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Jambunathan, Saigeetha – Education 3-13, 2012
The present project studied the relationship between the use of developmentally appropriate practices and children's perception of self-competence in Head Start classrooms. Self-competence is defined as children's confidence in succeeding in certain tasks. Developmentally appropriate practices (DAP) as proposed by the National Association for the…
Descriptors: Rating Scales, Teaching Methods, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education
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Jambunathan, Saigeetha; Caulfield, Mathew – Early Child Development and Care, 2008
The goal of the present study is to explore the use of developmentally appropriate practices in Asian Indian early childhood classrooms. This information is critical for all early childhood educators and teacher educators because the society we live in is fast becoming extremely diverse and our classrooms are becoming a cauldron of various…
Descriptors: Indians, Young Children, Rating Scales, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
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Jambunathan, Saigeetha; Burts, Diane C.; Pierce, Sarah H. – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 1999
Investigated the relationship between developmentally appropriate practices in the classroom and preschoolers' perception of self-confidence. Found that developmentally appropriate practice influenced social development, and that teaching strategies, curriculum goals, motivation, and guidance of social-emotional development predicted peer…
Descriptors: Child Development, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Outcomes of Education, Peer Acceptance