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DeVries, Rheta; And Others – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1991
Results of a study on the relationship between children's sociomoral development and the sociomoral atmospheres of three types of kindergarten classrooms suggest the possibility that heavily academic, teacher-centered programs hinder children's development of interpersonal understanding and their broader social-cognitive and moral development. (LB)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Comparative Analysis, Interpersonal Communication, Kindergarten
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Barnett, W. Steven; Yarosz, Donald J.; Thomas, Jessica; Jung, Kwanghee; Blanco, Dulce – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2007
An experimental study was conducted comparing the effects of dual language, or two-way immersion (TWI) and monolingual English immersion (EI) preschool education programs on children's learning. Three-and four-year old children were randomly assigned by lottery to either a newly established TWI Spanish/English program or a monolingual English…
Descriptors: English Curriculum, Preschool Education, Teacher Qualifications, Second Language Learning
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Hargrave, Anne C.; Senechal, Monique – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2000
Examined effects of two types of storybook reading experiences on acquisition of vocabulary of 36 preschoolers behind chronological age in expressive vocabulary. Found that children in the dialogic-reading condition made significantly larger gains in vocabulary introduced in the books, as well as gains on a standardized expressive vocabulary test,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Intervention, Preschool Children, Preschool Education