Fadeout and persistence of intervention impacts on social–emotional and cognitive skills in children and adolescents: A meta-analytic review of randomized controlled …

ER Hart, DH Bailey, S Luo, P Sengupta… - Psychological …, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
Researchers and policymakers aspire for educational interventions to change children's
long-run developmental trajectories. However, intervention impacts on cognitive and …

A meta-analysis and systematic review of the associations between professional development of early childhood educators and children's outcomes

A Brunsek, M Perlman, E McMullen… - Early Childhood …, 2020 - Elsevier
Professional development (PD) appears to be an important lever for improving practice in
Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) programs. However, the availability of a large …

The effect of teacher coaching on instruction and achievement: A meta-analysis of the causal evidence

MA Kraft, D Blazar, D Hogan - Review of educational …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Teacher coaching has emerged as a promising alternative to traditional models of
professional development. We review the empirical literature on teacher coaching and …

Linguistic environment of preschool classrooms: What dimensions support children's language growth?

LM Justice, H Jiang, K Strasser - Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2018 - Elsevier
Individual differences in young children's language acquisition reflect in part the variability in
the language-learning environment that they experience, both at home and in the …

The effects of language-and literacy-focused professional development on early educators and children: A best-evidence meta-analysis

J Markussen-Brown, CB Juhl, SB Piasta… - Early childhood …, 2017 - Elsevier
Professional development (PD) is increasingly used to improve early childhood educators'
skills and knowledge in providing quality language and emergent literacy environments for …

Teacher–child conversations in preschool classrooms: Contributions to children's vocabulary development

SQ Cabell, LM Justice, AS McGinty, J DeCoster… - Early Childhood …, 2015 - Elsevier
This study used a novel method to examine the volume and quality of teacher–child
conversations within 44 preschool classrooms. Small group play sessions were transcribed …

An analytic study of the professional development research in early childhood education

RE Schachter - Early education and development, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Research Findings: The goal of this study was to examine empirical research on the design,
delivery, and measurement of the effects of professional development (PD) for early …

Variation in the effectiveness of instructional interactions across preschool classroom settings and learning activities

SQ Cabell, J DeCoster, J LoCasale-Crouch… - Early Childhood …, 2013 - Elsevier
This exploratory study examined the extent to which the effectiveness of instructional
interactions varies among classroom social settings (ie, large group, free choice, meals, and …

Impact of professional development on preschool teachers' conversational responsivity and children's linguistic productivity and complexity

SB Piasta, LM Justice, SQ Cabell, AK Wiggins… - Early Childhood …, 2012 - Elsevier
The present study investigated the effect of professional development (PD) on preschool
teachers' conversational responsivity in the classroom, defined as teachers' use of strategies …

What works in early childhood education programs?: A meta–analysis of preschool enhancement programs

YS Joo, K Magnuson, GJ Duncan… - Early Education and …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Research Findings: This study uses data from a comprehensive meta-analytic
database of early childhood education (ECE) program evaluations published between 1960 …