Search Results - "Westerberg, Lauren"

How teachers, peers, and classroom materials support children's inquiry in a Reggio Emilia-inspired preschool by Westerberg, Lauren, Vandermaas-Peeler, Maureen

“…The present study examined the roles of teachers, peers, and materials in the environment in supporting children's inquiry processes at a Reggio…”
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Developing and Evaluating an Assessment of Preschoolers’ Science and Engineering Knowledge by Westerberg, Lauren

“…A major challenge to promoting effective early science and engineering education is the lack of reliable and validated assessments that align with current…”
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Home science interactions and their relation to children’s science core knowledge in preschool by Westerberg, Lauren, Schmitt, Sara A., Eason, Sarah H., Purpura, David J.

“…•The factor structure of a measure of home science interactions was examined.•Home science interactions could be parsed into content- and practice-based…”
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Engaging Caregivers and Children in Picture Books: A Family-Implemented Mathematical Language Intervention by Purpura, David J., Schmitt, Sara A., Napoli, Amy R., Dobbs-Oates, Jennifer, King, Yemimah A., Hornburg, Caroline Byrd, Westerberg, Lauren, Borriello, Giulia A., Bryant, Lindsey M., Anaya, Laura Y., Kung, Melody, Litkowski, Ellen, Lin, Joyce, Rolan, Emily

“…The goal of this study was to evaluate immediate and delayed effects of a caregiver-implemented picture book intervention to support children's mathematical…”
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The roles of mathematical language and emergent literacy skills in the longitudinal prediction of specific early numeracy skills by Hornburg, Caroline Byrd, King, Yemimah A., Westerberg, Lauren, Schmitt, Sara A., Purpura, David J.

“…•Past work has found math language is concurrently related to most numeracy skills.•This study tested longitudinal relations for math language, literacy, and…”
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Home Science Interactions and their Relation to Children’s Science Core Knowledge in Preschool by Westerberg, Lauren

“…A limited body of work has examined the nature and scope of young children’s sciencerelated activities outside of the school context; and thus, there is little…”
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Concurrent predictors of science core knowledge in preschool by Westerberg, Lauren, Litkowski, Ellen, Finders, Jennifer K., Gerde, Hope K., Duncan, Robert J., Schmitt, Sara A., Purpura, David J.

“…There is little empirical evidence on cross-domain relations with science and other academic domains, which contributes to a limited understanding of the…”
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Use Them or Lose Them: Are Manipulatives Needed to Assess Numeracy and Geometry Performance in Preschool? by O'Rear, Connor D, Zippert, Erica L, Ehrman, Patrick, Westerberg, Lauren, Lonigan, Christopher J, Purpura, David J

“…In two studies, we investigated whether using three-dimensional (3D) manipulatives during assessment aided performance on a variety of preschool mathematics…”
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Unique and Combined Effects of Quantitative Mathematical Language and Numeracy Instruction Within a Picture Book Intervention: A Registered Report by Purpura, David J., O'Rear, Connor D., Ellis, Alexa, Logan, Jessica A. R., Westerberg, Lauren, Ehrman, Patrick, King, Yemimah A., Vander Tuin, Mackenna, Nordgren, Inga, Anderson, Kirsten, Cosso, Jimena, Zippert, Erica, Napoli, Amy R., Hornburg, Caroline Byrd, Schmitt, Sara A., Dobbs-Oates, Jennifer

“…Children's early understanding of mathematics provides a foundation for later success in school. Identifying ways to enhance mathematical instruction is…”
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Bridging known and new: Inquiry and intersubjectivity in parent-child interactions by Vandermaas-Peeler, Maureen, Westerberg, Lauren, Fleishman, Hailey

“…Sociocultural analyses of children's learning encompass their complex interactions with adults and others during joint participation in everyday activities…”
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Parental guidance of young children's mathematics and scientific inquiry in games, cooking, and nature activities by Vandermaas-Peeler, Maureen, Westerberg, Lauren, Fleishman, Hailey, Sands, Kaitlin, Mischka, Melissa

“…This study investigated the influence of guidance instruction and type of activity on parental guidance of young children's mathematics and scientific inquiry…”
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A capturing math language use during block play: Creation of the spatial and quantitative mathematical language coding system by Bryant, Lindsey M., Westerberg, Lauren, Devlin, Brianna L., Paes, Tanya M., Geer, Elyssa A., Katyayan, Anisha, Morse, Kathleen M., O’Brien, Grace, Purpura, David J., Schmitt, Sara A.

“…The goals of the current study were: 1) to modify and expand an existing spatial mathematical language coding system to include quantitative mathematical…”
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