ERIC Number: ED605074
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 21
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: EISSN-
EISSN: N/A
The Classroom Relational Environment and Children's Early Development in Preschool
Nguyen, Tutrang; Ansari, Arya; Pianta, Robert C.; Whittaker, Jessica V.; Vitiello, Virginia E.; Ruzek, Erik
Grantee Submission
The present study considered the ways in which interactional quality in the classroom and teacher--child relationships independently and synergistically shaped the early academic, social-behavioral, and executive function outcomes of 1,498 preschoolers from low-income families from a large, culturally, and linguistically diverse county. The findings revealed that children who had closer and less conflictual relationships with their teachers demonstrated greater improvements in all domains of school readiness across the preschool year. Moreover, preschool attendees did not reap the maximum academic benefits from high quality classroom environments unless they also had high-quality individual relationships with their teachers. Implications for policy and practice are discussed. [This is the online version of an article published in "Social Development."]
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Child Development, Interaction, Teacher Student Relationship, Social Development, Child Behavior, Executive Function, Low Income Students, Student Diversity, Conflict, School Readiness, Emotional Development, At Risk Students, Preschool Teachers, Student Characteristics, Academic Achievement, Minority Group Students, Gender Differences, Racial Differences, Ethnicity, Limited English Speaking, Special Needs Students, Language Usage, Parent Background, Educational Attainment, Institutional Characteristics, Teacher Characteristics
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: Virginia
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R305N160021; R305B170002