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Early Lexical Development: Do Day Care Attendance and Maternal Education Matter?
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Cadime, Irene; Silva, Carla; Ribeiro, Iolanda; Viana, Fernanda Leopoldina – First Language, 2018
The aim of this study was to analyse the existence of differences in lexical development as a function of day care attendance and maternal education. Data were collected using the MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventory: Words and Sentences. The reports of 2084 toddlers were analysed. The results for toddlers older than 24 months…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Child Care, Mothers, Parent Background
Consistency of Toddler Engagement across Two Settings
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Aguiar, 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
Effects of Home Environment and Center-Based Child Care Quality on Children's Language, Communication, and Literacy Outcomes
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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
Assessing the Quality of Portuguese Child Care Programs for Toddlers
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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
Researching Change: A Praxeological Case Study on Toddlers' Educational Contexts
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Araujo, Sara Barros – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2012
The present study intends to deepen the understanding of processes of praxeological transformation in education and care contexts for children under three. This prime purpose is associated with evidence concerning these contexts in Portugal, namely the strong social need around them, some results from research that show their low level of quality…
Descriptors: Evidence, Program Effectiveness, Action Research, Foreign Countries
Influence of Structural Features on Portuguese Toddler Child Care Quality
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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