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Positive approaches to learning are considered essential for young children’s school readiness and early school success. Researchers
have reported that positive learning approaches, such as attentiveness and goal orientation, are associated with higher levels
of early school achievement in math and reading. The present study extends this research by examining children’s learning
approaches in the context of classroom activities from a range of curricular areas. Ninety-two children from pre-kindergarten
and kindergarten classrooms took part in the study. Four approaches to learning were rated during children’s participation
in seven classroom learning activities. Results showed that positive learning approaches were a significant contributor to
children’s performance, but they were not equally effective in all activities. The effectiveness of a learning approach depends,
in part, on the characteristics of the activity in which the child is engaged. We discuss the implications of these results
for understanding the study of learning approaches, and for classroom practices designed to promote their development. 相似文献
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Educational programs for young children emerged reasonably early in the history of the United States of America. Its theoretical
foundation was based on the thoughts and principles of various early European scholars who differed from one another in their
educational theories and how they viewed experiences that would impact on young children’s education, including their mathematics
experiences. The movements of Children’s Arithmetic, Mental Arithmetic, the infant school, and the Froebel kindergarten all
influenced mathematics in early childhood education. This article reviews the history of mathematics education in relation
to the history of early childhood education through the nineteenth century. It also discusses how research in mathematics
education attempted to gain its own identity. Throughout history, researchers have identified issues in mathematics education
and addressed them, defining the field, and generating a cadre of mathematics researchers. 相似文献
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Martha Lash 《Early Childhood Education Journal》2008,36(1):33-38
This study reflects a naturalistic, interpretive 5-month study in a public school morning kindergarten regarding the children’s
social development and creation of a peer culture during the transitional months into public education. The main focus of
the research was the children’s perspectives on these transitions and their evolving classroom community and peer culture
in response to the teacher, classroom and school environment. This study captures the dynamic and complex flow of activity
that occurs in classrooms, the give and take of relationships, and the agency that children take in developing peer culture
as one piece of community. Elements of the peer culture that are foregrounded include secondary adjustments as realized in
clean-up strategies, protecting play materials over time, and hypothetical competition with the afternoon kindergarten class. 相似文献
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Maria Vlachou Eleni Andreou Kafenia Botsoglou Eleni Didaskalou 《Educational Psychology Review》2011,23(3):329-358
Bullying in schools has been identified as a serious and complex worldwide problem associated with negative short- and long-term
effects on children’s psychosocial adjustment (Smith 1999; Ttofi and Farrington, Aggressive Behav 34(4):352–368, 2008). Entering kindergarten is a crucial developmental step in many children’s lives mainly because it is within this context
where they participate, for the first time, as members in a stable peer group and well-organized team activities. Consequently,
preschool may be the first context beyond the home environment where children’s difficulties in social interactions with peers
can be primarily detected and assessed by adults and professionals. This paper reviews recent empirical evidence over the
nature and different aspects of bullying among preschool children. Recent findings concerning the development of preschool
bullying and its prevalence, family and genetic factors, gender and age differences, participant and peripheral roles, school
context, methodological issues, and prevention policies are reviewed while directions for future research are addressed. 相似文献
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This article describes an integrated art and early literacy project entitled, ‘Picture Partners’. The main purpose of the
project was to explore how young children create and express meaning through art. Children’s responses, both written and spoken,
were included because accompanying modes of expression expand the nature and content of their drawings and inform teachers
about children’s intentions and processes of thinking. A secondary purpose was to investigate how children use illustrations
from familiar picture books as models for their own creations and whether children’s responses to stories might be enhanced
through their collaboration with peers. Partnerships were formed and participants worked in close proximity as they drew pictures
in response to a teacher directed prompt. Using qualitative, interpretative analysis, a small subset of drawings produced
by kindergarten and first grade children was examined. The results revealed that the process of drawing was influenced by
illustrations in picturebooks, peer interactions, and the artwork of partners in close proximity. The shift in emphasis away
from the interpretations of visual realism in children’s drawings towards their own purposes allowed readers to focus on the
way drawings represent meaning within children’s socio-cultural worlds. 相似文献
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Eija Pakarinen Noona Kiuru Marja-Kristiina Lerkkanen Anna-Maija Poikkeus Martti Siekkinen Jari-Erik Nurmi 《European Journal of Psychology of Education - EJPE》2010,25(3):281-300
This study examined the extent to which observed teaching practices and self-reported teacher stress predict children’s learning
motivation and phonological awareness in kindergarten. The pre-reading skills of 1,268 children were measured at the beginning
of their kindergarten year. Their learning motivation and phonological awareness were assessed in the following spring. Questionnaires
measuring teacher stress were filled out by 137 kindergarten teachers. A pair of trained observers used the Classroom Assessment
Scoring System (Pianta et al. 2008) to observe 49 kindergarten teachers from the whole sample on their emotional support, classroom organization, and instructional
support. The results of multilevel modeling showed that low teacher stress and high classroom organization predicted high
learning motivation in children and that the children’s learning motivation contributed to their level of phonological awareness.
