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- Title
- "I can, but I can't": Kindergarten teacher perceptions of self-efficacy and agency in their use of formative assessment in the current high-stakes accountability climate
- Author
- Ferrara, Angela
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Early childhood education, Education and state, Ethnology
- Description
- Early childhood formative assessment (FA) is a process by which teachers gather data about their students’ knowledge and skills across the five domains of early childhood development in order to scaffold and support their students’ unique learning...
- Title
- AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE TORQUE CAPABILITIES OF HIGH GEAR RATIO MAGNETIC GEARBOXES
- Author
- Li, Kang
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Electrical engineering, Early childhood education, Electromagnetism
- Description
- Mechanical gears can be as small as those in traditional mechanical watches or as large as those in mechanical marine turbines. They can be seen in almost all transportation tools, for example, bicycles, cars, trains and airplanes. Though they hav...
- Title
- Assessing the Predictive Sensitivity of Early Childhood Screening Variables to Improve Pre-K Eligibility Decisions
- Author
- Gadaire, Andrew
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Early childhood education, Developmental psychology
- Description
- High-quality early childhood education, such as pre-kindergarten (pre-k) can help children develop the academic and social-emotional skills they need to succeed in school. Pre-k can be especially important for students at risk of starting elementa...
- Title
- Coaching in Early Intervention: Practitioners' Perceptions of the Training and Implementation Process
- Author
- Faryadi, Lisa
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Special education, Early childhood education
- Description
- Recommended and best practices support the use of coaching strategies in promoting child and family outcomes in Early Intervention (EI) programs. However, practitioners have found it challenging to shift to a coaching approach with families, and t...
- Title
- EARLY INTERVENTION PROVIDERS’ EXPERIENCES AND PERCEPTIONS OF NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS
- Author
- Stimpson, Katherine
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Special education, Early childhood education
- Description
- The term natural environment has been a key component in the implementation of Part C early intervention, formerly known as Part H, since its inception in 1986; however, as Part C was reauthorized in 1997 and again in 2004, a clear definition of n...
- Title
- EFFECTS OF A PARENT IMPLEMENTED DIALOGIC PLAY STRATEGY ON EARLY LITERACY DEVELOPMENT OF LATINO PRESCHOOLERS AT RISK FOR LANGUAGE DELAYS
- Author
- Swart, Katherine
- Date Created
- 2014
- Subjects--Topical
- Special education, Early childhood education
- Description
- A multiple probe across participants design was used to examine the effects of a parent implemented dialogic play strategy on early literacy development of Latino preschoolers at risk for language delays. Three preschool aged Latino children consi...
- Title
- ESTABLISHING CONNECTIONS WITH MINDFUL INTERACTIONS: IMPACT OF PARENT EDUCATION ON PERCEPTIONS OF SELF-AWARENESS AND MINDFUL PARENTING PRACTICES
- Author
- Barrett, Amanda
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Special education, Early childhood education
- Description
- ABSTRACTAMANDA LOUISE BARRETT. Establishing connections with mindful interactions: Impact of parent education on perceptions of self-awareness and mindful parenting practices. (Under direction of DR. CYNTHIA BAUGHAN) This study examined the impact...
- Title
- Equipping parents to support their children’s education: The effects of Charlotte Bilingual Preschool’s Family Program
- Author
- Gadaire, Andrew
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Early childhood education, Psychology
- Description
- Charlotte Bilingual Preschool’s Family Program aims to equip parents to support their children’s education at home and at school by increasing parents’ educational engagement, promoting parenting best practices, developing families’ social capital...
- Title
- Factors Related to the Use of Play Therapy Among Elementary School Counselors
- Author
- Van Horne, Jill
- Date Created
- 2014
- Subjects--Topical
- Counseling psychology, Early childhood education, Mental health
- Description
- The purpose of this study was to examine variables that are related to elementary school counselors' use of play therapy in the elementary school setting. The specific variables explored were age, years of experience, workshop hours, graduate cour...
- Title
- Fathers' Perspectives on their Level of Involvement in Their Child's Early Autism Services
- Author
- Gooden, Chelsea
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Special education, Early childhood education
- Description
- The aim of this exploratory study was to examine father’s perspectives on their level of involvement in early autism services, as well as their feelings regarding how well the service providers are doing to include them in these services. A total ...
