Progress 10/01/10 to 09/30/15
Outputs
Target Audience:There are two distinct audiences that were targeted by this project. First, researchers and instructors on the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign (UIUC) campus that were accessing the Child Development Laboratory (CDL) program to support and facilitate their teaching and/or research activities were directly targeted by the information contained in the CDL Research Database project. Second, the child development and early childhood communities on a local, state and national level were indirectly targeted by the project through dissemination efforts (e.g., journal publications, conference presentations, technical assistance documents, etc.) associated with the research and teaching activities being implement and emerging as a result of the CDL Research Database project. Changes/Problems:There were no major changes or problems with the implementation of this project.What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Adoctoral student has worked on this project during each year of its implementation. This graduate student was involved in all aspects of the initiative (working with investigators conducting research at the CDL to facilitate their projects, training data collectors on appropriate protocols for data collection within the CDL environment, conducting baseline assessments on enrolled children, data management for the research database). Such activities have allowed the graduate studentto develop an understanding of the challenges of facilitating research within child development laboratory settings, and also how you balance the demands of providing high quality early childhood services with the demands associated with collecting data within classroom environments. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?
Nothing Reported
What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?
Nothing Reported
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
The following objectives were addressed by this project: 1. To refine and further develop a longitudinal database on enrolled children and their families for the purpose of enhancing research projects being implemented at the CDL. 2. To promote long-term, interdisciplinary collaborations among faculty within HCD, and from across campus via reciprocal exchanges of data through the database project. 3. To support systematic student involvement in interdisciplinary research. The primary outcome of this project has been the research being generated by investigators that have accessed the CDL program and the CDL Research Database Project. The intent of the CDL Research Database Project is to facilitate interdepartmental and cross-departmental investigations of children's development. The infrastructure supports created as part of the project have been instrumental in the generation of new knowledge across a wide variety of disciplines - e.g., Human Development and Family Studies, Curriculum and Instruction, Special Education, Community Health, Kinesiology, Landscape Architecture, Speech and Hearing Sciences, Communications, Music Education, Nutritional Sciences, and Educational Psychology. In accessing information from the CDL Research Database, investigators have been able to broaden the scope of their data collection procedures and enhance the type and quality of data they were able to gather. A secondary outcome of this project has been the increased understanding and appreciation of the research process that undergraduate students have been able to develop as a result of working with the baseline assessments conducted as part of the CDL Research Database project. These students developed a working understanding of the strengths and limitations of standardized assessments with young children, as well as competencies in how to use such tools when screening children. Such skills and understanding will serve them well as they begin careers providing support services to children and families. An additional secondary outcome of the project has been the multiple ways in which has facilitated the generation of new knowledge broadly defined. This generation of knowledge took on many forms (e.g., undergraduate research, graduate student training, doctoral dissertation research, instrumentation projects, UIUC/industry collaboration, supporting of junior faculty investigators, pilot data collection/feasibility studies, atypical disciplines supported). Finally, children and families throughout Illinois and the U.S. have benefited from the knowledge being generated through research projects being conducted as part of this project and being disseminated in several formats (journal publications, technical reports, press releases, conference presentations). Over the life of the project a total of 67 research projects, 14,333 student observations and 7,480 student class projects were implemented at the CDL and benefited from the support and data provided by the CDL Research Database project.
Publications
- Type:
Book Chapters
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2014
Citation:
McBride, B.A., Groves, M., Barbour, N., Horm, D., Stremmel, A., Lash, M., Bersani, C., Ratekin, C., Moran, J., Elicker, J. and Toussaint, S. 2014. Child development laboratory schools as generators of knowledge in early childhood education: Models and approaches. In J. Elicker and N. Barbour (Eds.), University Laboratory Preschools (pp. 35-42). Oxford, UK: Routledge.
