Current Studies 2008- 2009
Evaluation Research
- Child Development Center, Institute for Policy and Governance, team with Virginia Office of Early Childhood to Develop Comprehensive Early Childhood Data System. See http://www.fivehokies.com/childhands/
- Building Child and Family Policy Research Data Capacity for the Commonwealth of Virginia: An Integrated Model (A. Schroeder, I. Bradburn, M. Chang)
- Evaluation of the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Preschool Pilot Initiative (I. Bradburn, J. Hawdon, D. Sedgwick)
- Evaluation of the Preschool Single Point of Entry Collaboration between TAP/Head Start and the Roanoke City Public Schools (I. Bradburn, K. Deater-Deckard)
- Evaluation of the Building Children’s Futures/Smart Beginnings Virginia (I. Bradburn, K. Deater-Deckard)
- Evaluation of the Child Development Associate Degree Program (V. Fu)
Intervention/Curriculum Research
- Interactive Taijii: Exploration of an Educational Multimedia Arts Game to Enhance Self-Regulation and Motor Skills in Elementary School Children (I. Bukvic, I. Bradburn, M. Komelski, D. Gracanin, K. Parkes)
- Effects of Music Instruction on Young Children’s Development and Cognitive Skills (K. Parkes, Music Ed.; I. Bradburn, CDCLR)
- An Inquiry into Shared Reading in Preschool Classrooms (V. Fu, L.A. Wolf, CDCLR)
- An Inquiry into Intergenerational Environmental Science Learning (V. Fu, L.A. Wolf, CDCLR; I. Schepisi, Adult Day Services)
- Concept of Word and Letter Knowledge: What Kind and How Much Letter Knowledge is Beneficial to Concept of Word Learning? (H.A. Mesmer, School of Education)
- Intergenerational Community Capacity Project (S. Jarrott, C.Smith, Human Development)
- Three student projects (two class projects, one pilot exploration for dissertation)