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Teacher-child interaction and child-care auspices as predictors of social outcomes in infants, toddlers, and preschoolers A study of the association between teacher-child interaction and children's social outcomes in infants and toddlers enrolled in 120 faith-based, for-profit and nonprofit center-based child care in three states (Massachusetts, Virginia, and Georgia) |
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Assessment of preschool classroom practices: Application of Q-sort methodology An evaluation of the Preschool Classroom Practices Q-Sort, a measure designed to assess the relation between preschool educator's beliefs and practices and the effectiveness of their classroom practices |
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Toward a toolkit approach to describing classroom quality A discussion of the adequacy of widely used measures of child care and early education quality in view of the recent emphasis on school readiness, with an analysis of alternative tools to measure classroom quality |
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Within and beyond the classroom door: Assessing quality in child care centers A study of the relationship among process indicators and structural features of quality and regulatory compliance in child care centers |
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Does quality of child care affect child outcomes at age 4 1/2? [Abridged] An abridged reprint of a study exploring the causal nature of relations between child care quality and children's development, based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care |
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Toddlers' attachment security to child-care providers: The Safe and Secure Scale An investigation of the nature of toddlers’ attachment relationships with their child care providers, and the relation between child-caregiver attachment and child-mother attachment, based on a sample of 45 children aged 24 months |
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Assessment Profile for Early Childhood Programs: Research version (2nd ed.) |
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Structural and process features in three types of child care for children from high and low income families A comparison of the features of child care centers, family child care homes, and relative care settings, such as child-to-adult ratios, group size, licensure, caregiver education and training, sensitivity and responsiveness of caregiving, positive and negative peer interaction, cognitive and language stimulation, and health and safety practices |
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Characteristics and quality of child care for toddlers and preschoolers An investigation of the relationship between structural and caregiver characteristics and child care quality, based on a data from the National Institute on Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study on Early Child Care |
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Child care and child development: The NICHD Study of Early Child Care A description of the theoretical framework for the National Institute of Child Health and Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care, assessing relationships among family life, child care processes and child behavioral development |
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Assessment Profile for Early Childhood Programs: Research version |
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Quality in early childhood care and education settings: A compendium of measures Profiles of instruments designed to measure the quality of early care and education settings, including information on instrument program target age and setting, purpose, administration, key constructs and scoring, and reliability and validity |
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Measurement of quality in child care centers A study on the influence of regulatable factors on the quality of child care |
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The emotional quality of childcare centers in Israel: The Haifa Study of Early Childcare An observational study examining associations between Israeli infant child care center environments, characteristics of child care workers and parent child relationships |
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Increasing toy play among toddlers with and without disabilities by modifying the structural quality of the classroom environment A study of the effects of grouping toys into interest centers on the material interactions of toddlers in 3 Early Head Start classrooms |
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Characteristics of infant child care: Factors contributing to positive caregiving An analysis of the structural and caregiver characteristics that predict high caregiving quality for infants using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care |
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Executive functioning at 54 months: Is it predicted by varying levels of quality child care at 6, 24, and 36 months An investigation into the influence of child care quality and caregiver characteristics on children’s attention span and impulse control, based on a subsample of 174 children from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study on Early Child Care |
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Characteristics of infant child care: Factors contributing to positive caregiving [Abridged] A study of associations between structural and caregiver characteristics as they relate to infant experiences with their caregivers, based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care as well as an observational measure, the Observational Record of the Caregiving Environment (ORCE) |
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Aspects of quality in Greek day care centers |
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Familial factors associated with the characteristics of nonmaternal care for infants An analysis of the familial, social, economic, and psychological factors associated with child care type and quality for infants, using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care |
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Head Start FACES 2000: A whole-child perspective on program performance A longitudinal study of the academic and social outcomes of Head Start children during the Head Start years and in kindergarten, based on data from the Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES) |
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Does quality of child care affect child outcomes at age 4 1/2? A study exploring the causal nature of relations between child care quality and children's development, based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care |
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Interim report for Quality Research Consortium Data Coordination Center cross-sectional analyses A description of the interventions and study designs being implemented at the eight Head Start Quality Research Centers (HSQRCs) |
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Reasons for choosing child care: Associations with family factors, quality, and satisfaction An investigation into the reasons mothers select particular care arrangements for their 3 year olds based on 633 mothers who were part of a larger longitudinal study |
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Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES) A series of nationally representative longitudinal cohort studies of the experiences of Head Start children and families |
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Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES), 2003 Cohort The Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES) is an ongoing, national, longitudinal study of the cognitive, social, emotional, and physical development of Head Start children. It examines the characteristics, well-being, and accomplishments, of families, the observed quality of Head Start classrooms, and the characteristics and opinions of Head Start teachers and other program staff. |
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Child care characteristics of infants with and without special needs: Comparisons and concerns [Abridged] A study of employment and child care characteristics, concerns, and problems in a sample of 166 families with children with diagnosed disabilities by 12 months old, as compared to a sample of 139 typically developing children and their families from the Seattle site of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care |
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The best laid plans: Expectations, preferences, and stability of child-care arrangements A study using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care to examine whether timing and extent of the search for child care is associated with stability in child care arrangements |
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Characteristics and quality of child care for toddlers and preschoolers [Abridged] The relationship between structural and caregiver characteristics and observed caregiver behavior in producing positive caregiving, as well as levels of positive caregiving associated with types of child care at 15, 24, and 36 months of age |
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Quality in early childhood care and education settings: A compendium of measures A compendium, review, and comparison of over 20 instruments designed to measure the quality of early care and education settings |
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Type of child care and children's development at 54 months An investigation of the factors that contribute to parents' child care decision-making, and the effects of child care settings on child outcomes, funded by the NICHD Early Child Care Research Network |
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The NICHD Study of Early Child Care: Contexts of development and developmental outcomes over the first seven years of life A description of the NICHD Study of Early Child Care’s examination of the relationship between child care and children's development over the first seven years of life |
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Child-care characteristics of infants with and without special needs: Comparisons and concerns An analysis comparing the maternal employment patterns and child care arrangements and their quality for children with and without special needs, using two studies: a study of children with special needs, and data from the Seattle, Washington, a site of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care |
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