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Teacher qualifications and kindergartners' achievements / Cassandra M. Guarino ... [et al.].

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Guarino, Cassandra M.
Series:
Education in a competitive and globalizing world series.
Education in a competitive and globalizing world series
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Kindergarten--Curricula--United States.
Kindergarten.
Curriculum planning--United States.
Curriculum planning.
Effective teaching--United States.
Effective teaching.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (127 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
New York : Nova Science Publishers, 2009.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Offers information on the relationship among teacher characteristics, instructional practices, and the achievement of young children through an analysis of data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class (ECLS-K).
Contents:
Intro
TEACHER QUALIFICATIONSAND KINDERGARTNERS'ACHIEVEMENTS
CONTENTS
PREFACE*
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
FOREWORD
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
1. INTRODUCTION
2. BACKGROUND
CHARACTERISTICS OF EFFECTIVE TEACHERS
INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES ANDSTUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
3. DATA
ACHIEVEMENT ASSESSMENTS
STUDENT CHARACTERISTICS
TEACHER QUALIFICATIONS
INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES
SCHOOL CHARACTERISTICS
4.METHODS
STATISTICAL MODELS
DATA TRANSFORMATIONS AND SAMPLE SIZES
5. FINDINGS
READING ACHIEVEMENT GAIN REGRESSIONS
School-Level Variables
Child-Level Variables
INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICE SCALEREGRESSIONS FOR READING
Teacher-Level Variables
MATHEMATICS ACHIEVEMENT GAIN REGRESSIONS
SENSITIVITY ANALYSES
6. SUMMARY
LIMITATIONS
DISCUSSION
FUTURE RESEARCH USING ECLS-K DATA
REFERENCES
APPENDIX A:ECLS-K DIRECT COGNITIVEASSESSMENT MEASURES
INSTRUMENT DEVELOPMENT
THE LANGUAGE SCREENER
TWO-STAGE ASSESSMENT DESIGN
COGNITIVE COMPONENTS
Reading
Mathematics
READING AND MATHEMATICS ASSESSMENT SCORES
APPENDIX B:METHODOLOGY USED IN THEDEVELOPMENT OF THE INSTRUCTIONALPRACTICE SCALES
APPENDIX C:METHODOLOGY USEDIN THE REGRESSION ANALYSES
IMPUTATION PROCEDURES
THE USE OF GAIN SCORES
APPENDIX D:SAMPLE STATISTICS FOR VARIABLESUSED IN ANALYSES
APPENDIX E: STANDARD ERRORS FROMREGRESSION MODELS
INDEX.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
1-61324-084-8

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