Classroom Quality Trajectories throughout the Morning: Predicting Children's Social-Emotional Development with a Group-Based Multi-Trajectory Model
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| Title: | Classroom Quality Trajectories throughout the Morning: Predicting Children's Social-Emotional Development with a Group-Based Multi-Trajectory Model |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Zhangjing Luo, Samantha Burns, Calpanaa Jegatheeswaran, Michal Perlman |
| Source: | AERA Online Paper Repository. 2025. |
| Availability: | AERA Online Paper Repository. Available from: American Educational Research Association. 1430 K Street NW Suite 1200, Washington, DC 20005. Tel: 202-238-3200; Fax: 202-238-3250; e-mail: subscriptions@aera.net; Web site: http://www.aera.net |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 24 |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Document Type: | Speeches/Meeting Papers Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Early Childhood Education |
| Descriptors: | Foreign Countries, Classroom Environment, Behavior Problems, Questionnaires, Screening Tests, Child Behavior, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Children, Homogeneous Grouping, Time Factors (Learning), Social Emotional Learning, Student Experience, Individual Development, Student Characteristics, Teacher Student Ratio |
| Geographic Terms: | Canada (Toronto) |
| Assessment and Survey Identifiers: | Classroom Assessment Scoring System, Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire |
| DOI: | 10.3102/2196760 |
| Abstract: | The current study examined whether classrooms group into different patterns of changes in process quality over the course of a morning using group-based multi-trajectory model (GBTM) in 218 preschool classrooms. We then tested associations between quality trajectory classes, structural quality (e.g., child/educator ratios and educator degrees) and children's social emotional development. We found three subgroups of classrooms: the Low and Declining Group (13%), the Moderate and Middle Group (55%), and the High and Fluctuating Group (32%). Children from the Low and Declining Profile had more emotional problems than others. The dynamic aspect nature of quality raises questions about how it should be measured. Furthermore, the GBTM approach helps identify specific classrooms that should be prioritized in ECEC quality improvement initiatives. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2026 |
| Accession Number: | ED678364 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | The current study examined whether classrooms group into different patterns of changes in process quality over the course of a morning using group-based multi-trajectory model (GBTM) in 218 preschool classrooms. We then tested associations between quality trajectory classes, structural quality (e.g., child/educator ratios and educator degrees) and children's social emotional development. We found three subgroups of classrooms: the Low and Declining Group (13%), the Moderate and Middle Group (55%), and the High and Fluctuating Group (32%). Children from the Low and Declining Profile had more emotional problems than others. The dynamic aspect nature of quality raises questions about how it should be measured. Furthermore, the GBTM approach helps identify specific classrooms that should be prioritized in ECEC quality improvement initiatives. |
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| DOI: | 10.3102/2196760 |
