Characteristics of the Centres in the EPPE sample: Observational Profiles (1999)
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Sylva, K., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Melhuish, E., Sammons, P., Taggart, B., Evans, E., …Sadler., S. (1999). Characteristics of the Centres in the EPPE sample: Observational Profiles. DFEE

The EPPE project investigates the characteristics of early childhood education and care through a variety of research methods; this paper reports on just two instruments. This paper describes the characteristics of the 141 centres attended by 3 and 4... Read More about Characteristics of the Centres in the EPPE sample: Observational Profiles.

Characteristics of the Effective Provision of Pre-School Education (EPPE) Project sample at entry to the study (1999)
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Sammons, P., Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Taggart, B., Smees, R., …Sadler., S. (1999). Characteristics of the Effective Provision of Pre-School Education (EPPE) Project sample at entry to the study. DFEE

In this paper the relationships between young children's entry assessments and various child (e.g. age, gender, ethnicity) and parent characteristics (e.g. educational and occupational background) are explored, to examine the extent to which variatio... Read More about Characteristics of the Effective Provision of Pre-School Education (EPPE) Project sample at entry to the study.

Parent, family and child characteristics in relation to type of pre-school and socio-economic differences (1999)
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Melhuish, E., Sylva, K., Sammons, P., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Taggart, B., Dobson, A., …Sadler., S. (1999). Parent, family and child characteristics in relation to type of pre-school and socio-economic differences. DFEE

Information on the characteristics of the parents, families, and children was collected by parental interview at the start of the study. This information was used to describe the sample in terms of the parents (labour market participation, socio-econ... Read More about Parent, family and child characteristics in relation to type of pre-school and socio-economic differences.

Characteristics of Pre-School Environments (1999)
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Sylva, K., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Melhuish, E., Sammons, P., Taggart, B., Evans, E., …Sadler., S. (1999). Characteristics of Pre-School Environments. DFEE

As part of the study all pre-schools were assessed using an observational assessment known as the Early Childhood Rating Scale, (ECERS-R) plus an extension to it (ECERS-E) based upon the Desirable Learning Outcomes (QCA 1996). ECERS provides measures... Read More about Characteristics of Pre-School Environments.