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Profiles of Provision for Learning in Preschool Classrooms in Rural China: Associated Quality of Teacher-Child Interactions and Teacher Characteristics
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Hu, Bi Ying; Wang, Shuang; Song, Yingquan; Roberts, Sherron Killingsworth – Early Education and Development, 2022
Research Findings: Provision for Learning (PFL) is a composite of indicators reflecting the structural quality of Early Childhood Education (ECE) classrooms such as physical environment, materials, and daily schedule. This study explored profiles of PFL among 118 Chinese rural preschool classrooms based on Space and Furnishing (SF), Curriculum…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Preschool Teachers, Preschool Children, Teacher Student Relationship
Chinese Preschool Children's Home Numeracy Experiences and Their Mathematical Abilities
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Pan, Yuejuan; Hu, Bi Ying; Hunt, Jessica; Wu, Zhongling; Chen, Yuewen; He, Mengyang – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2023
The purpose of the present study was to examine the association between Chinese preschool children's home numeracy experiences and their mathematical abilities. The parents of 515 4- to 5-year-old preschool children reported their frequency of participation in home numeracy activities, and the children were assessed on their math ability. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Numeracy, Mathematics Skills
Multiple Approaches for Assessing Within-Day Stability in Teacher-Child Interactions
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Wang, Shuang; Hu, Bi Ying; Curby, Timothy; Fan, Xitao – Early Education and Development, 2021
Research Findings: This study employed multiple approaches to examine the stability of teacher--child interaction quality in Chinese preschools. Teacher-child interaction quality was measured using the "Classroom Assessment Scoring System" (CLASS) on five observational cycles within a school day. Several different metrics of stability…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Preschool Children
Teacher-Child Interaction and Preschoolers' Learning Behavior in China: A Piecewise Growth Model
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Hu, Bi Ying; Wu, Zhongling; Winsler, Adam; Wu, Yan; Fan, Xitao – Early Education and Development, 2021
Research Findings: This longitudinal study examined how teacher-child interaction quality related to growth in children's approaches to learning (ATL), measured by Competence Motivation Learning Strategies, and Attention and Persistence, in a stratified random sample of 607 Chinese children. Data on classroom teacher-child interaction quality…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Preschool Children, Student Behavior, Foreign Countries
Chinese Preschool Teachers' Use of Concept Development Strategies in Whole-Group Math Lessons and Its Effectiveness
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Deng, Tao; Hu, Bi Ying; Wang, X. Christine; Li, Yuanhua; Jiang, Chunlian; Su, Yijie; LoCasale-Crouch, Jennifer – Early Education and Development, 2023
Research Findings: This study investigated teachers' Concept development (CD) strategy use in whole-group math teaching and its associations with children's higher-order thinking processes in 25 Chinese preschool math lessons. We utilized the CD dimension within the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS) to guide our exploration. CD…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Classroom Environment, Preschool Teachers, Concept Formation
The Relation between School Climate and Preschool Teacher Stress: The Mediating Role of Teachers' Self-Efficacy
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Hu, Bi Ying; Li, Yuanhua; Wang, Chuang; Reynolds, Barry Lee; Wang, Shuang – Journal of Educational Administration, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between school climate and teacher stress. Specifically, the authors construct two parsimonious models to test two main hypotheses. First, whether preschool collegial leadership predicts teachers' job stress through the mediating role of teacher self-efficacy; second, whether…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Preschool Teachers, Stress Variables, Predictor Variables
Applicability of the Classroom Assessment Scoring System in Chinese Preschools Based on Psychometric Evidence
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Hu, Bi Ying; Fan, Xitao; Gu, Chuanhua; Yang, Ning – Early Education and Development, 2016
Research Findings: This study examined the applicability of the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS) Pre-K (Pianta, La Paro, & Hamre, 2008) and its underpinning framework of teaching through interactions in typical Chinese kindergarten classrooms. A sample of 180 kindergarten classrooms in China was selected, and the CLASS was used to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rating Scales, Kindergarten, Teacher Student Relationship
Contributions of Teacher-Child Interaction Quality to Chinese Children's Development in the Early Childhood Years
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Hu, Bi Ying; Fan, Xitao; Wu, Yan; LoCasale-Crouch, Jennifer; Song, Zhanmei – Early Education and Development, 2019
Research Findings: Growing international evidence points to high-quality teacher-child interactions in early learning environments as key contributors to children's learning and development. Little is known, however, about the longitudinal effects of these experiences, particularly in the Chinese context. In this study, we addressed the question…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Interaction, Preschool Teachers, Preschool Children