- Title
- IMPACT OF SOCIAL EMOTIONAL EARLY LEARNING CURRICULUM ON PRESCHOOLERS’ EMPATHY SKILLS
- Author
- Johnson, Sarah
- Date Created
- 2019
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Early childhood education
- Description
- The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of a social emotional learning program on preschoolers’ empathy skills. Specifically, the study examined the effect of the Second Step Social-Emotional Skills for Early Learning empathy unit on p...
- Title
- INVESTIGATION OF CONTENT-BASED TRAINING AND PRACTICE-BASED COACHING WITH TEACHERS OF LATINO PRESCHOOLERS WHO ARE DUAL LANGUAGE LEARNERS AT RISK FOR LANGUAGE DELAYS
- Author
- Godfrey-Hurrell, Jessica
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Special education, Early childhood education
- Description
- A multiple probe across teacher participants design was used to examine the effects of a professional development intervention that included content-based training and practice-based coaching on teacher implementation of interactive reading proced...
- Title
- Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Families of Young Exceptional Children
- Author
- Haines, Sarah
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Special education, Early childhood education
- Description
- Families of young exceptional children (young children with identified delays or disabilities) have different life experiences, characteristics, and stressors than families of typically developing children. This makes the study of these families, ...
- Title
- Parent preferences on disability language regarding their preschool-aged child with special needs
- Author
- Alpaugh, Lindsay
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Special education, Early childhood education
- Description
- The purpose of the study was to examine the disability language preference of parents with a child with special needs who is between the ages of three and five. Specific research questions included: What form of disability language do parents choo...
- Title
- Preschool Pedagogy and Its Impact on Preschoolers' Attitudes Toward Learning
- Author
- Lounsbury, Karen
- Date Created
- 2014
- Subjects--Topical
- Early childhood education, Education
- Description
- This qualitative study examined two preschool pedagogical approaches and the impact each had on students' attitudes toward learning. One preschool used A Beka curriculum, which is a direct instruction pedagogy. The other preschool used Creative Cu...
- Title
- QUALITY ASSURANCE AND RELIABILITY OF THE NORTH CAROLINA TEACHER EVALUATION PROCESS FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS
- Author
- Taylor, Heather
- Date Created
- 2019
- Subjects--Topical
- Early childhood education, Teachers--Training of
- Description
- The North Carolina (NC) Teacher Evaluation Process (TEP) is used to evaluate Pre-K – 12th grade teachers. Early Childhood Educators (ECEs) who have obtained Birth - Kindergarten licensure are unique in that they work with children with and without...
- Title
- Sanctuaries, "Special Needs," and Service: Faith Community Leader Perceptions on Including Children with Disabilities
- Author
- Stewart-Ginsburg, Jared
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Special education, Early childhood education, Religion
- Description
- Religion plays an important role in providing support, purpose, and positive emotional health in the life of a family with a child with a disability. Yet studies on parent and child perceptions indicate that many families struggle to feel accepted...
- Title
- Social and Emotional Teaching Practices in Kindergarten through Second Grade Classrooms: A Multiple-Perspective Case Study of K-2 Educators
- Author
- Meinecke, Ashley
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Education, Elementary, Early childhood education
- Description
- ABSTRACTASHLEY MEINECKE. Social and Emotional Teaching Practices in Kindergarten through Second Grade Classrooms: A Multiple-Perspective Case Study of K-2 Educators. (Under the direction of DR. AMY GOOD)Despite recurring arguments over the course ...
- Title
- Students' Perceptions of Early Childhood Program Quality According to the National Association for the Education of Young Children Standards
- Author
- Javidi, Farhad
- Date Created
- 2011
- Subjects--Topical
- Community colleges--Study and teaching, Educational evaluation, Early childhood education
- Description
- The purpose of the study was to evaluate the extent to which one community college was preparing its early childhood education students for employment in the field according to the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) p...
- Title
- Supporting Future Teachers in Providing Care for Young Children with Challenging Behaviors
- Author
- Fitzgerald, Rebecca
- Date Created
- 2019
- Subjects--Topical
- Special education, Education, Early childhood education
- Description
- Challenging behaviors exhibited by students can disrupt the schedule of daily learning. The purpose of this study was to gather the perceptions of early childhood education pre-service teachers on their levels of preparedness to work with children...