A meta-analysis of teacher language practices in early childhood classrooms

EB Hadley, EM Barnes, BM Wiernik… - Early Childhood Research …, 2022 - Elsevier
The purpose of this meta-analysis was to determine the relationships between teacher
language practices in early childhood classrooms, using a systemic functional linguistic …

Purposes, places, and participants: A systematic review of teacher language practices and child oral language outcomes in early childhood classrooms

EB Hadley, EM Barnes, HJ Hwang - Early Education and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Research Findings: Early childhood teachers' talk is a key ingredient in
children's early language and literacy development, but there has been little systematic …

More than words: Narrator engagement during storytelling increases children's word learning, story comprehension, and on-task behavior

J Lenhart, W Lenhard, E Vaahtoranta… - Early Childhood Research …, 2020 - Elsevier
Reading stories to children fosters their language development. An approach rarely
investigated is narrators telling stories without reading from text (ie, oral storytelling). Oral …

Lessons from the health policies for children during the pandemic in Japan

N Shobako - Frontiers in Public Health, 2022 - frontiersin.org
It is everyone's desire to seek the sound growth of children through food education and there
is a critical need for fostering an environment for this purpose. Health policies are important …

Reimagining discourse in the classroom

JF Grifenhagen, EM Barnes - The Reading Teacher, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Classroom discourse serves an important role in language, literacy, and other content area
learning in early childhood and elementary classrooms. In this article, the authors define …

[HTML][HTML] Young children's mealtimes and eating practices in early childhood education and care: A scoping review of 30 years of research from 1990 to 2020

A Willemsen, S Wiggins, J Cromdal - Educational Research Review, 2023 - Elsevier
Young children's eating practices and mealtimes within early childhood education and care
have attracted considerable attention over the past 30 years, with an increasing focus on …

Capturing the quantity and location of adult wh-words in the preschool classroom using a sensing tool system

Y Seven, DW Irvin, PV Kothalkar, S Dutta… - Early Childhood …, 2024 - Elsevier
Observational approaches may limit researchers' ability to comprehensively capture
preschool classroom conversations, including the use of wh-words. In the current proof-of …

Kindergarten teachers' changes in practice in interactive book reading following professional development primarily using in-class modeling: A mixed methods study

P McMahon-Morin, MP Gingras, MC Hallé… - Teaching and Teacher …, 2025 - Elsevier
This mixed-methods study investigated kindergarten teachers' changes in practice during
book reading, following a professional development program using primarily in-class …

Generative versus Constrained Contexts: Differentiating the Language Learning Opportunities in Early Childhood Classrooms

RE Schachter, C Gabas, K Purtell… - Literacy Research and …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Language is considered an essential component of children's development; however, gaps
persist regarding ways in which teachers can foster and support language development in …

A qualitative exploration of early childhood educators' declared practices when supporting preschoolers' oral language development

MP Gingras, P McMahon-Morin, S Rezzonico… - Early Childhood …, 2023 - Springer
Verbal interactions between children and educators can support the language development
of preschoolers when conversations are of high quality. Educators' conversations with …