Margaret Burchinal

Margaret R. Burchinal (born June 16, 1951 in Columbus, Ohio)[1] is a quantitative psychologist and statistician known for her research on child care.[2] She is Senior Research Scientist and Director of the Data Management and Analysis Center of the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Margaret Burchinal
Born (1951-06-16) June 16, 1951
Columbus, Ohio
OccupationQuantitative psychologist
Academic background
Alma materIowa State University; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Burchinal was lead editor of the Society for Research in Child Development monograph Quality Thresholds, Features, and Dosage in Early Care and Education: Secondary Data Analyses of Child Outcomes[3] and co-editor of the monograph Best Practices in Quantitative Methods for Developmentalists.[4]

Biography

Burchinal graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor's degree in psychology from Iowa State University in 1976.[5] She subsequently attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNCH), in which she graduated with a master's degree in special education in 1978.[5] Her master's thesis was titled The Contingent Relationship of Mother and Infant Behaviors in Dyadic Interactions.

Burchinal obtained her PhD in Quantitative Psychology at UNCH in 1986. Her dissertation, titled Methods for Estimating Individual Developmental Functions[5] was conducted under the supervision of Mark Appelbaum.[6] This study developed growth curve statistical models to estimate individual differences in speech development in longitudinal research designs. Prior to joining the faculty of the University of North Carolina, Burchinal was Professor of Education at the University of California, Irvine.[5] Her research has been supported through grants and awards from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and Mathematica Policy Research Inc.[7]

Research

Burchinal's research program has investigated the impact of high quality of childhood education on children's language and cognitive development.[8] She served as an investigator on the Abecedarian Early Intervention Project, a controlled experiment that established the benefits of early childhood education for children growing up in poverty.[9] This study enrolled over 100 predominantly African-American children born to low income families between 1972 and 1977. Infants were randomly assigned an early education group, which received an educational intervention in a childcare setting up to age five years, or to a control group. The educational intervention used games to encourage social, emotional, and cognitive areas of development with an emphasis on language skills. Follow up studies on the children's progress at ages 12, 15, 21, and 30 years indicated long lasting benefits of early childhood education.[10][11]

Burchinal has collaborated with NICHD Early Child Care Research Network on studies of the long-term effects of early child care on children's functioning from ages 4 to 12 years old.[12] This study determined that higher quality child care from infancy to school entry was associated with higher vocabulary scores through age 12. Additionally, they found that greater exposure to center-based child care was associated with increased rates of teacher-reported externalizing behavior. Another study using this data set focused on the Black-White achievement gap observed among low income children in the United States, and found group differences to be largely explained by family, child care, and school experiences.[13]

Burchinal and her colleagues have studied the impact of teachers' relationships with their students and the role of instructional scaffolding in supporting children's learning and development.[14] Their research has shown how high quality relationships between preschool teachers and their students have beneficial effects on the children's academic and social skills.

Representative publications
  • Burchinal, M. R.; Cryer, D. (2003). "Diversity, child care quality, and developmental outcomes". Early Childhood Research Quarterly. 18 (4): 401–426. doi:10.1016/j.ecresq.2003.09.003.
  • Burchinal, M. R.; Cryer, D.; Clifford, R. M.; Howes, C. (2002). "Caregiver training and classroom quality in child care centers". Applied Developmental Science. 6 (1): 2–11. doi:10.1207/s1532480xads0601_01.
  • Burchinal, M.; Howes, C.; Pianta, R.; Bryant, D.; Early, D.; Clifford, R.; Barbarin, O. (2008). "Predicting child outcomes at the end of kindergarten from the quality of pre-kindergarten teacher–child Interactions and Instruction". Applied Developmental Science. 12 (3): 140–153. doi:10.1080/10888690802199418.
  • Burchinal, M. R.; Peisner-Feinberg, E.; Pianta, R.; Howes, C. (2002). "Development of academic skills from preschool through second grade: Family and classroom predictors of developmental trajectories". Journal of School Psychology. 40 (5): 415–436. doi:10.1016/s0022-4405(02)00107-3.
  • Burchinal, M. R.; Ramey, S. L.; Reid, M. K.; Jaccard, J. (1995). "Early child care experiences and their association with family and child characteristics during middle childhood". Early Childhood Research Quarterly. 10 (1): 33–61. doi:10.1016/0885-2006(95)90025-x.
  • Burchinal, M. R.; Roberts, J. E.; Rhodus Riggins, J.; Zeisel, S. A.; Neebe, E.; Bryant, D. (2000). "Relating quality of center‐based child care to early cognitive and language development longitudinally". Child Development. 71 (2): 339–357. doi:10.1111/1467-8624.00149.

