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Advances in the Technical Adequacy of the Early Cognitive Problem-Solving Indicator Progress Monitoring Measure for Infants and Toddlers
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Dale Walker; Jay Buzhardt; Fan Jia; Alana Schnitz; Dwight W. Irvin; Charles R. Greenwood – Grantee Submission, 2022
Engaging, focusing, and persisting in the completion of tasks are among the skills needed for school success. Tracking whether a child is learning cognitive problem-solving skills is essential in knowing if they are acquiring skills important for development and school readiness; and if not, how they are responding to early intervention. Use of…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Infants, Toddlers, School Readiness
A Closer Look: Socio-Structural Influences on Teacher-Child Interactions during Project Work
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Cordoba, Tanya Espinosa; Sanders-Smith, Stephanie C. – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2018
An increasing amount of attention and public funding has been dedicated in recent years to the field of Early Childhood Education and the expansion of early childhood programs in the United States. Program quality in early childhood is evaluated based on program-level structural features and instructional support (e.g. problem solving, feedback,…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Early Childhood Education, Power Structure, Teaching Methods
Building Social Competence in Preschool: The Effects of a Social Skills Intervention Targeting Children Enrolled in Head Start
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Stanton-Chapman, Tina L.; Walker, Virginia; Jamison, Kristen R. – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2014
The current study evaluated the peer-to-peer interactions of at-risk children enrolled in Head Start who participated in a social pragmatic intervention targeting skills such as initiations, responses, name use, proximity, and turn-taking skills. Eight Head Start classroom teams received two workshops and two coaching sessions and were taught to…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Preschool Teachers
Impact Findings from the Head Start CARES Demonstration: National Evaluation of Three Approaches to Improving Preschoolers' Social and Emotional Competence. Executive Summary. OPRE Report 2014-44
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Morris, Pamela; Mattera, Shira K.; Castells, Nina; Bangser, Michael; Bierman, Karen; Raver, Cybele – MDRC, 2014
Low-income preschool children face risks to their social-emotional development that can affect them later on. Although there are promising approaches to promoting preschoolers' social-emotional skills, the evidence base is limited, particularly on their effectiveness when implemented at scale. The Head Start CARES demonstration evaluated the…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Low Income Groups, Teacher Education, Faculty Development
A Demonstration of the Universal Problem-Solving Approach to Address Children's Inappropriate Behavior in Head Start Classrooms
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Snell, Martha E.; Voorhees, Mary D.; Walker, Virginia L.; Berlin, Rebecca A.; Jamison, Kristen Roorbach; Stanton-Chapman, Tina L. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2014
The purpose of this demonstration was to evaluate a universal intervention during teacher-identified routines that were characterized by significant classwide problem behavior. Six Head Start classrooms (seven groups of children, with one classroom divided into two groups) received two workshops and two coaching sessions on universal Positive…
Descriptors: Intervention, Behavior Problems, Federal Programs, Early Childhood Education
Effects of Head Start REDI on Children's Outcomes 1 Year Later in Different Kindergarten Contexts
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Bierman, Karen L.; Nix, Robert L.; Heinrichs, Brenda S.; Domitrovich, Celene E.; Gest, Scott D.; Welsh, Janet A.; Gill, Sukhdeep – Child Development, 2014
One year after participating in the Research-based, Developmentally Informed (REDI) intervention or "usual practice" Head Start, the learning and behavioral outcomes of 356 children (17% Hispanic, 25% African American; 54% girls; M[subscript age] = 4.59 years at initial assessment) were assessed. In addition, their 202 kindergarten…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Federal Programs, Preschool Children, School Readiness