Caitlin F Spear
Biographic Data
| ID | 2566253 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Caitlin F Spear |
| GIVEN NAMES | Caitlin F |
| FAMILY NAME | Spear |
| SIGNATURE | SPEAR C F |
| AFFILIATIONS | The Ohio State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6565-3673 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
A community‐partnered process for construct & measure development: The 3Rs: Reading, Racial equity, & Relationships
This paper describes a 3‐year community–partnered research initiative focused on advancing early reading, racial equity, and relationships—collectively known as the 3Rs Initiative. The project brought together researchers and community members committed to ensuring that all adults in the county embody a shared “3Rs mindset” to better support literacy development for children in kindergarten through third grade. In Study 1, researchers and communi…
At-scale, state-sponsored language and literacy professional development: Impacts on early childhood classroom practices and children’s outcomes
Professional development (PD) is a potentially important mechanism for enhancing classroom practices and children’s learning. In this large-scale randomized controlled trial, we examined the effectiveness of language and literacy PD, with and without coaching, offered at scale to early childhood educators (n = 546) across 1 state. Relative to the comparison condition, PD with coaching showed a small impact on the quantity of phonological awarenes…
Early Childhood General and Special Educators: An Examination of Similarities and Differences in Beliefs, Knowledge, and Practice
In this study, we provide a contemporary examination of the similarities and differences between early childhood general educators (ECEs) and early childhood special educators (ECSEs) within a theoretically driven model that accounted for the associations of beliefs and knowledge with practice. We used structural equation modeling to examine the associations among these multifaceted constructs, controlling for background characteristics, for 147 …
Early childhood educators' knowledge, beliefs, education, experiences, and children's language- and literacy-learning opportunities: What is the connection
Early childhood educators' knowledge, beliefs, education, experiences, and children's language- and literacy-learning opportunities: What is the connection
Early Childhood General and Special Educators: An Examination of Similarities and Differences in Beliefs, Knowledge, and Practice
In this study, we provide a contemporary examination of the similarities and differences between early childhood general educators (ECEs) and early childhood special educators (ECSEs) within a theoretically driven model that accounted for the associations of beliefs and knowledge with practice. We used structural equation modeling to examine the associations among these multifaceted constructs, controlling for background characteristics, for 147 …
Early childhood educators' knowledge, beliefs, education, experiences, and children's language- and literacy-learning opportunities: What is the connection
Early Childhood General and Special Educators: An Examination of Similarities and Differences in Beliefs, Knowledge, and Practice
In this study, we provide a contemporary examination of the similarities and differences between early childhood general educators (ECEs) and early childhood special educators (ECSEs) within a theoretically driven model that accounted for the associations of beliefs and knowledge with practice. We used structural equation modeling to examine the associations among these multifaceted constructs, controlling for background characteristics, for 147 …
At-scale, state-sponsored language and literacy professional development: Impacts on early childhood classroom practices and children’s outcomes
Professional development (PD) is a potentially important mechanism for enhancing classroom practices and children’s learning. In this large-scale randomized controlled trial, we examined the effectiveness of language and literacy PD, with and without coaching, offered at scale to early childhood educators (n = 546) across 1 state. Relative to the comparison condition, PD with coaching showed a small impact on the quantity of phonological awarenes…
A community‐partnered process for construct & measure development: The 3Rs: Reading, Racial equity, & Relationships
This paper describes a 3‐year community–partnered research initiative focused on advancing early reading, racial equity, and relationships—collectively known as the 3Rs Initiative. The project brought together researchers and community members committed to ensuring that all adults in the county embody a shared “3Rs mindset” to better support literacy development for children in kindergarten through third grade. In Study 1, researchers and communi…
Early Childhood Education and Development (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works) · Early childhood (3 works) · Mathematics education (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Early childhood education (2 works) · Educational and Psychological Assessments (2 works) · Literacy (2 works)