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Jia-Yin Wang; Hui-Ting Wang; Fang Yu Lin; Wen-Wen Chen – Educational Technology & Society, 2024
Developing adaptive skills poses a significant challenge for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Personal hygiene, including hand-washing, was particularly important during the COVID-19 pandemic. Video self-modeling (VSM) is an effective strategy for teaching adaptive skills due to its inherent individualization nature. However, the…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Students with Disabilities, Hygiene, Skill Development
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Shih, Yi-Huang – Policy Futures in Education, 2022
Early childhood is a period of rapid development and growth, and regardless of physical, psychological, and social abilities, young children at this stage have great plasticity and strong imitation ability. Childhood is a critical period for individual learning; so preschool teachers must provide young children with appropriate moral education at…
Descriptors: Moral Development, Preschool Education, Preschool Teachers, Empathy
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Kirsch, Claudine – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2021
Multilingual education is mandatory in early childhood education in several European countries. Scholars working in first, second and foreign language learning have shown the effectiveness of interaction-promoting and language-modelling strategies for language development. In addition, teachers in bilingual contexts have been translanguaging to…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Indo European Languages
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Green, Vanessa A.; Prior, Tessa; Smart, Emily; Boelema, Tanya; Drysdale, Heather; Harcourt, Susan; Roche, Laura; Waddington, Hannah – Education and Treatment of Children, 2017
The study described in this article sought to enhance the social interaction skills of 3 preschool children using video modeling. All children had been assessed as having difficulties in their interactions with peers. Two were above average on internalizing problems and the third was above average on externalizing problems. The study used a…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Video Technology, Modeling (Psychology), Peer Relationship
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Liao, Mei-Ying; Campbell, Patricia Shehan – Music Education Research, 2016
The main purpose of this study was to compare differences in approaches to teaching children's song by kindergarten teachers in Taiwan and the USA. Five public school kindergarten teachers in Taipei, Taiwan, and five public kindergarten teachers in Seattle, USA, were invited to voluntarily participate in this study. They were asked to teach six…
Descriptors: Music Education, Singing, Kindergarten, Musical Instruments
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Akmanoglu, Nurgul; Yanardag, Mehmet; Batu, E. Sema – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2014
Teaching play skills is important for children with autism. The purpose of the present study was to compare effectiveness and efficiency of providing video modeling and graduated guidance together and video modeling alone for teaching role playing skills to children with autism. The study was conducted with four students. The study was conducted…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Modeling (Psychology), Prompting, Teaching Methods
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Chin, Jui-Chih – Early Education and Development, 2014
Research Findings: The aim of this study was to explore the relations between children's trust beliefs and social competence as well as social preference. In addition, this study examined how children with different trust belief profiles may differ in their peer interactive behaviors. A total of 47 children ages 5 to 6 participated in this study.…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Peer Relationship, Teacher Attitudes, Rating Scales
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Alcock, Sophie – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2013
Attachment theory is presented in this article as involving embodied relational processes within complex relational systems. Two narrative-like "events" are represented to illustrate very young children playfully relating -- connecting and communicating inter- and intrasubjectively. The ethnographic-inspired research methods included…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Attachment Behavior, Play, Interpersonal Communication
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McDonald, David; Proctor, Penny; Gill, Wendy; Heaven, Sue; Marr, Jane; Young, Jane – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2015
Intensive Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) training courses for Early Childhood Educators (ECEs) can have a positive effect on their use of interaction strategies that support children's communication skills. The impact of brief SLT training courses is not yet clearly understood. The aims of these two studies were to assess the impact of a brief…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Communication Skills, Speech Therapy, Training