Measuring early childhood development in Brazil: validation of the Caregiver Reported Early Development Instruments (CREDI)

Authors: Altafim, Elisa Rachel Pisani, McCoy, Dana Charles, Brentani, Alexandra, Escobar, Ana Maria de Ulhôa, Grisi, Sandra J.F.E., Fink, Günther

Source: Jornal de Pediatria. February 2020 96(1)

Subject Terms: Child development, Measurement, Validation studies, Population assessment, Brazil

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Assessing School Communities Using Google Street View: A Virtual Systematic Social Observation Approach

Authors: McCoy, Dana Charles, Sabol, Terri J., Hanno, Emily C. (ORCID 0000-0002-9136-4293), Odgers, Candice L.

Source: AERA Open. Jan-Dec 2022 8(1).

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 18

Sponsoring Agency: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)

Descriptors: Neighborhood Schools, Preschools, School Location, Institutional Characteristics, Low Income, Preschool Children, Poverty, Crime, Neighborhoods, Playgrounds, Self Control, Child Safety, Early Childhood Education, Child Development, Maps

IES Funded: Yes

Pushing the Boundaries of Education Research: A Multidimensional Approach to Characterizing Preschool Neighborhoods and Their Relations with Child Outcomes

Authors: McCoy, Dana Charles (ORCID 0000-0002-0896-1813), Sabol, Terri J., Wei, Wendy (ORCID 0000-0002-7834-0991), Busby, Andrea (ORCID 0000-0003-3634-3657), Hanno, Emily C. (ORCID 0000-0002-9136-4293)

Source: Journal of Educational Psychology. Jan 2023 115(1):143-159.

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 17

Sponsoring Agency: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)

Descriptors: Preschool Children, Low Income Students, Neighborhoods, Outcomes of Education, Community Characteristics, Executive Function, Cognitive Style, Language Skills, Literacy, Physical Characteristics, Mobility, Economic Factors, Community Resources, Place of Residence, Child Development

IES Funded: Yes

Contextual Characteristics inside and outside of School Walls as Predictors of Differential Effectiveness in Teacher Professional Development

Authors: Sabol, Terri J., McCoy, Dana Charles, Gonzalez, Kathryn, Hanno, Emily (ORCID 0000-0002-9136-4293), Busby, Andrea, Wei, Wendy, Downer, Jason

Source: Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness. 2023 16(4):553-582.

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 30

Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Faculty Development, Program Effectiveness, Preschool Education, Intervention, Language Skills, Emergent Literacy, Preschool Children, Executive Function, Student Behavior, Neighborhoods

Assessment and Survey Identifiers: Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, Classroom Assessment Scoring System

An Observational Approach for Exploring Variability in Young Children's Regulation-Related Skills within Classroom Contexts

Authors: McCoy, Dana Charles, Koepp, Andrew E. (ORCID 0000-0002-6976-8507), Jones, Stephanie M., Bodrova, Elena, Leong, Deborah J., Deaver, Abigail Hemenway

Source: Developmental Science. Nov 2022 25(6).

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 13

Descriptors: Young Children, Executive Function, Self Management, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Children, Kindergarten, Attention Control, Inhibition, Short Term Memory, Child Behavior, Child Development

Pathways between Family SES, Parent Characteristics, Early Experiences, and Child Language Outcomes in South Korea: A Combined Analysis of the Family Stress Model and the Family Investment Model

Authors: Shin, So Yeon, McCoy, Dana Charles

Source: Developmental Psychology. Nov 2022 58(11):2081-2095.

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 15

Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Parents, Individual Characteristics, Foreign Countries, Language Acquisition, Family Environment, Child Rearing, Infants, Young Children, Self Efficacy, Mothers, Child Development, Knowledge Level, Well Being, Parent Background, Educational Attainment, Parenting Styles, Predictor Variables, Depression (Psychology), Language Skills, Parent Child Relationship

Geographic Terms: South Korea

Assessment and Survey Identifiers: Home Observation for Measurement of Environment

Overcoming the streetlight effect: Shining light on the foundations of learning and development in early childhood.

