This meta‐analysis synthesizes research on media use in early childhood (0–6 years), word‐
learning, and vocabulary size. Multi‐level analyses included 266 effect sizes from 63 studies …

Many low-income and minority children in the United States and globally are at risk of poor
educational trajectories and, consequently, diminished life courses, because their …

Young children often learn less from video than face‐to‐face presentations. Meta‐
regression models were used to examine the average size of this difference (video deficit) …

Experimental research demonstrates sustained high‐quality early care and education (ECE)
can mitigate the consequences of poverty into adulthood. However, the long‐term effects of …

According to Sustainable Development Goal 4.2 (SDG 4.2), Equal Access to Quality Pre-
primary Education, governments throughout the world are working to ensure that all children …

This study examines the association between teacher–child interaction quality and
children's self‐regulation in Finnish and Portuguese toddler classrooms. The participants …

Shared reading research has become increasingly multidisciplinary and has incorporated a
multitude of assessment methods. This calls for an interdisciplinary perspective on children's …

High-quality teacher-child interactions in early learning environments have been regarded
as a key contributor to children's early language and cognitive development in international …

We present evidence from a randomised experiment testing the impacts of a six-month early
childhood home-visiting program on child outcomes and parental investment behaviour at …

This study examines the pedagogical beliefs of 205 German preschool teachers regarding
language education and the correlation between these beliefs and observed classroom …