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Hatfield, Bridget E.; LoCasale-Crouch, Jennifer – NHSA Dialog, 2011
This study describes the development and implementation of a college course intended to promote effective teacher-child interactions within the early childhood education setting. One hundred forty-nine early childhood teachers participating in a randomized control trial with the National Center for Research in Early Childhood Education (NCRECE)…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Reading Readiness, Early Childhood Education, Curriculum Implementation
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Matera, Carola – NHSA Dialog, 2011
The following research-to-practice summary addresses the findings from the original intervention study and provides specific guidance for early childhood practitioners. These recommendations respond to a current and growing concern on how to implement developmental, cultural, and linguistically appropriate curricula, namely, recommendations focus…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Instructional Design, School Readiness, Teacher Effectiveness
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Lieber, Joan; Hanson, Marci; Butera, Gretchen; Palmer, Susan; Horn, Eva; Czaja, Carol – NHSA Dialog, 2010
Early childhood programs are increasingly using new curricula that emphasize skills related to school readiness. It is the teachers in these programs who have the major responsibility for implementing a new curriculum and for sustaining its use. In this study, we interviewed 43 Head Start and prekindergarten teachers to see how many teachers…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers, Use Studies