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Book Chapters
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2016
Citation:
McBride, B.A. 2016. Data and infrastructure supports: Critical components for the creation of a laboratory school consortium. In N. Barbour & B. McBride (Eds.). The future of child development laboratory schools: Applied developmental science in action. New York: Taylor & Francis. (In Press).
- Type:
Books
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2016
Citation:
Barbour, N.B. and McBride, B.A. 2016. The future of child development laboratory schools: Applied developmental science in action. New York: Taylor & Francis. (In Press).
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Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2014
Citation:
McBride, B.A. 2014. Data and infrastructure: Critical components for the creation of a laboratory school consortium. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2015
Citation:
McBride, B.A. 2015. Academics vs. service in child development laboratory schools: Complimentary and competing pressures. Workshop presented at the International Association of Laboratory Schools Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2015
Citation:
McBride, B.A. 2015. University-based child development laboratories: A vision for the future. Invited seminar presentation as part of the University of Wisconsins Center for Child and Family Wellbeing seminar series, Madison, WI.
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Progress 10/01/13 to 09/30/14
Outputs
Target Audience: As in the previous year, the target audiences for the current year were faculty and graduate and undergraduate students on the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus that were interested in collecting research data using CDL children, their families, CDL staff and CDL classrooms as participants.The CDL website was the main mechanism used for encouraging investigators from across campus to explore the use of the CDL program as a viable site for data collection as part of their research projects.In addition, members of the CDL administrative team would work with researchers (via individual consultations) at various stages in developing their projects to explore options for data collection within the CDL program. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? As a doctoral student working on the current project, Meghan Fisher was involved in all aspects of the initiative (working with investigators conducting research at the CDL to facilitate their projects, training data collectors on appropriate protocols for data collection within the CDL environment, conducting baseline assessments on enrolled children, and data management for the research database). Such activities have allowed Ms. Fisher to develop an understanding of the challenges of facilitating research within child development laboratory settings, and also how to balance the demands of providing high quality early childhood services with the demands associated with collecting data within classroom environments. In addition to the doctoral student working with the project, a total of 12 undergraduate students were enrolled in the HDFS 494 course that is part of the CDL Research Database Project. HDFS 494 is a course that focuses on developmental assessments and screenings with young children. For the lab portion of this course students collect baseline developmental assessments of all children enrolled in the CDL. This information is then used as part of the baseline data made available to researchers accessing information from the CDL Research Database Project. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? The framework created for the CDL Research Database Project was presented as part of a paper symposium at the 2014 American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting that focused on the creation of a lab school consortium. This consortium model that was presented as part of this symposium would link lab schools from different institutions for joint and reciprocal research and data collection projects. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? The CDL Research Database Project will continue in the next reporting period in its current format.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
A total of 22 research projects were conducted at the CDL during the current reporting period. Eighteen of the 22 studies accessed information from the CDL Research Database project as part of their data collection. These 22 projects represent a diverse array of disciplines (includingHuman Development and Family Studies, Advertising, Anthropology, Landscape Architecture, Art & Design, Nutritional Sciences, Communications, Community Health, and Music Education), and all focused on various aspects of children’s growth and development (such associal/emotional development, cognitive functioning, and physical growth and health). Ten of the projects were investigations conducted by graduate students working under the direction of a faculty advisor, while 12 of the projects were faculty-led investigations.
Publications
- Type:
Books
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2015
Citation:
Barbour, N.B. and McBride, B.A. The future of child development laboratory schools: Applied developmental science in action. New York: Taylor & Francis.
- Type:
Book Chapters
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2015
Citation:
McBride, B.A. Data and infrastructure supports: Critical components for the creation of a laboratory school consortium. In: N. Barbour & B. McBride (Eds.). The future of child development laboratory schools: Applied developmental science in action. New York: Taylor & Francis.
