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Baldwin, Erika; Heilmann, John; Finneran, Denise; Cho, Chi C.; Moyle, Maura – Journal of Research in Reading, 2022
Background: Numerous studies have observed a significant and unique relationship between children's use of nonmainstream dialect and reading outcomes. We aimed to examine the relationship between nonmainstream dialect and reading at its roots by completing a preliminary evaluation of the relationship between African American English (AAE) dialect…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, African American Students, Structural Equation Models, Reading Skills
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Margaret F. Quinn; Gary E. Bingham; Rebecca Rohloff; Hope K. Gerde – Reading Research Quarterly, 2025
Teachers' knowledge impacts their practices in classrooms. While considerable research has sought to understand teachers' broad emergent literacy knowledge, less is known about the specific knowledge teachers hold regarding early writing. The present study engaged 66 diverse early childhood teachers in five Head Start programs across two states to…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Social Services, Low Income Students, Faculty Development
Jennifer K. Finders; G. John Geldhof; Jessica A. Dahlgren; Svea G. Olsen; Megan M. McClelland – Grantee Submission, 2022
In the present study, we investigated the relative impact of age- versus schooling-related growth in school readiness skills using four modeling approaches that leverage natural variation in longitudinal data collected within the preschool year. Our goal was to demonstrate the applicability of different analytic techniques that do not rely on…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Age Differences, Preschool Children, Preschool Education
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Jennifer K. Finders; G. John Geldhof; Jessica A. Dahlgren; Svea G. Olsen; Megan M. McClelland – Developmental Psychology, 2022
In the present study, we investigated the relative impact of age- versus schooling-related growth in school readiness skills using four modeling approaches that leverage natural variation in longitudinal data collected within the preschool year. Our goal was to demonstrate the applicability of different analytic techniques that do not rely on…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Age Differences, Preschool Children, Preschool Education
Harding, Jessica F.; Moiduddin, Emily; Malone, Lizabeth; Cannon, Judy; Tarullo, Louisa; Aikens, Nikki – Administration for Children & Families, 2019
This research brief describes the professional development (PD) experiences of Head Start staff (program directors, center directors, teachers, and other staff), using nationally representative data from the spring 2017 round of the Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey 2014-2018 (FACES 2014). First we describe the landscape of PD for a…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Federal Programs, Social Services, Low Income Students