Recently added articles from Journal of Research in Childhood Education:
The impact of gender-fair versus gender-stereotyped basal readers on 1st-grade children's gender stereotypes: a natural experiment.(Report)
Jun 22, 2009; Karniol, Rachel ... Abstract. Israeli 1st-grade children in two different schools in the same neighborhood who were using either a gender-stereotyped or a gender-fair basal reader were asked to judge for a series of female-stereotyped, male-stereotyped, and gender-neutral activities whether they were ...
"A taste of college": children and preservice teachers discuss books together.(Report)
Jun 22, 2009; Day, Deanna ... Abstract. Partnerships where preservice teachers work with children have been found to be effective in providing real world field experiences for university students. However, little is known about what children gain from these collaborations. This research attempts to rectify this by ...
A Day in the Life: secure interludes with joint book reading.(Report)
Jun 22, 2009; Cameron, Catherine Ann ... Abstract. A Day in the Life is an interdisciplinary study of thriving 2-year-old girls and their families in diverse communities around the globe. We understand development to be active participation in cultural systems of practice, and examine children's interactions with their ...
"What a girl wants, what a girl needs": responding to sex, gender, and sexuality in the early childhood classroom.(Report)
Jun 22, 2009; Blaise, Mindy ... Abstract. This paper is based on data generated from a qualitative study of gender and sexuality in a kindergarten classroom. Postdevelopmental perspectives of sex, gender, and sexuality are used to show how young children are constructing gender and heterosexual discourses in the early ...
Five- to 8-year-old Emirati children's and their teachers' perceptions of war.(Report)
Jun 22, 2009; Buldu, Mehmet ... Abstract: This study examined 5- to 8-year-old Emirati children's and their teachers' perceptions of war. Data for this study were collected through drawings and semi-structured interviews. A phenomenological procedure was used to analyze the data. Younger children could not articulate the ...
Children's communication and socialization skills by types of early education experiences.(Report)
Jun 22, 2009; Lee, Joohi ... Abstract. This study is an investigation of children's communication skills and socialization by the types of their early education experiences (e.g., child care centers, private schools, public schools, home, or other). A total of 244 children (average age: 61 months) and their parents ...
Assurance of outcome evaluation: curriculum fidelity.(Report)
Jun 22, 2009; Vartuli, Sue ... Abstract. Fidelity measurement has increasing significance when making claims of educational practices being effective in today's classrooms. This study explored the reliability, using multi-informants, and convergent validly, using multi-sources, for curriculum fidelity. There were ...
English language learners' perceptions of school environment.(Report)
Jun 22, 2009; Rodriguez, Diane ... Abstract. The number of students who speak languages other than English continues to grow in both rural and urban public schools in the United States. This study investigated the perceptions of 123 students (57 monolingual and 66 English language learners [ELLs]) from a rural public ...
Do reinforcement and induction increase prosocial behavior? Results of a teacher-based intervention in preschools.(Report)
Jun 22, 2009; Ramaswamy, Vidya ... Abstract. Teachers were trained to use reinforcement and induction to increase prosocial behavior in a sample of 98 children in Head Start-affiliated preschools, using a peer coaching model. There was one control group and three intervention groups: reinforcement-only, induction-only, and ...
Research into practice: doing what's best for children.
Jun 22, 2009; Harlin, Rebecca P. ... Sometimes it appears that we forget who the clients are for schools--children or adults. This phenomenon has become reality as we consider standardized test results as the source for judging the worth of schools, teachers' effectiveness, and student learning. Having these statistics ...