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Progress 01/01/13 to 09/30/13
Outputs
Target Audience: As in the previous year, the target audiences for the current year were faculty and graduate and undergraduate students on the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus that were interested in collecting research data using CDL children, their families, CDL staff and CDL classrooms as participants. The CDL website was the main mechanism used for encouraging investigators from across campus to explore the use of the CDL program as a viable site for data collection as part of their research projects. In addition, members of the CDL administrative team would work with researchers (via individual consultations) at various stages in developing their projects to explore options for data collection within the CDL program. In accessing information and services provided, the CDL Research Database Project has been instrumental in the generation of new knowledge by supporting and facilitating the wide range of research endeavors on the UIUC campus – e.g., undergraduate research; graduate student training, doctoral dissertation research; pilot data collection & feasibility research; instrumentation projects; UIUC/industry collaborative projects; andlarge scale data collection projects. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? As doctoral students working on the current project, Colleen Gibbons and Meghan Fisher wereinvolved in all aspects of the initiative – e.g., working with investigators conducting research at the CDL to facilitate their projects; training data collectors on appropriate protocols for data collection within the CDL environment; conducting baseline assessments on enrolled children; data management for the research database, etc.Such activities have allowed both Ms. Gibbons and Ms. Fisher to develop an understanding of the challenges of facilitating research within child development laboratory settings, and also how you balance the demands of providing high quality early childhood services with the demands associated with collecting data within classroom environments. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?
Nothing Reported
What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? The infrastructure created by the CDL Research Database project has been instrumental in facilitating research activities at the Child Development Laboratory on the UIUC campus. Since implementation of this project, the focus of the majority of studies undertaken at the CDL have been transdisciplinary in nature. Given this, the project will continue the activities implemented during the current reporting year.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
A total of 21 research projects were conducted at the CDL during the current reporting period.Seventeen of the 21 studies accessed information from the CDL Research Database project as part of their data collection.These 21 projects represent a diverse array of disciplines (e.g., Human Development and Family Studies, Advertising, Anthropology, Landscape Architecture, Art & Design, Nutritional Sciences, Communications, Community Health, Music Education, etc.), and all focused on various aspects of children’s growth and development (e.g., social/emotional development, cognitive functioning, physical growth & health, etc.).Nine of the projects were investigations conducted by graduate students working under the direction of a faculty advisor, while 12 of the projects were faculty led investigations.In addition to these 21 research projects, 3,927 student observations and 1,763 student class projects were implemented during the current reporting period that accessed information contained in the CDL Research Database.In facilitating these research project, student observations and student class projects, the CDL Research Database project played a key role in supporting the academic activities of 6 of the Colleges on the UIUC campus (Agricultural Consumer & Environmental Sciences, Applied Health Sciences, Communication, Education, Fine and Applied Arts, and Liberal Arts and Sciences) as well as the School of Social Work.
Publications
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Progress 01/01/12 to 12/31/12
Outputs
OUTPUTS: The purpose of this project is for the ongoing implementation of the Child Development Laboratory (CDL) Research Database Project. This project is designed to facilitate an interdisciplinary, longitudinal, and programmatic research agenda at the CDL. During the current reporting period the procedures developed during the previous year for conducting baseline assessments of children enrolled in the CDL program were continued. These procedures included using the BINS and DENVER II developmental screening tools for baseline data collection, in combination with standardized data collection protocols, training procedures for classroom teachers and research teams gathering data at the CDL, mechanisms for the reciprocal exchange of data across projects being implemented at the CDL, and standardized data compilation procedures. Information from the research database was then made available to researchers collecting data with CDL children and staff for research projects. PARTICIPANTS: Project Director - Brent A. McBride, Ph.D., Professor of Human Development. Graduate Research Assistant - Colleen Gibbons, Doctoral Student, Human and Community Development. TARGET AUDIENCES: As in the previous year, the target audiences for the current year were faculty and graduate and undergraduate students on the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus that were interested in collecting research data using CDL children, their families, CDL staff and CDL classrooms as participants. The CDL website was the main mechanism used for encouraging investigators from across campus to explore the use of the CDL program as a viable site for data collection as part of their research projects. In addition, members of the CDL administrative team would work with researchers (via individual consultations) at various stages in developing their projects to explore options for data collection within the CDL program. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period.
