Early Childhood Research & Practice articles from March 2008

Early Childhood Research & Practice archives from March 2008

Appreciating diversity through children's stories and language development.(Report)
March 22, 2008... Abstract Appreciation of diversity begins in our classrooms with the children we know and interact with on a daily basis. Each child has a unique history-a story that gives us insights when we interact, plan our classroom community, and...

Creatively constructing a community of learners.(Report)
March 22, 2008... Abstract This action research study investigated first-graders' attitudes toward being a community of learners as a result of their involvement in constructing their classroom environment. The children's attitudes throughout the year were...

Determinants of parental involvement in early schooling: evidence from Japan.(Report)
March 22, 2008... Abstract This study examined how demographic and psychological factors shape the involvement of Japanese mothers in their children's education. The five demographic variables studied were family income, maternal education, family size,...

Including parents in evaluation of a child development program: relevance of parental involvement.
March 22, 2008... Abstract Program evaluation practices in early childhood care and education have been underdeveloped compared to the larger field of educational evaluation. The inclination not to include parental views in evaluation is mainly a result of...

Investigating the tallgrass prairie.(Report)
March 22, 2008... Abstract This article describes an investigation of a tallgrass prairie undertaken by 3- through 7-year-old children in a preschool and a combined kindergarten/first-grade classroom at a Midwestern university. The teaching teams were...

The effects of music instruction on emergent literacy capacities among preschool children: a literature review.(Report)
March 22, 2008... Abstract This article presents a literature review of pertinent research that has dealt with the relationships between music education and emergent literacy in preschoolers during the past 20 years. In total, 13 correlational and...

The effects of observation coaching on children's graphic representations.(Report)
March 22, 2008... Abstract Education programs have fostered advanced levels of graphic representation ability in young children but have not detailed the specific mechanisms responsible for the accelerated growth. Research suggests that between 6 and 8...

"Who's the boss?" young children's power and influence in an early childhood classroom.(Report)
March 22, 2008... Abstract Using classroom observations and teacher interviews, this study examined how three young children, considered classroom leaders by their teachers, created complex dilemmas for their teachers through their interactions with...