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Annalee Kelly; Dominic F. Gullo; Yange Xue – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2024
This study examined child demographics and teacher background and beliefs that may be associated with teacher reports of externalizing behaviors in preschool children. Reports of these behaviors are associated with preschool suspension or expulsion. Head Start teacher and child data were used to investigate how teacher-reported child behavior…
Descriptors: Social Services, Low Income Students, Federal Programs, Teacher Characteristics
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Maxwell, Kelly L.; McWilliam, R. A.; Hemmeter, Mary Louise; Ault, Melinda Jones; Schuster, John W. – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2001
Tested psychometric properties of a new measure of developmentally appropriate practices in kindergarten through third grade and the predictive value of classroom and teacher characteristics. Found that grade, class size, number of children with disabilities, teacher educational level, teacher experience, and teacher beliefs accounted for 42…
Descriptors: Class Size, Classroom Environment, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Elementary School Teachers
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Rao, Nirmala; Koong, Maggie; Kwong, Margaret; Wong, Margaret – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2003
This study examined predictors of process quality among Hong Kong preschools. Findings indicated significant intercorrelations among structural, management-related, and process measures of quality. Process quality (teacher-child interaction, curriculum goals) was higher in preschools exceeding government requirements for staff qualifications,…
Descriptors: Administrator Qualifications, Child Care, Child Caregivers, Developmentally Appropriate Practices