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Children's Social Understanding Scale-Short Form: Adaptation to Turkish Sample
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Ekerim Akbulut, Müge; Etel, Evren; Tahiroglu, Deniz; Selçuk, Ayse Bilge – Early Education and Development, 2023
Research Findings: The Children's Social Understanding Scale (CSUS) assesses young children's theory of mind (ToM). The current study adapted the parent version of the CSUS-short form to Turkish and examined its utility, for the first time, as an assessment tool for teachers. The associations of parent and teacher reports of the CSUS-short form…
Descriptors: Theory of Mind, Foreign Countries, Measures (Individuals), Preschool Children
Relationships between Families and Head Start Staff: Associations with Children's Academic Outcomes through Home Involvement and Approaches to Learning
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Sarah N. Lang; Shinyoung Jeon; Erin Tebben – Early Education and Development, 2024
Family-program partnerships in early care and education have the potential to influence young children's development through multiple pathways. Guided by the Head Start (HS) Parent, Family, and Community Engagement (PFCE) framework, the current study uses data from the 2014 HS Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES) to examine the direct, and…
Descriptors: Social Services, Federal Programs, Low Income Students, Family School Relationship
Refugee Children's Early Development during Attendance of Specialized Preschool Programs and Transition into First Grade in Germany
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Busch, J.; Cabrera, N.; Ialuna, F.; Buchmüller, T.; Leyendecker, B. – Early Education and Development, 2022
Research Findings: We assessed socio-emotional behavior, nonverbal reasoning, German receptive language, and motor skills of refugee children attending early childhood development [ECD] programs and of those who did not (N = 207, mean age = 69.4 months). Young refugee children overall demonstrated lower levels of development and more…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Refugees, Preschool Children, Preschool Education
Development of English Picture Vocabulary Test as an Assessment Tool for Very Young EFL Learners' Receptive and Expressive Language Skills
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Güngör, Burcu; Önder, Alev – Early Education and Development, 2023
Research Findings: The aim of this study was to construct and validate "English Picture Vocabulary Test (EPVT)" that aimed to assess the very young learners' (VYLs) receptive and expressive vocabulary knowledge for specific content areas in English as a foreign language (EFL). In this context, EPVT was created in several stages. One of…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Test Construction, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
An Examination of the Heterogenous Nature of Literacy Development in Spanish-Speaking Preschool Children
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Solari, Emily J.; Zucker, Tricia A.; Grimm, Ryan P. – Early Education and Development, 2023
This study evaluated the emergent literacy profiles of preschool Spanish-speaking children. Participants included 440 children in dual-language classrooms who were assessed in English and Spanish at the beginning and end of their preschool year. Research Findings: Through latent profile analysis, conducted with fall data, four empirically derived…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Spanish Speaking, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Dual Language Development of Chinese 3- and 4-Year-Olds: Associations with the Family Context and Teachers' Language Use
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Song, Lulu; Luo, Rufan; Liang, Eva – Early Education and Development, 2022
Research findings: This study examined the dual language development and experience of the understudied Chinese dual language learners (DLLs). Twice in the preschool/pre-k year (about 4 months apart), we assessed 39 Chinese 3- and 4-year-old DLLs' receptive vocabularies in English and Chinese, interviewed 37 parents about the language use and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Receptive Language, Vocabulary Development
How the Amount of Teacher Spanish Use Interacts with Classroom Quality to Support English/Spanish DLLs' Vocabulary
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Sembiante, Sabrina F.; Yeomans-Maldonado, Gloria; Johanson, Megan; Justice, Laura – Early Education and Development, 2023
Research Findings: We examined the amount of preschool lead/assistant teachers' English/Spanish language use and relations between quality of teacher-child interactions, and Dual Language Learners' (DLLs) English/Spanish bilingual vocabulary in 31 English-medium Head Start classrooms. Measures in this study included (a) children's conceptual…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Bilingualism, Bilingual Teachers, Teacher Student Relationship