Moreover, children’s learning motivation mediated the association between teacher stress and children’s phonological awareness.
The results emphasize the importance of teachers’ pedagogical well-being and classroom organizational quality for children’s
learning motivation. 相似文献
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Judit Szente 《Early Childhood Education Journal》2007,34(6):449-453
This article describes the power of goal-setting in order to help children become self-motivated and responsible for their
actions. It also provides a road-map for a successful process by describing the following strategies: changing negative thoughts
into positives, creating affirmations, designing action plans and utilizing visualization. This process enables both educators
and parents to enhance children’s social/emotional development which is essential for their success in school and later on
in life. 相似文献
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Jinhee Kim 《Early Childhood Education Journal》2011,39(2):133-141
This study examines what a Korean heritage language school means to Korean immigrant families and their children, considering
Korean immigrant mothers’ perspectives on American early schooling. As part of an ethnographic research project on Korean-American
children’s peer culture in a heritage school, seven mothers, two guardians (grandmothers), and their young children were observed
and interviewed during one academic year. The analysis showed that the heritage language school functions as a social and
emotional support system, a buffer for reducing the detachment from parents, and a safety net for the Korean-American children’s
challenging lives. The Korean immigrant mothers also showed that they felt burdened by different cultural views of their children’s
behaviors, and described how their children were often considered problematic. The social and culture barriers caused by their
immigrant status profoundly influenced their reasons for sending their children to a Korean heritage language school. This
study suggests that teachers’ deep understanding of culturally different perspectives on children’s behaviors, along with
systematic social and emotional support, can help these children attain psychological well-being. 相似文献
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Leah K. Wildenger Laura Lee McIntyre Barbara H. Fiese Tanya L. Eckert 《Early Childhood Education Journal》2008,36(1):69-74
Routines are an important feature of family life and functioning in families with young children. Common daily routines such
as dinnertime, bedtime, and waking activities are powerful organizers of family behavior and may be instrumental to children
and families during times of transition, such as elementary school entry. Daily routines were examined in 132 families with
children entering kindergarten. Although the majority of families reported regular daily routines for their children, parents
anticipated that their child’s daily routines would substantially shift upon kindergarten entry, including changes in children’s
sleep habits. Significant changes in child and family routines have been implicated in adjustment difficulties during kindergarten
transition. Results of this investigation are discussed in terms of aligning family daily routines with kindergarten expectations.
