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Direct linkAguiar, Cecilia; McWilliam, R. A. – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2013
This study documented the consistency of child engagement across two settings, toddler child care classrooms and mother-child dyadic play. One hundred twelve children, aged 14-36 months (M = 25.17, SD = 6.06), randomly selected from 30 toddler child care classrooms from the district of Porto, Portugal, participated. Levels of engagement were…
Descriptors: Child Care, Age, Foreign Countries, Play
Pinto, Ana Isabel; Pessanha, Manuela; Aguiar, Cecilia – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2013
This study examined the joint effects of home environment and center-based child care quality on children's language, communication, and early literacy development, while also considering prior developmental level. Participants were 95 children (46 boys), assessed as toddlers (mean age = 26.33 months; Time 1) and preschoolers (mean age = 68.71…
Descriptors: Child Care, Foreign Countries, Communication Skills, Emergent Literacy
Barros, Silvia; Aguiar, Cecilia – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2010
The purpose of this study was to describe the quality of toddler child care classrooms in the district of Porto, in the north of Portugal. One hundred and sixty classrooms for children between 1 and 3 years of age participated in this study. Results suggested the existence of poor average quality and absence of good-quality classrooms. Child-adult…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Foreign Countries, Child Care, Child Care Centers
Pessanha, Manuela; Aguiar, Cecilia; Bairrao, Joaquim – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2007
Whereas child care quality has been extensively studied in the U.S., there is much less information about the quality of child care in other countries. With one of the highest maternal employment rates in Europe, it is important to examine child care in Portugal. Thirty toddler classrooms in child care centers were observed. The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Foreign Countries, Child Care Centers, Child Care
