SIG-Early Education and Child Development

Alison G. Wishard Guerra, University of California - San Diego

Generative Versus Constrained Contexts: Differentiating Early Childhood Classrooms Where Children Make Above-Average Language Gains - Rachel E. Schachter, University of Nebraska; Clariebelle Gabas, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Shayne B. Piasta, The Ohio State University; Kelly Purtell, The Ohio State University; Laura Cutler, The Ohio State University

Effects of Family and Neighborhood Vulnerability on Dual Language Learner and Monolingual Children's Preschool Outcomes - Elizabeth Frechette, The University of Oklahoma; Sherri L. Castle, University of Oklahoma-Tulsa; Shinyoung Jeon, University of Oklahoma; Irving Martinez Hernandez, University of Oklahoma; Denise Vega, University of Oklahoma; Shawn Schaefer, University of Oklahoma; Diane M. Horm, University of Oklahoma-Tusa

The Interplay of Child Characteristics and Instructional Support: A Multilevel Analysis of Language Use in Head Start Classrooms - Anne Blackstock-Bernstein, University of California - Los Angeles

Understanding Classroom Language Practices Over Time Among Socioculturally Diverse Young Children in Transitional Kindergarten - Alison G. Wishard Guerra, University of California - San Diego; Shana R. Cohen, University of California - San Diego; Monica N. Molgaard, University of California - San Diego; Naomi T. Lin, University of California - San Diego; Yan Jiang, University of California, San Diego

Mothers' Linguistic Input During Shared Book Reading and Dual Language Learners' Home Language Skills - Junyi Yang, University of Oslo; Joshua Fahey Lawrence, University of Oslo; Vibeke Grøver, University of Oslo