Teachers' education, classroom quality, and young children's academic skills: Results from seven studies of preschool programs

Child Development

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 558-580

  Early, Diane M ^a   Maxwell, Kelly L ^a   Burchinal, Margaret ^a   Alva, Soumya ^b   Bender, Randall H ^c   Bryant, Donna ^a   Cai, Karen ^a   Clifford, Richard M ^a   Ebanks, Caroline ^d   Griffin, James A ^e   Henry, Gary T ^a   Howes, Carollee ^f   Iriondo Perez, Jeniffer ^c   Jeon, Hyun Joo ^f   Mashburn, Andrew J ^g   Peisner Feinberg, Ellen ^a   Pianta, Robert C ^g   Vandergrift, Nathan ^a   Zill, Nicholas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b WESTAT   (United States)

^c RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d United States Department of Education   (United States)

^e EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NURSERY SCHOOL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; STANDARD; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CURRICULUM; DATA COLLECTION; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MALE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SCHOOLS, NURSERY; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947510842     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.01014.x     Document Type: Article

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