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Martha J. Buell
Researcher at University of Delaware
Publications - 40
Citations - 1054
Martha J. Buell is an academic researcher from University of Delaware. The author has contributed to research in topics: Early childhood education & Head start. The author has an hindex of 14, co-authored 40 publications receiving 971 citations. Previous affiliations of Martha J. Buell include University of Alabama & College of Health Sciences, Bahrain.
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A Survey of General and Special Education Teachers' Perceptions and Inservice Needs Concerning Inclusion
TL;DR: In this paper, the results of a statewide needs assessment conducted by one state's Department of Education in order to tailor their system of personnel development were examined for both special and general education teachers.
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Mothers' Implicit Theories of Early Literacy Instruction: Implications for Children's Reading and Writing.
TL;DR: The authors found that one group of mothers held implicit theories that resembled whole language models of literacy instruction, while a smaller group had more varied and idiosyncratic beliefs about early reading instruction and children's emergent literacy skills.
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Does Play Make a Difference? How Play Intervention Affects the Vocabulary Learning of At-Risk Preschoolers.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors tested two vocabularyteaching protocols on at-risk preschool children: Explicit Instructional Vocabulary Protocol (EIVP) and shortened EIVP and a play session, and the results revealed that children who received the EVIP + Play showed more growth on both receptive-vocabulary and expressivevocabulary measures.
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Retention of Staff in the Early Childhood Education Workforce
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present results of a statewide survey of early childhood educators, which indicate that both personal factors (age and experience) and the availability of benefits are associated with intent to remain in the field.
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Inclusion in a Childcare Context Experiences and Attitudes of Family Childcare Providers
TL;DR: Family childcare providers who were not willing to care for children with disabilities indicated three primary barriers: a lack of knowledge about disabilities, the limitation that caring for a child with a disability would impose on caring for other children, and the need to purchase special equipment.