Early Childhood Research & Practice

An academic journal devoted to those topics related to the development, care, and education of children from birth to approximately age 8. Presents practice-related research and development, and discusses issues of parent participation and policy. Also includes opinion essays and articles.

Quality improvement in early childhood teacher education: faculty pers...
March 22, 2009

A qualitative study of early childhood educators' beliefs about key pr...
March 22, 2009

An early childhood program matrix: pulling the pieces together for Ill...
March 22, 2009

Beginning the journey: the project approach with toddlers.(Report)
March 22, 2009

Early childhood faculty and the language of research--evidence for imp...
March 22, 2009

Moving toward a more robust research agenda: a response to Hyson et al...
March 22, 2009

Observing children's stress behaviors in a kindergarten classroom.(Rep...
March 22, 2009

Quality support infrastructure in early childhood: still (mostly) miss...
March 22, 2009

Teachers' views of the efficacy of incorporating the project approach ...
March 22, 2009

"Unintended consequences"--a life in early childhood education: an int...
March 22, 2009

Put "academic content" in early childhood education and early childhoo...
March 22, 2009

Promoting health and preventing injury in preschool children: the role...
September 22, 2008

Dental care issues for African immigrant families of preschoolers.(Rep...
September 22, 2008

Coaching as part of a pilot quality rating scale initiative: challenge...
September 22, 2008

At the zoo: kindergartners reinvent a dramatic play area.(Report)
September 22, 2008

Analyzing the impact of gender on depictions of touch in early childho...
September 22, 2008

Building "Bob": a project exploring the human body at Western Illinois...
September 22, 2008

"Fixing puppets So they can talk": puppets and puppet-making in a clas...
September 22, 2008

A Test of a Measure for Assessing Teachers' Judgments about Social Int...
September 22, 2008

Introduction to the special section on dramatic play.(early childhood ...
September 22, 2008

Including parents in evaluation of a child development program: releva...
March 22, 2008

Appreciating diversity through children's stories and language develop...
March 22, 2008

Creatively constructing a community of learners.(Report)
March 22, 2008

Determinants of parental involvement in early schooling: evidence from...
March 22, 2008

Investigating the tallgrass prairie.(Report)
March 22, 2008

The effects of music instruction on emergent literacy capacities among...
March 22, 2008

The effects of observation coaching on children's graphic representati...
March 22, 2008

"Who's the boss?" young children's power and influence in an early chi...
March 22, 2008

Students learn about documentation throughout their teacher education ...
September 22, 2007

College students' beliefs about preschooler's literacy development: re...
September 22, 2007

"In Hispanic culture, the children are the jewels of the family": an i...
September 22, 2007

Tantrums and anxiety in early childhood: a pilot study.(Report)
September 22, 2007

The baby project.(Report)
September 22, 2007

Effects of a full-day preschool program on 4-year-old children.(Report...
September 22, 2007

Learning stories and children's powerful mathematics.(Report)
September 22, 2007

The effects of outcomes-driven authentic assessment on classroom quali...
September 22, 2007

Using the project approach in a teacher education practicum.(Report)
September 22, 2007

It's more than content: expanding the conception of early learning sta...
March 22, 2007

Early learning standards: results from a national survey to document t...
March 22, 2007

Evidence on effective early childhood interventions from the United Ki...
March 22, 2007

"Quarters are what you put into the bubble gum machine": numeracy inte...
March 22, 2007

The effects of project work in a first-grade classroom: a little goes ...
March 22, 2007

The hospital project.(Report)
March 22, 2007

"The learning never stops": lessons from military child development ce...
March 22, 2007

Who cares? How teachers can scaffold children's ability to care: a cas...
March 22, 2007

Mothers' representations of the role of parents and preschools in prom...
September 22, 2006

Nurturing social experience in three early childhood special education...
September 22, 2006

Primary literacy achievement: a collaborative urban partnership.
September 22, 2006

Mapping knowledge: concept maps in early childhood education.
September 22, 2006

The garbage project.
September 22, 2006

A look at children's adjustment to early childhood programs.
September 22, 2006

Changing classroom practice to include the project approach.
September 22, 2006

Identifying key early literacy and school readiness issues: exploring ...
September 22, 2006

Testing the whole teacher approach to professional development: a stud...
March 22, 2006

Language and literacy promotion in early childhood settings: a survey ...
March 22, 2006

Does early childhood intervention affect the social and emotional deve...
March 22, 2006

Implementing a musical program to promote preschool children's vocabul...
March 22, 2006

Picture book reading experience and toddlers' behaviors with photograp...
March 22, 2006

Narrating and reading folktales and picture books: storytelling techni...
March 22, 2006

The birds and their nests project.
March 22, 2006

Early childhood education as risky business: going beyond what's "safe...
September 22, 2005

Reconstructing teacher education to prepare qualified preschool teache...
September 22, 2005

Telling stories with blocks: encouraging language in the block center.
September 22, 2005

Young children's cognitive engagement during classroom book reading: d...
September 22, 2005

Wondering with children: the importance of observation in early educat...
September 22, 2005

Project Katrina.
September 22, 2005

Getting teachers from here to there: examining issues related to an ea...
March 22, 2005

The Lunch Project.
March 22, 2005

Moving toward visual literacy: photography as a language of teacher in...
March 22, 2005

Young children's spontaneous participation during classroom book readi...
March 22, 2005

The food and restaurant project.
March 22, 2005

"Reading" young children's visual texts.
March 22, 2005

Assessing the quality of early years learning environments.
March 22, 2005

Parent expectations of young children in Taiwan.
September 22, 2004

Computer use in preschools: directors' reports of the state of the pra...
September 22, 2004

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