Journal of Research in Childhood Education articles from March 1999

Journal of Research in Childhood Education archives from March 1999

Pathways to Quality in Head Start, Public School, and Private Nonprofit Early Childhood Programs.(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 1999... Abstract. This study examines differences in teacher qualifications, inservice training, program quality, and children's development in 109 Head Start, 72 public school, and 110 private nonprofit early childhood classrooms. Teachers in public...

The Nature of Experiences of 4-year-olds in Two Russian Preschools.
March 22, 1999... Abstract. Political and economic transitions in Russia have caused dramatic changes in their once universal public preschool program. This study describes the experiences of 4-year-olds in two public preschools, one a typical district preschool...

The Effect of "Origami" Practice on Size Comparison Strategy Among Young Japanese and American Children.(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 1999... Abstract. This study explored the effect of origami practice on size comparison strategies among young Japanese and American children. Forty-six Japanese children and 48 American children, 4 to 6 years old, received three different treatments....

Come Join the Literacy Club: One Chinese ESL Child's Literacy Experience in a 1st-Grade Classroom.
March 22, 1999... Abstract. This study was part of an 18-month interpretive qualitative study that explored how six recently arrived Chinese-speaking children learned English as their second language from kindergarten to 1st grade. This case study, a follow-up...

Attribution Feedback in the Elementary Classroom.(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 1999... Abstract. This study investigates the types of feedback statements utilized by 3rd-grade teachers during mathematics instruction. It considers how these statements might affect numerous education variables from the perspective of attribution...

Developmentally Appropriate Practices As Predictors of Self-competence Among Preschoolers.(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 1999... Abstract. The purpose of the study was to investigate whether the use of developmentally appropriate practices in the classrooms is related to the perception of self competence among preschoolers. Ninety-one children (females = 46, males = 45)...

Emergent Metacognition: A Study of Preschoolers' Literate Behavior.(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 1999... Abstract. This study examined young children's self-management (i.e., executive control) during the construction of meaning. Its task, expectations, and operationalized definition of emergent literacy-related metacognition were based on...

Maternal Strategy Use and Preschool Categorization Abilities.(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 1999... Abstract. This study identified the strategies that mothers employed while they were engaged in an animal categorization activity with their preschool children, examined the verbal behavior of the preschool children, and determined the...

When Mother Says To Do One Thing and Teacher Says To Do Another: Preschoolers' Responses to Mother-Teacher Differences.(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 1999... Abstract. Thirty-two White 4- and 5-year-olds from middle-income families responded to hypothetical scenarios in which their mothers and their preschool teachers issued opposing commands. Children were asked what they would do and how they...

Early Intervention Needs of Children At Risk Due to Prenatal Drug Exposure: A Survey of Early Childhood Educators.(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 1999... Abstract. Educating children who are at risk for school failure due to prenatal drug exposure poses significant challenges to educators. The purpose of this study was to examine preschool educators' perceptions of learning and behavioral...

Characteristics of Teachers Who Talk the DAP Talk and Walk the DAP Walk.(developmentally appropriate practices)(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 1999... Abstract. Studies consistently find a discrepancy between teachers' self-reported beliefs about developmentally appropriate practices (DAP) and their actual, observable classroom practices. Teachers attribute the discrepancy to a variety of...

Research Into Practice.
March 22, 1999... This issue explores early childhood practices in the United States and internationally. One article uses a qualitative approach to compare a traditional preschool and an experimental preschool in Russia. A second study looks at the effect of...