Impacts
There are three beneficiaries of this project. First, the systematic procedures used to create this unique database of information on children's behavior across multiple developmental domains allows researchers to use this data for both historical and projective analyses that focus on child development and outcomes resulting from interactions in high quality early childhood environments. Second, the continuation of the CDL Research Database Project facilitates long-term, interdepartmental and cross-departmental faculty and student collaborations that provide opportunities for creative investigations of children's development. Finally, children and families throughout Illinois and the U.S. have benefited from the knowledge being generated through research projects being conducted as part of this project. A total of 19 research projects were conducted at the CDL during the current reporting period. Fourteen of the 19 studies accessed information from the CDL Research Database project as part of their data collection. These 19 projects represent a diverse array of disciplines (e.g., Human Development and Family Studies, Advertising, Anthropology, Landscape Architecture, Art & Design, Nutritional Sciences, Communications, Community Health, Music Education, etc.), and all focused on various aspects of children's growth and development (e.g., social/emotional development, cognitive functioning, physical growth & health, etc.). Five of the projects were investigations conducted by graduate students working under the direction of a faculty advisor, while 14 of the projects were faculty led investigations.
Publications
- McBride, B.A., Groves, M., Barbour, N., Horm, D., Stremmel, A., Lash, M., Bersani, C., Ratekin, C., Moran, J., Elicker, J. and Toussaint, S. 2012. Child development laboratory schools as generators of knowledge in early childhood education: Models and approaches. Early Education and Development, 23, 153-164.
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Progress 01/01/11 to 12/31/11
Outputs
OUTPUTS: The purpose of this project is for the ongoing implementation of the Child Development Laboratory (CDL) Research Database Project. This project is designed to facilitate an interdisciplinary, longitudinal, and programmatic research agenda at the CDL. During the current reporting period the procedures developed during the previous year for conducting baseline assessments of children enrolled in the CDL program were continued. These procedures included using the BINS and DENVER II developmental screening tools for baseline data collection, in combination with standardized data collection protocols, training procedures for classroom teachers and research teams gathering data at the CDL, mechanisms for the reciprocal exchange of data across projects being implemented at the CDL, and standardized data compilation procedures. Information from the research database was then made available to researchers collecting data with CDL children and staff for research projects. PARTICIPANTS: Project Director - Brent A. McBride, Ph.D., Professor of Human Development, Graduate Research Assistant - Colleen Gibbons, Doctoral Student, Human and Community Development. Professional Development: As a doctoral student working on the current project, Colleen Gibbons was involved in all aspects of the initiative - e.g., working with investigators conducting research at the CDL to facilitate their projects; training data collectors on appropriate protocols for data collection within the CDL environment; conducting baseline assessments on enrolled children; data management for the research database, etc. Such activities have allowed Ms. Gibbons to develop an understanding of the challenges of facilitating research within child development laboratory settings, and also how you balance the demands of providing high quality early childhood services with the demands associated with collecting data within classroom environments. TARGET AUDIENCES: The target audiences for the current year were faculty and graduate and undergraduate students on the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus that were interested in collecting research data using CDL children, their families, CDL staff and CDL classrooms as participants. The CDL website was the main mechanism used for encouraging investigators from across campus to explore the use of the CDL program as a viable site for data collection as part of their research projects. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period.