Furthermore, educational professionals in early childhood education and elementary school can partner with families to promote
seamless kindergarten transitions for all children. 相似文献
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Susanne A. Denham Hideko H. Bassett Katherine Zinsser 《Early Childhood Education Journal》2012,40(3):137-143
Young children’s emotional competence—regulation of emotional expressiveness and experience when necessary, and knowledge
of their own and other’s emotions—is crucial for social and academic (i.e., school) success. Thus, it is important to understand
the mechanisms of how young children develop emotional competence. Both parents and teachers are considered as important socializers
of emotion, providing children experiences that promote or deter the development of emotional competence. However, compared
to parents, early childhood teachers’ roles in socializing young children’s emotional competence have not been examined. Based
on the findings from research on parental socialization of emotion, in this theoretical review we explore possible teacher
roles in the development of young children’s emotional competence. Additionally, we suggest future research focusing on early
childhood teacher socialization of emotion, and discuss theoretical and practical benefits of such research. 相似文献
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This study examines young children’s ideas about natural science phenomena and explores possibilities in starting investigations
in kindergarten from their ideas. Given the possibilities inherent in how young children make sense of their experiences,
we believe it is critical to take children’s perspectives into consideration when designing any activities, and ideally, to
design activities from their perspectives and understandings. Specifically, this research focuses on 5- and 6-year old children’s explanations of
rainbows, and there are three main findings. First, our analysis demonstrates that opportunities to discuss their ideas revealed
children’s different perceptions of the phenomena of rainbows. Secondly, this research emphasizes that peer-to-peer interaction
in the co-construction of science concepts provided support to the children to learn from, and with, each other. Third, children’s initial explanations provided the teacher-researcher (second author) with a starting point
to scaffold her teaching from. Although rainbows are quite an abstract topic to try to reproduce in the classroom, the children
demonstrated their often sophisticated understandings of natural science phenomena, as well as their creative ideas as related
to rainbows. In order to foster an appreciation of themes in natural science, it is crucial to build from what children already
know and can do, and to use these emergent theories and considerations in designing curriculum. Thus, we draw implications
for the importance of teaching science at the early childhood level and for using children’s ideas as starting points in planning
instruction. 相似文献
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Denise D. Cunningham 《Early Childhood Education Journal》2010,37(6):501-507
Preschool classrooms were investigated to determine the extent to which quality is related to children’s literacy development.
The study included 24 classrooms of 428 prekindergarten children in a large, urban Midwestern school district. Results suggest
that global classroom quality and literacy environment quality are strongly related. Literacy environment quality and children’s
literacy abilities are also related. Differences in classroom quality were found to have an impact on children’s literacy
scores—the higher the quality, the higher the scores. This article also describes lessons learned from the investigation and
provides suggestions for teachers and administrators for improving quality to enhance literacy development. 相似文献
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Effects of the Zippy’s Friends Programme on Children’s Coping Abilities During the Transition from Kindergarten to Elementary School 总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3
This article explores the effects of participation during kindergarten in Zippy’s Friends, a 24-week school-based programme to help young people better cope with everyday adversities, on their adaptation to first grade. The experimental group consisted of 140 children in the first year of primary school who had participated in the Zippy’s Friends programme the preceding year when they attended a kindergarten in a different school. Results show that, compared to a control group of 106 children, participation in Zippy’s Friends is related to better adaptation to the transition from kindergarten to first grade. The experimental group was higher in behavioral and emotional adaptation to school, had more positive reactions to the new school environment and used more appropriate and more diversified coping strategies, when compared with the control group. The discussion explores why Zippy’s Friends may be related to better adaptation to transition from kindergarten to first grade. 相似文献
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Evangelia P. Galanaki Helen D. Vassilopoulou 《European Journal of Psychology of Education - EJPE》2007,22(4):455-475
The present study is a critical review of the research literature concerning the links between the teacher and children’s
loneliness. More specifically, the issue of children’s loneliness in the school is summarized. Research data documenting that
loneliness is a risk factor in children’s development are briefly reviewed. Next, hypotheses and research data are reviewed
on the following aspects: (I) the association between children’s loneliness and the quality of the teacher-child relationship
from the viewpoint of attachment theory; (II) the teacher’s attitude toward children’s loneliness and his or her perceptions
of his or her effectiveness in dealing with it; (III) the teacher’s ability to identify lonely children; and (IV) the children’s
perceptions of the role of the teacher in the emergence and alleviation of their loneliness. Finally, on the basis of the
existing data, critical questions are formulated, suggestions for future research are made, and educational implications for
teacher training and school-based interventions are discussed. 相似文献
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This article considers the impact of the early stages of an international project, Gardens for Life (GfL), on children’s perceptions
of school gardening and on their learning. The project involved 67 schools in England, Kenya and India and focused on the
growing of crops, recognising the importance of both the process and product of this activity in the different countries.
