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Pentimonti, Jill M.; Bowles, Ryan P.; Zucker, Tricia A.; Tambyraja, Sherine R.; Justice, Laura M. – Grantee Submission, 2021
Measuring the quality of classroom-based interactive shared book reading within the early childhood classroom represents a specific dimension of teacher-child interactions that is of great interest to researchers. This interest reflects decades of research demonstrating the benefit of reading to young children in both the home and the classroom.…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Test Construction, Construct Validity, Predictive Validity
Piasta, Shayne B.; Farley, Kristin S.; Mauch, Susan A.; Soto Ramirez, Pamela; Schachter, Rachel E.; O'Connell, Ann A.; Justice, Laura M.; Spear, Caitlin F.; Weber-Mayrer, Melissa – Grantee Submission, 2019
Professional development (PD) is a potentially important mechanism for enhancing classroom practices and children's learning. In this large-scale randomized controlled trial, we examined the effectiveness of language and literacy PD, with and without coaching, offered at scale to early childhood educators (n = 546) across one state. Relative to…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Literacy Education, Preschool Teachers, Coaching (Performance)
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Piasta, Shayne B.; Farley, Kristin S.; Mauck, Susan A.; Soto Ramirez, Pamela; Schachter, Rachel E.; O'Connell, Ann A.; Justice, Laura M.; Spear, Caitlin F.; Weber-Mayrer, Melissa – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2020
Professional development (PD) is a potentially important mechanism for enhancing classroom practices and children's learning. In this large-scale randomized controlled trial, we examined the effectiveness of language and literacy PD, with and without coaching, offered at scale to early childhood educators (n = 546) across 1 state. Relative to the…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Phonological Awareness, Literacy Education, Classroom Techniques
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Rhoad-Drogalis, Anna; Justice, Laura M.; Sawyer, Brook E.; O'Connell, Ann A. – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2018
Background: Children with developmental language disorders (DLDs) often struggle with classroom behaviour. No study has examined whether positive teacher-child relationships may act as a protective factor for children with DLDs in that these serve to enhance children's important classroom-learning behaviours. Aims: To examine the association…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Special Education, Regression (Statistics), Longitudinal Studies
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Diamond, Karen E.; Justice, Laura M.; Siegler, Robert S.; Snyder, Patricia A. – National Center for Special Education Research, 2013
A primary purpose of early childhood education and interventions is to promote children's acquisition of knowledge and skills linked to later social competence and academic success. In this report, special attention is given to summarizing what has been learned about early childhood classrooms as contexts for development and learning, the kinds of…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention, Meta Analysis, Cognitive Development