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Child-centered versus teacher-directed teaching practices: Associations with the development of academic skills in the first grade at school

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Lerkkanen, M.-K., Kiuru, N., Pakarinen, E., Poikkeus, A.-M., Rasku-Puttonen, H., Siekkinen, M., & Nurmi, J.-E. (2016). Child-centered versus teacher-directed teaching practices: Associations with the development of academic skills in the first grade at school. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 36(3rd Quarter), 145-156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecresq.2015.12.023
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Early Childhood Research Quarterly
Authors
Lerkkanen, Marja-Kristiina |
Kiuru, Noona |
Pakarinen, Eija |
Poikkeus, Anna-Maija |
Rasku-Puttonen, Helena |
Siekkinen, Martti |
Nurmi, Jari-Erik
Date
2016
Discipline
Esi- ja alkuopetusKasvatuspsykologiaKasvatustiedePsykologiaPre- and Early Childhood EducationKasvatuspsykologiaEducationPsychology
Copyright
© 2015 Elsevier Inc. This is a final draft version of an article whose final and definitive form has been published by Elsevier. Published in this repository with the kind permission of the publisher.

 
This study examined the extent to which child-centered versus teacher-directed teaching practices predicted the development of children's reading and math skills in the first year of elementary school. In addition, we investigated whether associations between teaching practices and children's academic skills development in Grade 1 differed among children who had low, average, or high initial academic skills at the beginning of school. The reading and math skills of 1,132 Finnish children from 93 classrooms were assessed at the beginning and end of Grade 1, and the Early Childhood Classroom Observation Measure (ECCOM) was used to observe teaching practices in 29 classrooms. The results of multilevel modeling showed, first, that better reading skills upon entering school were associated with a higher level of child-centered teaching practices in the classroom. Second, a high level of child-centered teaching practices predicted children's reading and math skills development during the first school year. Third, the results showed that child-centered teaching practices were equally beneficial for the academic skills development of children with varying initial skill levels. However, teacher-directed practices were found to be negatively associated with reading skills development, particularly among children who had average or high initial reading skills at the beginning of school. The results emphasize the importance of child-centered teacher practices in promoting children's academic skills development also after kindergarten in elementary school. ...
Publisher
Pergamon; National Association for the Education of Young Children
ISSN Search the Publication Forum
0885-2006
Keywords
math child-centered practices teacher-directed practices grade 1 oppiminen opettaja-oppilassuhde lukeminen opetusmenetelmät lukutaito koulutulokkaat matemaattiset taidot
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecresq.2015.12.023
URI

http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:jyu-201601201175

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https://converis.jyu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/25448892

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Related funder(s)
Academy of Finland
Funding program(s)
Research profiles, AoF; Academy Project, AoF
Additional information about funding
The study has been carried out in the Centre of MultiLeTe financed by the Academy of Finland (No. 292466 for 2015–2019), and other grants from same funding agency for the first author (No. 268586 for 2013–2017) and for the second author (No. 7133146 for 2010–2012).

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