Impacts
There are three beneficiaries of this project. First, the systematic procedures used to create this unique database of information on children's behavior across multiple developmental domains allows researchers to use this data for both historical and projective analyses that focus on child development and outcomes resulting from interactions in high quality early childhood environments. Second, the continuation of the CDL Research Database Project facilitates long-term, interdepartmental and cross-departmental faculty and student collaborations that provide opportunities for creative investigations of children's development. Finally, children and families throughout Illinois and the U.S. have benefited from the knowledge being generated through research projects being conducted as part of this project. A total of 24 research projects were conducted at the CDL during the current reporting period. Twenty-one of the 24 studies accessed information from the CDL Research Database project as part of their data collection. These 24 projects represent a diverse array of disciplines (e.g., Human Development and Family Studies; Nutritional Sciences; Communications; Community Health; Music Education; etc.), and all focused on various aspects of children's growth and development (e.g., social/emotional development, cognitive functioning, physical growth & health, etc.). Nine of the projects were investigations conducted by graduate students working under the direction of a faculty advisor, while 15 of the projects were faculty led investigations. In addition, one of the projects involved a research team from a private sector research laboratory collaborating with a UIUC Nutritional Sciences doctoral student. The CDL website was the main mechanism used for encouraging investigators from across campus to explore the use of the CDL program as a viable site for data collection as part of their research projects. In addition, members of the CDL administrative team would work with researchers (via individual consultations) at various stages in developing their projects to explore options for data collection within the CDL program.
Publications
- No publications reported this period
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Progress 10/01/06 to 09/30/10
Outputs
OUTPUTS: The Child Development Laboratory (CDL) Research Database Project was created to facilitate research being conducted at the CDL program in the areas of child development, early childhood education and parent-child relationships. Targets for this project were investigators from a variety of disciplines on the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign campus that use the CDL . Using the BINS and DENVER II developmental screening tools for baseline data collection, in combination with standardized data collection protocols, training procedures for classroom teachers and research teams gathering data at the CDL, mechanisms for the reciprocal exchange of data across projects being implemented at the CDL, and standardized data compilation procedures, the initiative has been instrumental in facilitating a total of 77 research studies over the duration of this project. In addition, a total of 64 undergraduate students received training and direct experience over the duration of the project via their participation in the CDL Research Database initiative in collecting, compiling and analyzing empirical data on children's development as part of the baseline assessments. The models developed as part of this project provided a framework for 2 national conference presentations that focused on how laboratory schools can become more integral to the research missions on their college and university campuses. These two conference presentations resulted in the project PI being approached to provide consulting services for 5 child development laboratory programs at Land-Grant Universities across the U.S. that were striving to transform their research missions, and revitalize their efforts. This model also served as the foundation for a manuscript recently accepted for publication that presents a framework for how laboratory schools can be instrumental in the generation of new knowledge in the child development and early childhood education fields. Finally, materials and procedures developed as part of the CDL Research Database Project have been included in the "researchers" information section of the CDL website in order to facilitate researchers using the program . PARTICIPANTS: A total of 77 research studies were conducted over the duration of the project that accessed information and resources in the CDL Research Database project. Investigative teams for these studies came from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds (e.g., Human Development and Family Studies; Curriculum and Instruction, Special Education; Community Health; Kinesiology; Landscape Architecture; Speech and Hearing Sciences; Communications; Music Education; Nutritional Sciences; Educational Psychology; etc.). In addition, a total of 64 undergraduate students received training and direct experience over the duration of the project via their participation in the CDL Research Database initiative in collecting, compiling and analyzing empirical data on children's development as part of the baseline assessments. Sixty-one of these students were Human Development and Family Studies majors, while individual students from Psychology, Educational Psychology and Community Health also participated in the project. TARGET AUDIENCES: There were two primary audiences targeted by the CDL Research Database Project. First, activities implemented as part of this project were targeted at facilitating research efforts of faculty and student investigators from a variety of disciplines on the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign (UIUC) campus. Second, the CDL Research Database Project was designed to provide undergraduate students on the UIUC campus with direct experience in facilitating and managing data collection and baseline assessments of children as part of a research endeavor. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period.
