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Searched on Exact phrase of OBSERVATION in the index terms;.
Returned 79 results.
- Improving Teaching Through Standards-Based Systematic Assessment: Development of the Early Learning Scale
By Ellen Frede, Gera Jacobs, Shannon Riley-Ayers, Judi Boyd Stevenson; June 2008
Description: This Microsoft PowerPoint describes the development of the Early Learning Scale (ELS), which is a systematic performance-based assessment for preschool children. The ELS includes math; science; social...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35763 (100.00%) - Research to practice: interventions for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers
By Stacey Neuharth-Pritchett; September 22, 2007
Description: This document introduces six distinct studies on interventions for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. The topics for these studies are varied and include: (1) the effect of literacy props and teacher...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35442 (100.00%) - Child Care/ Head Start Partnerships Snapshot: Partnership Predicts Improved Classroom Quality
By Youngok Lim, Diane Schilder; February 2006
Description: This research brief summarizes findings from the Center for Children & Families on the benefits of partnerships. Findings indicate that child care centers that are partnering with Head Start demonstrate...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35314 (100.00%) - Estudiantes aprenden sobre la documentación en su programa de formación docente
By Susan Churchill, Mary Gabriel, Ruth Heaton, Carolyn Pope-Edwards; Fall 2007
Description: This Spanish language paper describes how a group of early childhood education faculty from three departments at the University of Nebraska used a collaborative inquiry process to improve a newly approved...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35076 (100.00%) - Students Learn about Documentation throughout Their Teacher Education Program
By Susan Churchill, Mary Gabriel, Ruth Heaton, Carolyn Pope Edwards; Fall 2007
Description: This paper describes how a group of early childhood education faculty from three departments at the University of Nebraska used a collaborative inquiry process to improve a newly approved teacher preparation...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35075 (100.00%) - Los efectos en la calidad de las clases de la evaluación auténtica e impulsada por resultados
By Robyn Brookshire, Xin Gao, Jennifer Grisham-Brown, Rena Hallam; Fall 2007
Description: This Spanish language yearlong intervention was designed to link the Head Start Child Outcomes Framework with authentic assessment practices. Contains 20 references. HDPS0027 efectos Early Childhood Research...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35074 (100.00%) - The Effects of Outcomes-Driven Authentic Assessment on Classroom Quality
By Robyn Brookshire, Xin Gao, Jennifer Grisham-Brown, Rena Hallam; Fall 2007
Description: This yearlong intervention was designed to link the Head Start Child Outcomes Framework with authentic assessment practices. Contains 20 references. HDPS0026 Effects Early Childhood Research to Practice...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35073 (100.00%) - Ohio's Early Learning Initiative
By Ohio Departments of Education and Job and Family Services; January 1, 2006
Description: This document describes Ohio’s Early Learning Initiative, which was designed to provide children, often identified as at risk of school failure, with educational experiences that will help them enter kindergarten...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=34780 (100.00%) - Children in Daycare: Science, the Media, and Public Opinion
By Cathryn Booth-LaForce; May 2, 2007
Description: This Microsoft PowerPoint presentation describes the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development. The study examined how variations in child-rearing...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=34561 (100.00%) - Influential factors of caregiver behavior at mealtime: A study of 24 child-care programs
By Marcia Nahikian-Nelms; May 1997
Description: This study examined the nutrition knowledge and attitudes of caregivers in child care programs and observed the behaviors of caregivers as they interacted with children at mealtime. Participants were 113...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=34553 (100.00%) - Wondering with Children: The Importance of Observation in Early Education
By George Forman, Ellen Hall, Early Childhood Research and Practice; Fall 2005
Description: This paper asserts that teachers gain insight into children’s thinking through the process of observation, documentation, and interpretation of children’s goals, strategies, and theories. As a result of...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=33581 (100.00%) - The South Carolina Classroom Quality Research Project: Analyses of ECERS-R Data and Teacher Attitudes toward the ECERS-R Process: Final Report, March 2006
By South Carolina ECERS Quality Study Team; March 2006
Description: This study examined the implementation of the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale–Revised (ECERS–R) Quality Rating System and the impact that the process had on the classroom and teachers’ beliefs...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=33300 (100.00%) - South Carolina Classroom Quality Research Project, Executive Summary
By South Carolina ECERS Quality Study Team; March 2006
Description: This executive summary provides an overview of findings from four studies on the quality of four-year-old and five-year-old kindergarten classrooms within South Carolina and factors associated with quality...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=33216 (100.00%) - Application for Participation: Map to Inclusive Child Care Project, Minnesota
By Department of Children, Families and Learning ; November 1999
Description: This document presents the application from Minnesota to participate in the Map to Inclusive Child Care Project. Minnesota’s child care resource and referral agencies indicate that families with children...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=32838 (100.00%) - Standardized Classroom Observations from Pre-K to Third Grade: A Mechanism for Improving Quality Classroom Experiences During the P-3 Years
By Robert C Pianta; October 2003
Description: This paper reviews the research on classroom observation in relation to policy and practice issues to improve quality in early education. Contains 51 references. CDAS0095 Standardized 2003 October 2003...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=31922 (100.00%) - The Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol: A Tool for Teacher-Researcher Collaboration and Professional Development
By Center for Applied Linguistics; December 1999
Description: This paper describes findings from the Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP), which identifies the features of sheltered instruction that can enhance and expand teachers’ instructional practice....
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=31709 (100.00%) - Assessment of Exceptional Students: Educational and Psychological Procedures.
By Ronald L. Taylor; 2000
Description: This book provides information on the assessment of students with disabilities. It is divided into six major parts. (Contains approximately 1,000 references.) ED436064 2000 2000
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=31482 (100.00%) - Is your Child Care A Star? A Parent's Guide to Choosing Quality Child Care in Tennessee
By Tennessee Department of Human Services; 2004
Description: This guide describes how parents can choose quality child care in Tennessee. The Star-Quality Child Care Program Report Card allows parents to compare the many different child care programs available in...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=29322 (100.00%) - High/Scope Information Paper on Preschool Assessment
By Andrea DeBruin-Parecki, Ann S Epstein, Lawrence J Schweinhart; 2004
Description: This paper serves as a resource to provide information about when and how preschool assessment in general, and testing and other forms of assessment in particular, can be appropriately used to inform policy...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=29119 (100.00%) - Infant/Toddler Caregivers in Center-based Programs: The Child Development Associate (CDA) Assessment System and Competency Standards
By Council for Early Childhood Professional Recognition; November 1999
Description: This report describes the Child Development Associate (CDA) National Credentialing Program for infant/toddler caregivers in center-based programs. The purpose of the program is to enhance the quality of...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=29043 (100.00%)
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