For IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 30, 2009
Contact:
Larry McQuillan, 202-403-5119
Researchers from the American Institutes for Research to Present at Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development
Washington, D.C. - Researchers from the American Institutes for Research (AIR) will present at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), which will take place from April 2-4, 2009 in Denver, Colo.
AIR researchers’ presentations focus on topics such as classroom quality, evidence-based early literacy practices, children’s emotional development, parent-child interactive reading activities, and findings from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study.
SRCD holds a conference once every two years and acceptance for presentation is highly competitive. It is a professional association devoted to promoting multidisciplinary research in the field of human development, with approximately 5,500 members from over 50 countries.
At this year’s conference, AIR researchers will be making the following presentations:
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Thursday, April 2, 2009
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Title: The Language Interaction Snapshot: Data from a New Observational
Measure to Assess Language Interactions in Diverse Classrooms |
8:20 am – 10:00 am |
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From AIR: Deborah Parrish
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Thursday, April 2, 2009
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Title: Toward a Contextual Approach to the Study of Change: Linking Impressions, Standardized Assessments, and Behavior in Context |
8:20 am – 10:00 am |
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From AIR: Sophia Choukas-Bradley (conference affiliation: Brown University)
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Thursday, April 2, 2009
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Title: A Longitudinal Analysis of Parent-Child Play at 2-Years, Joint Book Reading at Preschool, and Kindergarten Early School Skills |
10:20 am – 12:00 p.m. |
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From AIR: Jodi Jacobson Chernoff
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Thursday, April 2, 2009
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Title: An Analysis of the Different Ways in Which Parents and Children Read Together and Its Impact on Early Academic Skills at Preschool |
10:20 am – 12:00 p.m. |
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From AIR: Jodi Jacobson Chernoff
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Thursday, April 2, 2009
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Title: Parent-Child Interactive Literacy Activities: The Integration of Services to Support Family Literacy |
10:20 am – 12:00 p.m. |
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From AIR: Daniela Rojas, Heather Quick, Karen Manship
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Thursday, April 2, 2009
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Title: Design of the ECLS-B: Thoughts on the Longitudinal Measurement of Cognitive Development |
2:20 pm – 4:00 pm. |
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From AIR: Kristin Denton Flanagan
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Thursday, April 2, 2009
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Title:Scaling-Up Evidence-Based Early Literacy Practices |
2:20 pm – 4:00 pm |
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From AIR: Rebecca Holland-Coviello, Fiona Innes Helsel
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Friday, April 3, 2009
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Title:Emergence of Variation in Young Children's Cognitive Skills: Findings from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort |
2:20 pm – 4:00 pm |
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From AIR: Kristin Denton Flanagan
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Friday, April 3, 2009
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Title:How Kindergarten Classroom Characteristics Relate to the Social and Emotional Development of Children From Spanish-Speaking Homes |
2:20 pm – 4:00 pm |
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From AIR: Jill Walston, Amy Rathbun
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About AIR
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