Impacts
The primary outcome of this project has been the research being generated by investigators that have accessed the CDL program and the CDL Research Database Project. The intent of the CDL Research Database Project is to facilitate interdepartmental and cross-departmental investigations of children's development. The infrastructure supports created as part of the project have been instrumental in the generation of new knowledge across a wide variety of disciplines - e.g., Human Development and Family Studies; Curriculum and Instruction, Special Education; Community Health; Kinesiology; Landscape Architecture; Speech and Hearing Sciences; Communications; Music Education; Nutritional Sciences; Educational Psychology; etc. In accessing information from the CDL Research Database, investigators have been able to broaden the scope of their data collection procedures, and enhance the type and quality of data they were able to gather. A secondary outcome of this project has been the increased understanding and appreciation of the research process that undergraduate students have been able to develop as a result of working with the baseline assessments conducted as part of the CDL Research Database project. These students developed a working understanding of the strengths and limitations of standardized assessments with young children, as well as competencies in how to use such tools when screening children. Such skills and understanding will serve them well as they begin careers providing support services to children and families. Finally, children and families throughout Illinois and the U.S. have benefited from the knowledge being generated through research projects being conducted as part of this project.
Publications
- McBride, B.A., Groves, M. and Barbour, N. 2011. Child development laboratory schools as generators of knowledge in early childhood education: Models and approaches. Early Education and Development.
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Progress 01/01/09 to 12/31/09
Outputs
OUTPUTS: The purpose of this project is for the ongoing implementation of the Child Development Laboratory (CDL) Research Database Project. This project is designed to facilitate an interdisciplinary, longitudinal, and programmatic research agenda at the CDL. During the current reporting period the procedures developed during the previous year for conducting baseline assessments of children enrolled in the CDL program was continued. Information from the research database was then made available to researchers collecting data with CDL children and staff for research projects. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 20 research projects were conducted at the CDL during the current reporting period. Eighteen of the 20 studies accessed information from the CDL Research Database project as part of their data collection. These 20 projects represent a diverse array of disciplines (e.g., Human Development and Family Studies; Curriculum & Instruction, Special Education; Community Health; Landscape Architecture; Speech and Hearing Sciences; Communications; Music Education; etc.), and all focused on various aspects of children's growth and development (e.g., social/emotional development, cognitive functioning, physical growth & health, etc.). Five of the projects were investigations conducted by graduate students working under the direction of a faculty advisor, while 13 of the projects were faculty led investigations and 2 were research studies conducted by undergraduate students. TARGET AUDIENCES: As in the previous year, the target audiences for the current year were faculty and graduate and undergraduate students on the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus that were interested in collecting research data using CDL children, their families, CDL staff and CDL classrooms as participants.. The CDL website was the main mechanism used for encouraging investigators from across campus to explore the use of the CDL program as a viable site for data collection as part of their research projects. In addition, members of the CDL administrative team would work with researchers (via individual consultations) at various stages in developing their projects to explore options for data collection within the CDL program. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period.
Impacts
There are three beneficiaries of this project. First, the systematic procedures used to create this unique database of information on children's behavior across multiple developmental domains allows researchers to use this data for both historical and projective analyses that focus on child development and outcomes resulting from interactions in high quality early childhood environments. Second, the continuation of the CDL Research Database Project facilitates long-term, interdepartmental and cross-departmental faculty and student collaborations that provide opportunities for creative investigations of children's development. Finally, children and families throughout Illinois and the U.S. have benefited from the knowledge being generated through research projects being conducted as part of this project.
Publications
- McBride, B.A. (2009). "Meeting the challenges of lab school functions within the context of campus child care." Paper presented at the National Association for the Education of Young Children Annual Meeting.
