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ERIC Number: EJ1267805
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Sep
Pages: 12
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-2578-4218
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Who's in Charge? Child Behavior Predicts Teacher Subsequent Classroom Management Practice for Preschoolers Reported to Display Disruptive Behavior
Williford, Amanda P.; Vitiello, Virginia E.
School Psychology, v35 n5 p299-310 Sep 2020
Most research examining teacher-child interactions focuses on how aspects of the teacher influence children's skills and development. However, teachers report that children who display disruptive behaviors negatively impact their practice. In this study, we examined the within-day reciprocal associations between teachers' interaction quality at the classroom level and preschool children's task orientation and conflict behavior in a sample of children reported by their teachers to display disruptive behaviors. Participants were 300 preschool children (62% male) aged 30-66 months (M = 48.9, SD = 6.7) and their 155 teachers. Children and teachers were observed on individual child behavior and classroom level teacher-child classroom management interaction quality across multiple consecutive days within a baseline observation window. Cross-lag models showed acceptable to very good fit to the data and indicated that children's prior positive task orientation predicted teachers' subsequent higher quality classroom management interactions and children's prior conflict predicted teachers' subsequent lower quality classroom management interactions. Teachers' prior classroom management quality was not associated with subsequent child behavior. Results are discussed in terms of the reciprocal associations between teacher and child behaviors and how disruptive behavior may ultimately influence broader classroom interactions.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Classroom Assessment Scoring System
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R324A100215
Author Affiliations: N/A