Progress 12/21/15 to 09/30/20
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 implemented and emerging as a result of the CDL Research Database project. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?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 the CDL 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; etc.). Finally, children and families throughout Illinois and the U.S. have benefited from the knowledge being generated through research and teaching projects being conducted as part of this project and being disseminated in several formats (e.g., journal publications; technical reports; press releases; conference presentations; course assignments; etc.). How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Children and families throughout Illinois and the U.S. have benefited from the knowledge being generated through research and teaching projects being conducted as part of this project and being disseminated in several formats (e.g., journal publications; technical reports; press releases; conference presentations; course assignments; etc.). 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 primary outcome of this project has been the research and teaching initiatives being generated by investigators and instructors on the UIUC campus 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 and explorations 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 and instructors have been able to broaden the scope of their data collection procedures, and enhance the type and quality of learning experiences they were able to provide UIUC students.Over the life of the project a total of 74 research projects, 18,092 student observations and 8,010 student class projects were implemented at the CDL and benefited from the supports and data provided by the CDL Research Database project.
Publications
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Progress 10/01/18 to 09/30/19
Outputs
Target Audience:The target audiences for this project during the current reporting period were faculty and graduate and undergraduate students on the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) campus that were interested in collecting research data using CDL children, their families, CDL staff and CDL classrooms as participants.The CDL website and CDL Research Database were the main mechanisms 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. A revised version of the WebTools form created through the UIUC Office of Public Affairs played a key role in encouraging new collaborations between campus researchers and members of the CDL administrative team. Additionally, the CDL Director and the doctoral student assigned to this project worked with researchers (via individual consultations and group meetings) at various stages in developing their projects to explore options for data collection within the CDL program. The CDL Director and graduate student working with the project also conducted a series of focus groups with faculty from different departments on the UIUC campus to gain insight on how the CDL Research Database could be restructured to encourage a broader range of data collection projects being conducted at the CDL. Finally, continued emphasis was placed on exploring ways in which the CDL Research Database could be used with instructors to support educational activities at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?One PhD level graduate student has provided suppport for activities being implemented with the CDL Research Database Project, and is using this experience to extend her professional preparation for working with similar types of laboratory schools once she completes her degree. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Three presentations of a seminar titled "University-Based Child Development Laboratory Schools: A Vision for the Future" were presented at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Kansas State University, and the University of Nebraska - Kearney. The purpose of these seminars was to begin a conversation and planning process among faculty and staff associated with the respective laboratory schools on how to better situate their programs in the teaching and research activities of faculty and students on their campuses. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?Plans call for the continued use of the CDL Research Database project to expand the ways in which the CDL can become more fully integrated in the teaching and research activities on the University of Illinois campus.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
There are four beneficiaries of this project during the current reporting period. First, the systematic procedures used to create this unique database of information on children's behavior across multiple developmental domains continues to allow researchers and instructors 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. Information included in the database allows these projects to assume a multi-disciplinary perspective on developmental phenomena of interest to the research teams. Second, the CDL Research Database Project is designed to encourage and facilitate long-term, interdepartmental and cross-departmental faculty and student collaborations that provide opportunities for creative investigations of children's development. Third, UIUC undergraduate and graduate students have opportunities for enhanced learning experiences as they draw on information contained in the CDL Research Database to support class activities designed to demonstrate the connections between theory, research and practice. 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 14 research projects were conducted at the CDL during the current reporting period. Thirteen of the 14 studies accessed information from the CDL Research Database project as part of their data collection. These 14 projects represent a diverse array of disciplines (computer science, speech and hearing sciences, human development and family studies, nutritional sciences, advertising, marketing, psychology), and all focused on various aspects of children's growth and development (e.g., social/emotional development, cognitive functioning, physical growth andhealth).Four of the projects were investigations conducted by graduate students working under the direction of a faculty advisor, while 1 of the projects was a faculty-led investigation. In addition to the research supported, the CDL Research Database also played an integral role in facilitating teaching activities taking place with the program. During the current reporting period a total of 3,273 student observations in support of 29 different courses, 1,308 student class projects in support of 24 different courses, and 51 student internship placements took place at the CDL. Instructors for these different course experiences accessed information from the CDL Research Database to provide background and demographic information on enrolled children that informed and guided the experiences of the UIUC students.