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Progress 01/01/08 to 12/31/08
Outputs
OUTPUTS: The purpose of this project is for the ongoing implementation of the Child Development Laboratory (CDL) Research Database Project. This project is designed to facilitate an interdisciplinary, longitudinal, and programmatic research agenda at the CDL. During the current reporting period the procedures developed during the previous year for conducting baseline assessments of children enrolled in the CDL program were continued. Additional measures of cognitive functioning were added to this protocol for older children. Information from the research database was then made available to researchers collecting data with CDL children and staff for research projects PARTICIPANTS: A total of 16 research projects were conducted at the CDL during the current reporting period. Fourteen of the 16 studies accessed information from the CDL Research Database project as part of their data collection. These 16 projects represent a diverse array of disciplines (e.g., Human Development and Family Studies, Curriculum and Instruction, Community Health, Architecture, Music Education, Advertising, etc.), and all focused on various aspects of children's growth and development (e.g., social/emotional development, cognitive functioning, physical growth and health, etc.). Seven of the projects were investigations conducted by graduate students working under the direction of a faculty advisor, while nine of the projects were faculty led investigations. TARGET AUDIENCES: The target audience for the current year were faculty and graduate students on the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus that were interested in collecting research data using CDL children, their families, CDL staff, and CDL classrooms as participants. The CDL website was revised during the current reporting period to include more detailed information for investigators on how to take advantage of the CDL as a potential research performance site, as well as how the resources at the CDL (including the Research Database project) can be used to enhance their work. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period.
Impacts
There are three beneficiaries of this project. First, the systematic procedures used to create this unique database of information on children's behavior across multiple developmental domains allows researchers to use this data for both historical and projective analyses that focus on child development and outcomes resulting from interactions in high quality early childhood environments. Second, the continuation of the CDL Research Database Project facilitates long-term, interdepartmental and cross-departmental faculty and student collaborations that provide opportunities for creative investigations of children's development. Finally, children and families throughout Illinois and the U.S. have benefited from the knowledge being generated through research projects being conducted as part of this project.
Publications
- No publications reported this period
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Progress 01/01/07 to 12/31/07
Outputs
OUTPUTS: The purpose of this project is for the expansion of the Child Development Laboratory (CDL) Research Database Project. This project is designed to facilitate an interdisciplinary, longitudinal, and programmatic research agenda at the CDL. During the initial year of the project newly created baseline assessment procedures were developed for assessing cognitive and socioemotional developmental domains of children enrolled in the CDL program. The CDL Research Database was revised to take into account the new focus of these baseline assessment protocols. This information has then been made available to researchers collecting data with CDL children and staff for research projects.
PARTICIPANTS: At total of 18 research projects were conducted at the CDL during the current reporting period. All 18 of these projects accessed information from the CDL Research Database Project as part of the data collection project. A wide variety of disciplines were represented in these 18 projects, including Human Development and Family Studies, Special Education, Psychology, Educational Policy Studies, Educational Psychology, Kinesiology and Community Health, Architecture, and Food Science and Human Nutrition. Eight of these projects were investigations being conducted by graduate students, while 10 were faculty led investigations. Complete information on these projects can be found in the CDL Annual Report located at http://cdl.uiuc.edu.
TARGET AUDIENCES: The target audience for the current year were faculty and graduate students on the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus that were interested in collecting research data using CDL children, their families, CDL staff and CDL classrooms as participants. A series of outreach efforts were implemented during the current reporting period to make investigators aware of the research opportunities available at the CDL via the Research Database Project (e.g., web site information; open house, etc.).
Impacts
There are three beneficiaries of this project. First, the systematic procedures used to create this unique database of information on children's behavior across multiple developmental domains allows researchers to use this data for both historical and projective analyses that focus on child development and outcomes resulting from interactions in high quality early childhood environments. Second, the continuation of the CDL Research Database Project facilitates long-term, interdepartmental and cross-departmental faculty and student collaborations that provide opportunities for creative investigations of children's development. Finally, children and families throughout Illinois and the U.S. have benefited from the knowledge being generated through research projects being conducted as part of this project.
Publications
- No publications reported this period
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