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Structural and Process Quality of Danish Preschools: Direct and Indirect Associations with Children's Growth in Language and Preliteracy Skills
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Slot, Pauline Louise; Bleses, Dorthe; Justice, Laura M.; Markussen-Brown, Justin; Højen, Anders – Early Education and Development, 2018
Structural quality in childcare centers is considered a precondition for process quality, which in turn is related to children's outcomes. However, the evidence on relations between structural and process quality is mixed. Moreover, despite strong theoretical claims, empirical evidence supporting the indirect relation of structural features…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Preschool Education, Teacher Student Relationship, Correlation
The Effectiveness of a Large-Scale Language and Preliteracy Intervention: The SPELL Randomized Controlled Trial in Denmark
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Bleses, Dorthe; Højen, Anders; Justice, Laura M.; Dale, Philip S.; Dybdal, Line; Piasta, Shayne B.; Markussen-Brown, Justin; Clausen, Marit; Haghish, E. F. – Child Development, 2018
The present article reports results of a real-world effectiveness trial conducted in Denmark with six thousand four hundred eighty-three 3- to 6-year-olds designed to improve children's language and preliteracy skills. Children in 144 child cares were assigned to a control condition or one of three planned variations of a 20-week storybook-based…
Descriptors: Language Skills, Child Language, Language Acquisition, Intervention
Enabling Professionals to Change Practices Aimed at Tackling Social Inequality through Professional Development: Results from a Case Study
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Jensen, Bente; Brandi, Ulrik – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2018
Research has shown the potential for early childhood education and care (ECEC) in making a difference for all children. However, research also highlights how hard overcoming the "gaps" between children from differing social backgrounds still is. The overall aim of this article is to examine the impact of a professional development…
Descriptors: Social Differences, Faculty Development, Early Childhood Education, Program Descriptions