Syksystä 2017 suomalaisen päiväkodin pedagogista toimintaa on ensimmäistä kertaa
määritelty sekä varhaiskasvatuksen että esiopetuksen ohjausasiakirjoilla. Osalle …

Recent evidence points to the early elementary grades as a pivotal point for the
development of science learning trajectories and achievement gaps. Using data from the …

ABSTRACT Research Findings: This study examined whether teacher-child interaction
quality varied as a function of type of activity in toddler classrooms in four European …

Although publicly-funded prekindergarten (pre-k) programs have been designed to promote
children's school readiness, programs have tended to support early literacy skills to a …

In light of weaker than expected associations between individual early childhood education
(ECE) classroom quality measures and children's learning observed in the literature, we …

Young children are strongly encouraged to engage with math-related materials in early
childhood classrooms; however, little is known about how preschoolers explore math during …

Classroom-level quality measures are widely used in early education settings but may mask
important variation in learning experiences across children in the same classroom. This …

This study examined the variation of interaction quality both at the group and child levels
across different activity settings in toddler classrooms. Participants were 104 children, with …

Abstract Pre-kindergarten (Pre-K) improves the school readiness of all children, but less is
known about whether associations between enrollment in Pre-K and different indicators of …

Individuals hold different mindsets encompassing beliefs about trait stability (stable vs.
malleable) and goal orientations (performance vs. mastery). These motivational beliefs affect …