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Attitude-behavior fit in preschool peer relations : configurations of sociometry and social participation

Creator:: Shankar, Ila
Abstract:: The study of preschool children's peer relations has primarily employed sociometric interviews and observations of children's social participation during free-play situations as methods of assessment. These assessments of peer relations have traditionally demonstrated lack of fit between attitude (as measured by sociometry) and behavior (observation of social participation). Often, sociometric...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Attitude-behavior fit in preschool peer relations

Korean American mothers of children with disabilities : adaptation process and positive transformation

Creator:: You, Hyun-Kyung
Abstract:: This study examined the experiences of five Korean American mothers in Oregon and California who have children with disabilities using qualitative research analysis. The mothers' adaptation processes were individually analyzed, and these mothers' overarching experiences were discussed with three major themes: (a) caring for family cohesiveness, (b) needs for social...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: over 40) except during the adolescence. As adolescent children spend more time in school, parents

Mothering a child with autism in the United States and in South Korea

Creator:: You, Hyun-Kyung
Abstract:: In this dissertation, I qualitatively examined the meaning of mothering a child with autism in two countries: the United States and South Korea. The overarching research question focused on how sociocultural ideas about mothering and disability, particularly autism spectrum disorders, shape women’s understanding of themselves and their children with disabilities....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: disorders, shape women’s understanding of themselves and their children with disabilities. In the first

Transition to kindergarten for children with disabilities: school practices and parent involvement

Creator:: Dogaru, Cristian M.
Abstract:: Using Pianta and Walsh's (1996) Contextual Systems Model (CSM), this study analyzed parent involvement in school as a key element for transition to kindergarten for children with disabilities and their families, along with the practices schools employ to improve school-family collaboration. Focusing on the relationship between the school system and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : Transition to Kindergarten for Children with Disabilities: School Practices and Parent Involvement Abstract

The influence of family demographics and individual factors on school readiness : a focus on low-income Spanish-speaking English language learners

Creator:: Díaz, Guadalupe
Abstract:: English Language Learners (ELLs) represent a culturally and linguistically diverse population in US schools. ELLs enter kindergarten with a range of academic and self-regulation skills, but can face multiple challenges navigating the school context (Zwiers, 2013). Previous research documents that low-income ELLs lagged behind in academic achievement, self-regulation, and English...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: to be especially important for school readiness in young children (Brooks-Gunn, Berlin, & Fuligni

Personal teaching efficacy and ethnic attributions as contributors to caucasian preservice teachers' behavior toward international children

Creator:: Burt, Linda S.
Abstract:: Two theoretical models were examined based on the contributions of preservice teachers' personal teaching efficacy, ethnic causal attributions, past teaching, and international interaction experiences to their behaviors toward international children in multicultural small group activity sessions. Path analytic results revealed that for both models, these variables together did not significantly...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: contributors to caucasian preservice teachers' behavior toward international children AN ABSTRACT OF THE

Women's perceptions of their children's experiences in domestic violence

Creator:: Wood, Barbara L.
Abstract:: Ten female survivors of physically assaultive domestic violence were interviewed three times each in a feminist, qualitative study designed to access their perceptions about their children's experiences in domestic violence. All participants had children living with them at the time of the abuse and were one to five years out...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: participants had children living with them at the time of the abuse and were one to five years out of the

Early family risk and children's academic achievement

Creator:: Sektnan, Michaella A.
Abstract:: Children who have multiple family risk factors are at increased risk for poor developmental outcomes, including poor academic achievement. The present study focused on charting the pathways through which early family risk – as indexed by ethnic minority status, low maternal education, low family income, and chronic maternal depressive symptoms...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: many children enter school without the skills necessary for a successful transition (Alexander

Middle Eastern mothers' perspectives of U.S. early childhood schools

Creator:: Badiee, Shahrnaz
Abstract:: I determined the perspectives of Middle Eastern mothers concerning U.S. early childhood schools using qualitative methodologies. The ecological perspective model presented by Bronfenbrenner was the ideal framework for investigating the Middle Eastern children's experiences in this study that considered the importance of the sociocultural contexts of children and their families....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: children and their families. Six Middle Eastern mothers and five primary school teachers completed the

Applying theories of capital to understand parent involvement at school as a component of family-school interaction : the special case of children with special needs

Creator:: Dogaru, Cristian M.
Abstract:: This study used a nationally representative dataset of 21,260 kindergartners, Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-1999 (National Center for Education Statistics, 2001a), and a conceptual framework of theories of cultural and social capital (Bourdieu, 1986) embedded in an ecological framework (Bronfenbrenner, 2005) to identify unobserved socio-cultural classes in...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Family-School Interaction: The Special Case of Children with Special Needs INTRODUCTION This

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Attitude-behavior fit in preschool peer relations : configurations of sociometry and social participation

Korean American mothers of children with disabilities : adaptation process and positive transformation

Mothering a child with autism in the United States and in South Korea

Transition to kindergarten for children with disabilities: school practices and parent involvement

The influence of family demographics and individual factors on school readiness : a focus on low-income Spanish-speaking English language learners

Personal teaching efficacy and ethnic attributions as contributors to caucasian preservice teachers' behavior toward international children

Women's perceptions of their children's experiences in domestic violence

Early family risk and children's academic achievement

Middle Eastern mothers' perspectives of U.S. early childhood schools

Applying theories of capital to understand parent involvement at school as a component of family-school interaction : the special case of children with special needs

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