Authors: McCoy, Dana Charles, ORCID 0000-0002-0896-1813. Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, US, dana_mccoy@gse.harvard.edu, Sabol, Terri J.. School of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, US

Source: American Psychologist, Vol 80(2), Feb-Mar, 2025. pp. 135-147.

NLM Title Abbreviation: Am Psychol

Publisher: US : American Psychological Association

Supplemental Data: Tables and Figures Internet

Publication Type: Journal; Peer Reviewed Journal

Preschool Self-Regulation and Pre-Academic Skills as Mediators of the Long-Term Impacts of an Early Intervention

Authors: McCoy, Dana Charles, Gonzalez, Kathryn, Jones, Stephanie

Source: Grantee Submission. 2019.

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 35

Sponsoring Agency: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) (NIH)
Institute of Education Sciences (ED)

Descriptors: School Readiness, Preschool Children, Early Intervention, Self Management, Program Effectiveness, Enrichment Activities, Low Income Students, Executive Function, High School Students, Outcomes of Education, Preschool Education, Grades (Scholastic), Mathematics Skills, Language Skills, Vocabulary

Geographic Terms: Illinois (Chicago)

Assessment and Survey Identifiers: Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test

IES Funded: Yes

Building a Model of Cultural Universality with Specificity for Global Early Childhood Development

Authors: McCoy, Dana Charles (ORCID 0000-0002-0896-1813)

Source: Child Development Perspectives. Mar 2022 16(1):27-33.

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 7

Descriptors: Cultural Context, Skill Development, Child Development, Young Children, Global Approach, Cultural Influences, Models

New Findings on Impact Variation from the Head Start Impact Study: Informing the Scale-Up of Early Childhood Programs

Authors: Morris, Pamela A., Connors, Maia, Friedman-Krauss, Allison, McCoy, Dana Charles, Weiland, Christina, Feller, Avi, Page, Lindsay, Bloom, Howard, Yoshikawa, Hirokazu

Source: AERA Open. Apr-Jun 2018 4(2).

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 16

Descriptors: Rating Scales, Early Childhood Education, Educational Quality, Control Groups, Experimental Groups, Low Income Groups, Preschool Children, Federal Programs, School Readiness, Enrollment, Instructional Effectiveness

Assessment and Survey Identifiers: Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale

Impacts of Early Childhood Education on Medium- and Long-Term Educational Outcomes

Authors: McCoy, Dana Charles, Yoshikawa, Hirokazu, Ziol-Guest, Kathleen M., Duncan, Greg J., Schindler, Holly S., Magnuson, Katherine, Yang, Rui, Koepp, Andrew, Shonkoff, Jack P.

Source: Educational Researcher. Nov 2017 46(8):474-487.

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 14

Sponsoring Agency: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
National Institutes of Health (DHHS)
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) (NIH)

Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Outcomes of Education, Meta Analysis, Research Design, Statistical Significance, Student Placement, Special Education, Grade Repetition, High School Students, Graduation Rate, Expenditure per Student, Well Being, Regression (Statistics)

IES Funded: Yes

Exploring multidimensional approaches to learning during early childhood in Ghana.

Authors: Kitamura, Kenji¹ (AUTHOR) kkitamura@g.harvard.edu, McCoy, Dana Charles¹ (AUTHOR), Wolf, Sharon² (AUTHOR)

Source: Applied Developmental Science. Mar2025, p1-17. 17p. 2 Illustrations.

Subject Terms: Educational outcomes, School children, Numeracy, Literacy, Acquisition of data

Validation of Motor, Cognitive, Language, and Socio-Emotional Subscales Using the Caregiver Reported Early Development Instruments: An Application of Multidimensional Item Factor Analysis

Authors: Waldman, Marcus (ORCID 0000-0002-3288-4803), McCoy, Dana Charles, Seiden, Jonathan, Cuartas, Jorge (ORCID 0000-0002-0451-3298), Fink, Günther

Source: International Journal of Behavioral Development. Jul 2021 45(4):368-377.

