Journal of Research in Childhood Education articles from September 2001

Journal of Research in Childhood Education archives from September 2001

Preschool teachers' beliefs concerning the importance of various developmental skills and abilities.(Statistical Data Included)
September 22, 2001... Abstract. Head Start, public school preschool, and preschool special education teachers were surveyed to investigate their beliefs concerning the importance of various developmental skills and abilities. Teachers were presented with 54 items...

Longitudinal effects of kindergarten.(Statistical Data Included)
September 22, 2001... Abstract. The purpose of this longitudinal study was to determine if the differences in achievement that existed at the end of the 3rd grade among 367 students continued to exist throughout their school years. The students were divided into...

What general educators have to say about successfully including students with down syndrome in their classes.(Statistical Data Included)
September 22, 2001... Abstract. The purpose of this study was to review the instructor and classroom management procedures of those general education teachers involved in the inclusion of children with Down syndrome who have been rated as successful by the...

Understanding the gap between an AmericaReads program and the tutoring sessions: The nesting of challenges.(Statistical Data Included)
September 22, 2001... Abstract. Increasingly, students receive tutoring for reading assistance. While some information exists about the features of various programs, little is known about the overlay between the planned tutoring program and what a tutor actually...

Children's books in child care classrooms: Quality, accessibility, and reasons for teachers' choices.(Statistical Data Included)
September 22, 2001... Abstract. The importance of child care classrooms as contexts for early literacy development makes it critical to investigate the child care teacher's role in selecting, reading, an d making accessible high-quality children's books, and in...

Gender roles in children's literature: A review of non-award-winning "easy-to-read" books.(Statistical Data Included)
September 22, 2001... Abstract. This study replicates the work of Crabb and Bielawski (1994), who analyzed gender differences in character representation found in Caldecott award-winning children's literature, in relation to the utilization of production, household,...

Visual and nonvisual processes in grade 6 students' mathematical problem solving.(Statistical Data Included)
September 22, 2001... M. A. (Ken) Clements Abstract. This paper reports an investigation into the problem-solving methods employed by three Grade 6 students who, over the course of a school year, worked on a variety of mathematics problems. One of the students...

Three Nigerian primary school teachers: Classroom days.
September 22, 2001... Abstract. Three Nigerian primary school teachers were interviewed, then observed, all day, for 10 consecutive days of teaching. The purpose of this study was to use classroom observations and interview methodology to construct a snapshot of a...

Evaluation of pedagogical quality in early childhood education: A cross-national perspective.
September 22, 2001... Abstract. In a comparative study between Germany and Sweden, observers from different countries and cultures make parallel and independent observations of the quality in early childhood education. For evaluation of quality, the observers use...

Research into practice.
September 22, 2001... In this issue, the authors extend our knowledge of children and learning on a variety of topics. The first article examines teachers' beliefs concerning the importance of different developmental skills and abilities that emerge in early...