ERIC Number: EJ1326495
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 24
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1040-9289
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Measuring Preschool Teachers' Social-Emotional Practices: A Comparison of Two Measures
Rojas, Natalia M.; Mattera, Shira; Morris, Pamela; Raver, Cybele
Early Education and Development, v33 n2 p326-349 2022
Research Findings: Evidence suggests that teachers are effective at improving the social and emotional readiness of low-income children. However, few measures are available to assess teachers' use of specific social-emotional practices within their classrooms. This paper compares an observational measure of teachers' social-emotional practices, the Adapted Teacher Style Rating Scale (TSRS), to an instrument of general classroom climate within a randomized control trial, including 307 Head Start classrooms across the country. Results confirmed the expected underlying three-factor structure of the Adapted-TSRS across mixed-age and 4-year-old only Head Start classrooms. The measure was found to have good internal consistency, reliability, and acceptable concurrent correlations with other previously validated observational measures of classroom climate. Policy or Practice: The results support the usefulness and added value of a more specific observational measure of teachers' social-emotional practices.
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Social Emotional Learning, Measures (Individuals), Comparative Analysis, Disadvantaged Youth, Preschool Education, Mixed Age Grouping, Classroom Environment, Factor Structure, Classroom Techniques, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Administration on Children, Youth, and Families (ACYF) (ACF/DHHS), Office of Head Start (OHS); Administration for Children and Families (DHHS), Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE)
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Classroom Assessment Scoring System
Grant or Contract Numbers: HHSP23320072909YC