Bleiker, Charles Graduate Faculty
- Associate Professor, Teaching and Learning , College of Arts, Sciences & Education
Overview
overview
- Charles Bleiker has been an early childhood educator for over 30 years. He began his career as a preschool teacher, and after graduate school, he began teaching at the University of New Mexico. He has been at FIU since 2001, working to prepare teachers and improve early childhood education in Miami.
Publications
selected scholarly works & creative activities
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Article
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2022How profiles of school readiness relate to grade 3 performance among low-income ethnically- and linguistically-diverse children. Applied Developmental Science. 26:267-289.Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/10888691.2020.1781633 Web of Science: 000549502700001
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2021School readiness skills at age four predict academic achievement through 5th grade. Early Childhood Research Quarterly. 57:110-120.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2021.05.006 Web of Science: 000689520000010
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2019Preschool Literacy Intervention for Low-Income, Ethnically Diverse Children: Effects of the Early Authors Program Through Kindergarten. Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk. 24:132-153.Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/10824669.2019.1594818 Web of Science: 000470065100002
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2017Preschool writing and premathematics predict Grade 3 achievement for low-income, ethnically diverse children. The Journal of educational research (Washington, D.C.). 110:528-537.Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/00220671.2016.1145095 Web of Science: 000401521900008
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2012Child, Family, and Childcare Predictors of Delayed School Entry and Kindergarten Retention Among Linguistically and Ethnically Diverse Children. Developmental Psychology. 48:1299-1314.Full Text via DOI: 10.1037/a0026985 Web of Science: 000307935600010
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2008"Read My Story!" Using the Early Authors Program to Promote Early Literacy Among Diverse, Urban Preschool Children in Poverty. Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk. 13:76-105.Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/10824660701860458 Web of Science: 000409803900004
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2008School readiness gains made by ethnically diverse children in poverty attending center-based childcare and public school pre-kindergarten programs. Early Childhood Research Quarterly. 23:314-329.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2008.02.003 Web of Science: 000259730400002
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2006Identity Texts and Literacy Development among Preschool English Language Learners: Enhancing Learning Opportunities for Children at Risk for Learning Disabilities. Teachers College Record. 108:2380-2405.Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/016146810610801104
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1999Toddler friendship? The case of Hiro and John. YC: Young Children. 54:18-23.Web of Science: 000083687000004
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1999The Development of Self through Art: A Case for Early Art Education. Art Education. 52:48-53.Full Text via DOI: 10.2307/3193804
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1998Teaching young children: An analysis of the art studio method of instruction. Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education. 19:235-243.Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/0163638980190307
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1996Central spatial structures and their development. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development. 61:103-130.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5834.1996.tb00539.x Web of Science: A1996UM30900005
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1996Cross-cultural investigations. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development. 61:131-155.Web of Science: A1996UM30900006
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1996Exploring the macrostructure of children's central conceptual structures in the domains of number and narrative. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development. 61:59-82.Web of Science: A1996UM30900003
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1996The role of central conceptual structures in the development of children's thought. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development. 61.Full Text via DOI: 10.2307/1166077
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1987A 4-STATE EEPROM USING FLOATING-GATE MEMORY CELLS. IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits. 22:460-463.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.1987.1052751 Web of Science: A1987H276300026
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Differential Third-Grade Outcomes Associated With Attending Publicly Funded Preschool Programs for Low-Income Latino Children. Child Development. 88:1743-1756.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12663 Web of Science: 000409182100029
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Book
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Conference
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2006Identity texts and literacy development among preschool English language learners: Enhancing learning opportunities for children at risk for learning disabilities. Teachers College Record. 2380-2405.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9620.2006.00786.x Web of Science: 000241390400009
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Research
principal investigator on
- Kellogg / SPARK Childhood Evaluation Initiative awarded by Early Childhood Initiative Foundation 2007 - 2008
- Early Reading First - LEARN. awarded by Early Learning Coalition of Dade/Monroe 2007 - 2008
co-principal investigator on
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Grant
- Long Term Follow-Up of School Success awarded by Children's Trust 2009 - 2010
- Long-Term Follow-up of School Success. awarded by Children's Trust 2008 - 2009
- Long-Term Follow-up of School Success in Grades 3 through 5 for Children Attending Different Childhood Programs in Miami-Dade. awarded by Children's Trust 2007 - 2008
- Educating Mothers and Babies in Early Readiness Skills III. awarded by U.S. Department of Education 2005 - 2006
Contact
full name
- Charles Bleiker