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 10

Descriptors: Test Validity, Cognitive Tests, Psychomotor Skills, Rating Scales, Social Emotional Learning, Child Caregivers, Child Development, Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries, Psychometrics, Language Skills, Test Reliability

Causal Mediation in Developmental Science: A Primer

Authors: Cuartas, Jorge (ORCID 0000-0002-0451-3298), McCoy, Dana Charles

Source: International Journal of Behavioral Development. May 2021 45(3):269-274.

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 6

Descriptors: Mediation Theory, Behavior Development, Influences, Inferences, Research Design, Statistical Analysis, Computation, Causal Models

Natural Window of Opportunity? Low-Income Parents' Responses to Their Children's Impending Kindergarten Entry

Authors: Weiland, Christina, McCoy, Dana Charles, Grace, Elizabeth, Park, Soojin Oh

Source: AERA Open. Jan-Mar 2017 3(1).

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 15

Sponsoring Agency: Administration for Children and Families (DHHS)

Descriptors: Low Income Students, Parent Attitudes, Kindergarten, Young Children, School Readiness, Parent Participation, Parent Child Relationship, Learning Activities, Parents as Teachers

Physical Punishment as a Predictor of Early Cognitive Development: Evidence from Econometric Approaches

Authors: Cuartas, Jorge (ORCID 0000-0002-0451-3298), McCoy, Dana Charles, Grogan-Kaylor, Andrew (ORCID 0000-0003-0065-9991), Gershoff, Elizabeth (ORCID 0000-0002-0160-0062)

Source: Developmental Psychology. Nov 2020 56(11):2013-2026.

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 14

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Punishment, Cognitive Development, Toddlers, Low Income Groups, Predictor Variables, Child Development, Discipline, Thinking Skills, Child Abuse

Geographic Terms: Colombia

Estimates of a multidimensional index of nurturing care in the next 1000 days of life for children in low-income and middle-income countries: a modelling study

Authors: McCoy, Dana Charles, Seiden, Jonathan, Cuartas, Jorge, Pisani, Lauren, Waldman, Marcus

Source: Lancet.Child & adolescent health. 6(5):324-334

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Parent psychological distress and beliefs about nurturing care: Associations with parent investments and early child development in Ethiopia.

Authors: Suntheimer, Noelle M., ORCID 0000-0001-5708-9753. Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, US, noellem@upenn.edu, Ju, Soo Gyeong. Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, US, McCoy, Dana Charles. Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, US, Wolf, Sharon. Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, US, Abate, Sintayehu. African Centre for Early Childhood Development, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Mekonnen, Alemayehu. Ethiopian Public Health Association, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Teshome, Tamrat Zelalem. Women, Children, and Social Affairs Bureau, City Government of Addis Ababa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Demlew, Tesfa. Ethiopian Public Health Association, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Source: Developmental Psychology, Aug 15, 2024.

NLM Title Abbreviation: Dev Psychol

Publisher: US : American Psychological Association

Supplemental Data: Tables and Figures Internet

Publication Type: Journal; Peer Reviewed Journal

Adaptation and Efficacy of a Social-Emotional Learning Intervention (SEL Kernels) in Early Childhood Settings in Southeastern Brazil: A Quasi-Experimental Study.

Authors: Colagrossi, Ana Luiza Raggio¹, anacolagrossi@hotmail.com, de Magalhães-Barbosa, Maria Clara¹, McCoy, Dana Charles², Barnes, Sophie P.², Temko, Sonya², Bailey, Rebecca², Jones, Stephanie M², Bianchi, Lucas Monteiro³, da Cunha, Antônio José Ledo Alves⁴, Prata-Barbosa, Arnaldo¹

Source: Early Education & Development; May/Jun2024, Vol. 35 Issue 4, p704-721, 18p

The Role of Executive Function and Social-Emotional Skills in the Development of Literacy and Numeracy during Preschool: A Cross-Lagged Longitudinal Study

Authors: Wolf, Sharon, McCoy, Dana Charles

Source: Developmental Science. Jul 2019 22(4).

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 18

Descriptors: Executive Function, Young Children, Literacy, Numeracy, Predictor Variables, Academic Ability, Social Development, Emotional Development, Child Development, Foreign Countries

Geographic Terms: Ghana