References
  1. "Margaret R. Burchinal | FPG Child Development Institute". fpg.unc.edu. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
  2. "Intentional Teaching Makes the Biggest Impact on Early Childhood Outcomes | FPG Child Development Institute". fpg.unc.edu. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
  3. Burchinal, M., Zaslow, M., & Tarullo, L. (Eds). (2016). "Quality Thresholds, Features, and Dosage in Early Care and Education: Secondary Data Analyses of Child Outcomes; Edited by Margaret Burchinal, Martha Zaslow, and Louisa Tarullo: Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development : Vol 81 , No 2". Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development. 81 (2). doi:10.1111/mono.v81.2. ISSN 0037-976X.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. McCartney, Kathleen; Burchinal, Margaret R.; Bub, Kristen L. (2006). "Best Practices in Quantitative Methods for Developmentalists". Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development. 71 (3): i–145. ISSN 0037-976X. JSTOR 4121953.
  5. "Margaret R. Burchinal | FPG Child Development Institute". fpg.unc.edu. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
  6. Burchinal, Margaret; Appelbaum, Mark I. (1991). "Estimating Individual Developmental Functions: Methods and Their Assumptions". Child Development. 62 (1): 23. doi:10.2307/1130702. JSTOR 1130702.
  7. Burchinal, Margaret (2018). "Measuring Early Care and Education Quality". Child Development Perspectives. 12 (1): 3–9. doi:10.1111/cdep.12260.
  8. Burchinal, Margaret R.; Roberts, Joanne E.; Nabors, Laura A.; Bryant, Donna M. (1996). "Quality of Center Child Care and Infant Cognitive and Language Development". Child Development. 67 (2): 606–20. doi:10.2307/1131835. JSTOR 1131835. PMID 8625731.
  9. "Abecedarian Project | FPG Child Development Institute". fpg.unc.edu. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
  10. Campbell, Frances A.; Wasik, Barbara H.; Pungello, Elizabeth; Burchinal, Margaret; Barbarin, Oscar; Kainz, Kirsten; Sparling, Joseph J.; Ramey, Craig T. (2008). "Young adult outcomes of the Abecedarian and CARE early childhood educational interventions". Early Childhood Research Quarterly. 23 (4): 452–466. doi:10.1016/j.ecresq.2008.03.003.
  11. Campbell, Frances A.; Pungello, Elizabeth P.; Burchinal, Margaret; Kainz, Kirsten; Pan, Yi; Wasik, Barbara H.; Barbarin, Oscar A.; Sparling, Joseph J.; Ramey, Craig T. (2012). "Adult outcomes as a function of an early childhood educational program: An Abecedarian Project follow-up". Developmental Psychology. 48 (4): 1033–1043. doi:10.1037/a0026644. ISSN 1939-0599. PMC 3989926. PMID 22250997.
  12. Belsky, Jay; Vandell, Deborah Lowe; Burchinal, Margaret; Clarke-Stewart, K. Alison; McCartney, Kathleen; Owen, Margaret Tresch; The NICHD Early Child Care Research Network (2007). "Are There Long-Term Effects of Early Child Care?". Child Development. 78 (2): 681–701. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.01021.x. ISSN 0009-3920. PMID 17381797.
  13. Burchinal, Margaret; McCartney, Kathleen; Steinberg, Laurence; Crosnoe, Robert; Friedman, Sarah L.; McLoyd, Vonnie; Pianta, Robert; NICHD Early Child Care Research Network (2011). "Examining the Black-White Achievement Gap Among Low-Income Children Using the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development: Black-White Achievement Gap". Child Development. 82 (5): 1404–1420. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8624.2011.01620.x. PMID 21790543.
  14. Burchinal, Margaret; Howes, Carollee; Pianta, Robert; Bryant, Donna; Early, Diane; Clifford, Richard; Barbarin, Oscar (2008). "Predicting Child Outcomes at the End of Kindergarten from the Quality of Pre-Kindergarten Teacher–Child Interactions and Instruction". Applied Developmental Science. 12 (3): 140–153. doi:10.1080/10888690802199418. ISSN 1088-8691.
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