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Effective behavior management in preschool classrooms and children's task orientation: Enhancing emergent literacy and language development |
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| Authors: | Jennifer Dobbs-Oates Joan N Kaderavek |
| Institution: | a Department of Child Development and Family Studies, Purdue University, 1200 W. State St., West Lafayette, IN 47904-2055, USA b Department of Early Childhood, Physical & Special Education, University of Toledo, Gilham Hall 4500J, Mail Stop 954, Toledo, OH 43606-3390, USA c School of Teaching and Learning, The Ohio State University, 1945 N. High St., Columbus, OH 43210-1172, USA |
| Abstract: | This study investigated the relations among preschool teachers’ behavior management, children's task orientation, and children's emergent literacy and language development, as well as the extent to which task orientation moderated the relation between teachers’ behavior management and children's emergent literacy and language development. Participants included 398 children and 67 preschool teachers from preschool programs serving an at-risk population. Teachers’ behavior management was observationally assessed and children's task orientation was measured via teacher-report. Children's language and emergent literacy skills were directly assessed in the fall and in the spring of the preschool year. Hierarchical linear models were used to predict children's residualized gain in emergent literacy and language (i.e., Spring scores with Fall scores as covariates) from their task orientation and their teachers’ behavior management. Task orientation and behavior management each positively predicted children's emergent literacy development, but not language development. There was a significant interaction between teachers’ behavior management and children's task orientation in predicting children's language development, such that high scores on both variables were associated with the most optimal language outcomes. Implications for research and early education are discussed. |
| Keywords: | Preschool Teachers Behavior management Task orientation Emergent literacy Language |
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