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Searched on Exact phrase of CHILD PARTICIPATION in the index terms;.
Returned 49 results.
- Motivating for Competence: Integrating Child- and Family-Focused Mastery Motivation Strategies into Early Intervention for the Extremely Premature Infant and Toddler.
By Bonnie Keilty; July 2000
Description: This paper discusses preliminary results of a project investigating the phenomenon of mastery motivation with three significant groups: provider family, and extremely premature infant. Three focus groups...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=30535 (100.00%)
- Five Steps to Choosing Summer Child Care
By Child Care Aware, c/o National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies; 2001
Description: This brochure presents five steps to choosing summer child care. These steps are briefly described: (1) explore all types of care options (e.g., family child care, centers, parks and recreation departments);...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=29110 (100.00%)
- Cinco pasos para encontrar services de cuidado de ninos para el verano
By Child Care Aware, c/o National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies; 2001
Description: This Spanish language brochure presents five steps to choosing summer child care. These steps are briefly described: (1) explore all types of care options (e.g., family child care, centers, parks and recreation...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=29104 (100.00%)
- Teacher Praise: Maximizing the Motivational Impact. Teaching Strategies.
By Mary D. McVey; 2001
Description: Recognizes the influence of praise on human behavior and provides specific suggestions on how to maximize the positive effects of praise when intended as positive reinforcement. Examines contingency, specificity,...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=26733 (100.00%)
- Constructing Literacy in the Kindergarten: Task Structure Collaboration, and Motivation.
By Susan Bobbitt Nolen; 2001
Description: Studied kindergarten children's emergent motivation to read and write its relation to developing concepts of reading and writing, and it relation to their teachers instructional goals and classroom norms....
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=26611 (100.00%)
- Using Experts To Enhance Classroom Projects.
By Sheila M. Capezzuto, Denise A. Da Ros-Voseles; 2001
Description: Suggests that planned interactions with experts have the potential for giving children a better understanding of the world beyond the classroom and asserts that receptive and active communication strategies...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=26515 (100.00%)
- Young Children's Perspectives on Learning and Teacher Practices in Different Classroom Contexts: Implications for Motivation.
By Denise H. Daniels, Deborah L. Kalkman, Barbara L. McCombs; 2001
Description: Investigated primary students' perceptions of teacher practices and learning in learner-centered (LC) and non-learner-centered (NLC) classroom contexts. Found that primary students valued similar characteristics...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=26505 (100.00%)
- Tuning In and Tuning Out--Learning Attitudes in Early Care and Education Training.
By Luis A. Hernandez, Connie Jo Smith; 2001
Description: Discusses early childhood practitioners' reluctance to continue their education. Focuses on the importance of developing a relationship with the adult learner that enables learning and clearly identifying...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=26466 (100.00%)
- Discovering Supporting, and Promoting Young Children's Passions and Interests: One Teacher's Reflections.
By Christine Ferguson; 2001
Description: Describes the journey of one kindergarten teacher as she discovered supported, and promoted the passions and interests of an at-risk kindergarten student, and shared in his joys of learning. Details an...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=26344 (100.00%)
- Securing and Managing Child Care Subsidies--Questions and Answers for Centers Considering Participation.
By Judith Bordin; 2001
Description: Reports findings of a mail survey concerning day care providers' motivation and experiences when participating in subsidized day care. Probes definition of subsidized day care reasons for joining and continuing...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=26286 (100.00%)
- Peer Rejection as an Antecedent of Young Children's School Adjustment: An Examination of Mediating Processes.
By Eric S. Buhs, Gary W. Ladd; 2001
Description: Used short-term longitudinal design to examine peer relations processes that may mediate relation between peer rejection and kindergartners' emotional and academic adjustment. Structural equation modeling...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=26266 (100.00%)
- Projects and Themes. Beginnings Workshop.
By Sherry Bellomo, Kath Berglund, George Forman, Amelia Gambetti, Anne Glover, Ellen Hall, Andres IKupu, Lilian G. Katz, Alison Lutton, Maria Sylva Ramos; 2001
Description: Articles present information on using the student project approach and instructional themes in early childhood settings. Articles describe particular projects teachers and students' experiences with project...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=26179 (100.00%)
- The Future of Theory-of-Mind Research: Understanding Motivational States the Role of Language, and Real-World Consequences.
By Janet Wilde Astington; 2001
Description: Offers suggestions for future investigations of theory-of-mind development. Maintains that there needs to be: (1) greater focus on the development of understanding of desire and intention; (2) research...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=26129 (100.00%)
- Attachment at School Age and Academic Performance.
By Ellen Moss, Diane St-Laurent; 2001
Description: Examined longitudinally the association between attachment at age 6 and school- related cognitive functioning 2 years later in a French Canadian sample. Found that secure children had higher scores than...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=26074 (100.00%)
- Home Thoughts from Abroad: Reflections on Education and Policy.
By Philip Gammage; 2001
Description: Reflects on purposes of education emphasizing that motivation, locus of control, self-esteem, and causal attribution are vital components of a sensitive curriculum. Discusses the role of formal education...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=25957 (100.00%)
- A Profile of Childminding: Implications for Planning.
By Abigail Knight, Ann Mooney, Peter Moss, Charlie Owen; 2001
Description: Surveyed childminders in England about training and employment histories working conditions, motivation, commitment, and work satisfaction. Considered findings with reference to aims of the National Childcare...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=25807 (100.00%)
- What Research Says: The Effects of Reward Systems on Academic Performance.
By Deborah A. Corpus, Lucinda M. Wilson; 2001
Description: Examines educational research on the effects of rewards and punishments on students' academic performance. Discusses findings on the effects of extrinsic and intrinsic rewards locus of control with students...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=25634 (100.00%)
- The Combine Project: An Experience in a Dual-Language Classroom = El proyecto de la cosechadora: una experiencia en una clase bilingüe.
By Rebecca Wilson; Spring 2001
Description: La primera parte del informe narra la historia del Proyecto de la Cosechadora, el primer proyecto de la clase, el cual comenzó con una excursión típica de kindergarten a una granja y acabó con un evento...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=25529 (100.00%)
- Competent Children at 10: Families Early Education, and Schools.
By Cathy Lythe, Jean Thompson, Cathy Wylie; 2001
Description: This report is the fourth from the Competent Children project that is following a sample of children in the Wellington region of New Zealand from their early education experience into adulthood. The main...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=25415 (100.00%)
- Ten Years Old & Competent. The Fourth Stage of the Competent Children Project: A Summary of the Main Findings.
By Cathy Wylie; 2001
Description: The Competent Children Project is following a group of about 500 children in the Wellington region of New Zealand from around the age of 5 until they leave school. The main aims of the project are to describe...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=25414 (100.00%)