September 2018

This month's ELN Focus provides insights on Early Learning Ohio, a research program led by our team at Ohio State University. Discover how their work contributes to the network's collective goal to advance our understanding of policies and practices that help narrow the achievement gap and maintain early learning success as children transition from preschool to third grade.

Ohio State University

Project update: Ohio State University - Early Learning... The Early Learning Network's research team at Ohio State University is conducting three interconnected research studies as part of the project, Early Learning Ohio (ELO): Critical Contributions of Classroom Ecology to Children's Learning. ELO... Read more earlylearningnetwork.unl.edu

Q&A with Tzu-Jung Lin

Tzu-Jung Lin, Ph.D. Co-Principal Investigator, OSU team Associate Professor of Educational Psychology Department of Educational Studies Faculty Associate, Crane Center for Early Childhood Research and Policy, Ohio State University Ohio State University's Tzu-Jung Lin shares her perspective on the Early Learning Network’s research program in Ohio, including exciting research questions around peer experiences. She is particularly focused on increasing our understanding of how social connections in the classroom affect children’s learning and ongoing academic success. Read the full Q&A.

" Ohio State University’s Early Learning Ohio research program places an emphasis on students’ social and learning experiences with peers — a major dimension of classroom ecology that can have long-lasting impacts on students’ academic life and psychological well-being ." — Tzu-Jung Lin, Ph.D.

OSU research program setting

Ohio State University is conducting research studies in two school districts in Ohio. The OSU team is working to identify specific education practices and policies that promote development for all children, with a particular focus on examining how friendships formed in the classroom influence children’s learning and development. Below is a snapshot of the sample demographics.

Establishing Healthy Parent-Teacher Relationships for... By Susan M. Sheridan, Ph.D. Principal Investigator, Early Learning Network Lead Director, Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families & Schools, University of Nebraska-Lincoln It's inevitable. Labor Day marks the transition between... Read more earlylearningnetwork.unl.edu

The Early Learning Network, funded by the Institute of Education Sciences , leverages its expertise, resources and geographic diversity to help close the achievement gap and maintain early learning success as children transition from preschool to third grade. Together, network researchers from universities and organizations across the U.S. are examining current policies and practices, identifying malleable factors associated with early learning and achievement and developing tools to assess early learning instruction, interactions and environments. Learn more at earlylearningnetwork.unl.edu.

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