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Carew, Jean V. – 1980
The main purpose of this paper is to delineate methods of data collection and coding currently being used in a longitudinal observational study of toddlers in 25 black families in Oakland, California. Data collection activities, accomplished through monthly three-hour visits to each home, focused on five types of data: (1) videotaped and…
Descriptors: Blacks, Child Development, Data Collection, Family Environment
Download full textColker, Laura J. – 2000
The Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) was born in the mid-1960s and is today the world's largest and most popular educational database. The history of ERIC's early development has been told in Del Trester's 1981 narrative, "ERIC--The First Fifteen Years: 1964-1979, A History of the Educational Resources Information Center."…
Descriptors: Development, Educational Resources, History, Information Networks
Peer reviewedEheart, Brenda Krause; Leavitt, Robin Lynn – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1989
The purpose of this two-phase study, guided by the theory and method of interpretive interactionism, is to describe how family day care providers perceive and implement their caregiving intentions and practices. In phase 1 of the study, data were obtained from interviews with 31 providers and in phase 2, observations of 6 providers over a 10-month…
Descriptors: Certification, Child Caregivers, Classroom Environment, Early Childhood Education
Evans, Ellis D. – 1982
Current knowledge and practice relating to young children's aesthetic development and education are reviewed in this state-of-the-art report. Beginning with a brief section highlighting theoretical problems and approaches to the psychological study of aesthetic response, the review subsequently describes three common strategies used in aesthetic…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Age Differences, Child Development, Children
Howard, Elizabeth R.; Loeb, Michael I. – 1998
The last several years have seen a dramatic increase in the popularity of two-way immersion (TWI) programs around the country. These programs integrate native English speakers and language-minority students for academic instruction and aim to promote bilingual proficiency, high academic achievement, and cross-cultural awareness. The expanded…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Interviews, Language Minorities
Holt, Daniel D., Ed. – 1994
A discussion of family literacy projects focuses on alternatives to traditional methods of program evaluation. In the first chapter, the distinction between standardized and alternative assessments is clarified and the special evaluation needs of family literacy projects are highlighted. The remainder of the handbook is intended to help program…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Classroom Observation Techniques, English (Second Language), Family Literacy
Williams, Ann M., Comp. – 1980
This publication contains reprints of interviews with leading educators on specific topics of interest to social studies educators at the elementary, secondary, and college level. Twelve interviews from the "Looking At" series were selected to be reprinted in this anthology because the topics are still timely and the comments of the…
Descriptors: Anthologies, Basic Skills, Citizenship Education, Content Area Reading