Publications
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Book Chapters
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2019
Citation:
McBride, B.A. and Fisher, M.C. 2019. Academics vs. Service in Child Development Laboratory Schools: Complimentary and Competing Pressures. In O. Saracho (Ed.), Contemporary Perspectives on Research on Child Development Laboratory Schools in Early Childhood Education (pp. 63-77). New York: Information Age Publishing.
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Book Chapters
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2019
Citation:
McBride, B.A. and Fisher, M.C. 2019. Developing Early Childhood Professionals in Laboratory Schools. In C. Brown, M. McMullen and N. File (Eds.), Handbook of Early Childhood Care and Education (pp. 449-464). New York: Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119148104.ch20.
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Progress 10/01/17 to 09/30/18
Outputs
Target Audience:The target audiences for this project during the current reporting period were faculty and graduate and undergraduate students on the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)campus that were interested in collecting research data using CDL children, their families, CDL staff and CDL classrooms as participants. The CDL website and CDL Research Database were the main mechanisms 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. A WebTools form created through the UIUC Office of Public Affairs was also instrumental in facilitating initial interactions between campus researchers and members of the CDL administrative team. Additionally, members of the CDL administrative team worked with researchers (via individual consultations) at various stages in developing their projects to explore options for data collection within the CDL program. Finally, the CDL Research Database was made available to UIUC instructors wishing to access the CDL program to support educational activities for both undergraduate and graduate students. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?
Nothing Reported
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?
There are four beneficiaries of this project during the current reporting period. First, the systematic procedures used to create this unique database of information on children's behavior across multiple developmental domains allows researchers and instructors 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. Third, UIUC undergraduate and graduate students have opportunities for enhanced learning experiences as they draw on information contained in the CDL Research Database to support class activities designed to demonstrate the connections between theory, research and practice. 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 18 research projects were conducted at the CDL during the current reporting period.Twelve of the 16 studies accessed information from the CDL Research Database project as part of their data collection. These 18 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 and health, etc.). Four 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. In addition to the research supported, the CDL Research Database also played an integral role in facilitating teaching activities taking place with the program. During the current reporting period a total of 3,562 student observations in support of 33 different courses, 1,835 student class projects in support of 23 different courses, and 54 student internship placements took place at the CDL. Instructors for these different course experiences accessed information from the CDL Research Database to provide background and demographic information on enrolled children that informed and guided the experiences of the UIUC students.
Publications
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Progress 10/01/16 to 09/30/17
Outputs
Target Audience:The target audiences for this project during the current reporting period were faculty and graduate and undergraduate students on the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) 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 worked with researchers (via individual consultations) at various stages in developing their projects to explore options for data collection within the CDL program. Additionally, the CDL Research Database was also revised so as to make it more appropriate for use by UIUC instructors wishing to access the CDL program to support educational activities for both undergraduate and graduate students. 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 is 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 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?In addition to the book chapters listed, a presentation was made to the 2017 National Association for the Education of Young Children Professional Learning Institute, San Francisco, CA. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?Plans call for the continued implementation of the procedures developed for the CDL Research Database project into the next reporting period. Doing so will allow the CDL program to expand the ways in which it supports the generation of new knowledge via research and teaching activities on the UIUC campus.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
There are four beneficiaries of this project during the current reporting period.First, the systematic procedures used to create this unique database of information on children's behavior across multiple developmental domains allows researchers and instructors 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. Third, UIUC undergraduate and graduate students have opportunities for enhanced learning experiences as they draw on information contained in the CDL Research Database to support class activities designed to demonstrate the connections between theory, research and practice. 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 16 research projects were conducted at the CDL during the current reporting period. Twelve 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, Advertising, Anthropology, Landscape Architecture, Art andDesign, 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.).Four 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 the research supported, the CDL Research Database also played an integral role in facilitating teaching activities taking place with the program. During the current reporting period a total of 4,187 student observations in support of 28 different courses, 1,272 student class projects in support of 19 different courses, and 77 student internship placements took place at the CDL. Instructors for these different course experiences accessed information from the CDL Research Database to provide background and demographic information on enrolled children that informed and guided the experiences of the UIUC students.