The theoretical framework was derived from consideration of informal learning, and more specifically experiential learning,
drawing on prior research undertaken in the context of school gardening. The research approach is characterised by the use
of concept maps to uncover the characteristically different ways in which children discerned school gardening and to help
to provide insight into their understanding of this activity. It was supported by contextual observation, interviews and children’s
drawings to aid the interpretation and understanding. The study showed a positive impact on learning and on the perceptions
of children towards school gardening in all three countries. It also highlighted the different perceptions, interpretations
and understanding of school gardening in the different cultures and environments, as well as the various aspects of it which
the children themselves highlighted. 相似文献
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Tricia Giovacco-Johnson 《Early Childhood Education Journal》2009,37(2):127-135
This article describes an innovative practice in family involvement developed by one early care and education center engaged
in professional development. The Hopes and Dreams Project documented family involvement in children’s lives and education
through the pairing of pictures and narratives about their lives, histories, priorities, goals, and responsibilities with
the school community. Narrative inquiry was a powerful method for increasing understanding of complexity of family involvement.
Findings showed that families’ priorities in forming partnerships included the importance in belonging to the community, being
involved in their children’s lives and education, experiencing diversity, and experiences in childhood for children’s futures.
This research supports the importance of redefining family partnerships in early care and education in a manner that is inclusive
of family values and priorities. The implications are that early care and education providers have an important role in developing
and defining involvement practices that empower families and educate professionals. 相似文献
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Katrin Mägi Marja-Kristiina LerkkanenAnna-Maija Poikkeus Helena Rasku-PuttonenJari-Erik Nurmi 《Learning and Instruction》2011,21(5):664-675
This longitudinal study investigated the cross-lagged associations between children’s academic skill development, task-avoidant behaviour in the context of homework, and parental beliefs about their child’s success from kindergarten to Grade 2. The participants were 1267 children. The children’s pre-skills were assessed at the end of the kindergarten year, and math and reading skills at the end of Grade 1 and Grade 2. Parents provided ratings of their beliefs about their children’s school success and task-avoidant behaviour with regard to homework at the end of Grades 1 and 2. The results showed that children’s math and reading skills predicted children’s task-avoidant behaviour regarding homework as rated by mothers, but not by fathers, when autoregressive effects were taken into account. In addition, task-avoidant behaviour predicted the mothers’ subsequent beliefs about their children’s school success but not vice versa. A reciprocal effect was found between fathers’ beliefs about success and children’s task-avoidance. 相似文献
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Zheng Lin 《Early Childhood Education Journal》2010,37(4):279-287
This paper reports on a study of interactive dynamic assessment undertaken by children learning English listening and speaking
as a Foreign Language in a kindergarten. It investigates how an interactive dynamic assessment could be designed to assess
young English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) learners, what information such an interactive dynamic assessment may generate about
the language program and the participating children, and how such information may promote children’s EFL learning. Instead
of being context-independent and solely form-focused, this interactive dynamic assessment is contextualised within an English
intervention program and incorporated with a pre-formulated set of supportive mediations for the participating children. The
study shows this interactive dynamic assessment differs from traditional non-dynamic assessments in that it includes the assessor’s
mediation and thereby generates the information about the participating children’s needs for and potential responses to mediation.
It also demonstrates the potential of an interactive dynamic assessment in promoting children’s EFL learning and supporting
teaching EFL. 相似文献