Development of pre-academic skills and motivation in kindergarten : a subgroup analysis between classroom quality profiles

Autor: Eija Pakarinen, Marja-Kristiina Lerkkanen, Jenni Salminen, Anna-Maija Poikkeus
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Research Papers in Education. 33(4):451-479
ISSN: 0267-1522
Popis: The present study extends research on classroom quality profiles by examining the differences between profiles with respect to children’s development in pre-academic skills and motivation across the kindergarten year. Teacher–child interactions were observed in 49 Finnish kindergarten classrooms using the CLASS Pre-K instrument. Based on prior identification of latent profiles of classroom quality, subgroup analyses on children’s data were carried out on three profiles representing high Emotional Support and Classroom Organisation and intermediate Instructional Support (Profile 1), higher-intermediate Emotional Support and Classroom Organisation and lower-intermediate Instructional Support (Profile 2), and intermediate Emotional Support and Classroom Organisation and low Instructional Support (Profile 3). Children’s (n = 504) pre-reading and pre-math skills were tested at the beginning and end of the kindergarten year, and their task behaviours were rated by the testers in assessment situations. T...
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