkanen
This descriptive case study examined how teaching practices were evidenced in Grade 1 classrooms in two different cultural and educational contexts, Finland and Japan. Teachers’ teaching practices ...
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Predicting Reading Achievement Through Progress Monitoring in Elementary School Journal of Research in Childhood Education Pub Date : 2023-03-20 Akiko Kaizu, Munehisa Tamaki
This longitudinal study examined the effectiveness of a progress monitoring method, namely the Multilayer Instruction Model-Progress Monitoring (MIM-PM), which is a word reading fluency measure. It...
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Reliability Testing of the Reasonable Adjustments for Inclusive Education Rating Scale Journal of Research in Childhood Education Pub Date : 2023-03-20 Teresa Iacono, Jo Spong, Kerryn Bagley, Ana Garcia-Melgar, Carol McKinstry, Nerida Hyett, Michael Arthur-Kelly
School inclusion of students with disabilities relies on reasonable adjustments to curriculum and class activities. The Reasonable Adjustments for Inclusive Education (RAIE) was designed to elicit ...