Publications
- Type:
Books
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2017
Citation:
Barbour, N.B. and McBride, B.A. 2017. The future of child development laboratory schools: Applied developmental science in action. New York: Taylor & Francis.
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Book Chapters
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2017
Citation:
McBride, B.A. 2017. Data and infrastructure supports: Critical components for the creation of a laboratory school consortium. In: N. Barbour and B. McBride (Eds.). The future of child development laboratory schools: Applied developmental science in action (pp. 5 21). New York: Taylor & Francis.
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Book Chapters
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2018
Citation:
McBride, B.A. and Fisher, M.C. 2018. Developing early childhood professionals in laboratory schools. In: N. File, C. Brown and M. McMullen (Eds.), Handbook of early childhood care and education. New York: Wiley (In Press).
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Progress 12/21/15 to 09/30/16
Outputs
Target Audience:The target audience for this project consists of three groups. First, researchers (i.e., faculty and student researchers) using the CDL program for data collection are provided access to information within the CDL Research Database for use in their individual studies. These researchers are alsoasked to share data from their projects to include in the CDL Research Database for access and use by other investigators working with the CDL (reciprocal exchange of data). Second, instructors on the University of Illinois campus using the CDL program to support undergraduate and graduate instructional activities have access to data in the CDL Research Database to inform and guide targeted learning experiences created for students. Finally, the third target audience for the project is the broader child development and early childhood education communities. The CDL Research Database project will play a central role in the generation of new knowledge (broadly defined) thAT can inform both policy and practice within the child development and early childhood education fields. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?A total of 3,673 student observations were conducted at the CDL during the current reporting period. Additionally, a total of 1,880 student class projects and 36 student student internship placements were completed during the reporting period. The majority of these student observations, student class projects, and student internship placements involved accessing various types of information from the CDL research database. Such activities are instrumental for facilitating the professional development of these undergraduate and graduate students. 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 following four goals will guide activities during the next reporting period: 1. Facilitate an increase in the types of investigator contributed variables included in the CDL Research Database; 2. Increase the use of the CDL Research Database by graduate and undergraduate student researchers; 3. Increase the number of publications generated by investigators access the CDL Research Database project; and 4. Increase the use of the CDL Research Database by faculty in support of instructional activities. Several outreach and communication activities to the University community will be used to facilitate these goals.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
A total of 19 research projects were conducted at the CDL during the current reporting period. Sixteen 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 (such asHuman Development and Family Studies, Advertising, Psychology, Art & Design, Nutritional Sciences, Communications, Community Health, and Music Education) and all focused on various aspects of children's growth and development (social/emotional development, cognitive functioning, and physical growth and health). Nine of the projects were investigations conducted by graduate students working under the direction of a faculty advisor, while 10 of the projects were faculty-led investigations. 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.
Publications
- Type:
Books
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2017
Citation:
Barbour, N.E. and McBride, B.A. 2017. The future of child development lab schools: Applied developmental science in action. New York: Routledge.
- Type:
Book Chapters
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2017
Citation:
McBride, B.A. 2017. Data and infrastructure supports: Critical components for the future of child development laboratory schools. In: N. Barbour and B. McBride (Eds.) The future of child development lab schools: Applied developmental science in action (pp. 5 - 22). New York: Routledge.
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