Early Childhood Education: Start Here
Early Childhood Education
Early Childhood Education
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Tumble Book LibraryA collection of Tumble Books (animated, talking picture books) Tumble Puzzles, and Tumble Quizzes, as well as Tumble Resources for teachers. Tumble Books are created from existing picture books which we have licensed from children's book publishers and converted to the Tumble Book format.
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ERIC This link opens in a new windowERIC, the Educational Resource Information Center sponsored by the U.S. Dept. of Education, provides access to education literature and resources, giving full text of more than 2,200 digests along with references for additional information, citations and abstracts from over 1,000 educational and education-related journals.
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Primary Search This link opens in a new windowContains full text for more than 80 popular elementary school magazines. All full-text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Additionally, Primary Search includes the Encyclopedia of Animals, and features the Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, which provides students with easy-to-read encyclopedic entries written specifically for kids.
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Primary Search Reference eBook Collection This link opens in a new windowPrimary Search®, designed specifically for elementary school students contains full text for more than 80 popular elementary school magazines. All full-text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Additionally, Primary Search includes the Encyclopedia of Animals™, and features Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, providing students with easy-to-read encyclopedic entries written specifically for kids. The database also provides the American Heritage® Children's Dictionary, 3rd Edition from Houghton Mifflin and thousands of relevant photos, maps and flags.
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Professional Development Collection This link opens in a new windowDesigned for professional educators and serious students of education, this database provides a highly specialized collection of more than 550 full text high quality education journals and more than 350 full text peer-reviewed titles. In addition, there are over 1,200 abstracted and indexed journals (peer-reviewed and not peer-reviewed). This database also contains more than 200 full text educational reports.
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Research Topic Suggestions
- What is the impact of domestic violence on early childhood development?
- How do different parenting styles impact childhood development?
- How does depression hinder a child’s positive development?
- Does having an imaginary friend prove problematic for proper child development?
- What role do video games play in kids’ development?
- How does children's development vary by age (in months), sex, race-ethnicity, separately and in interaction?
- How are family sociodemographic and contextual characteristics associated with success in school within and across developmental measures and within child sex and race/ethnicity subgroups?
- What are parents' and teachers' definitions of school readiness; i.e., what beliefs and standards do they have for children's behavior and academic performance at entry into kindergarten?
- How do child care arrangements differ by family sociodemographic factors, SES, and race/ethnicity?