First-year SLIS doctoral student Jung Hoon Baeg has won a seat in the exclusive training seminar, “Using the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort (ECLS-B) Database for Research and Policy Discussion” being held in Washington, D.C., August 3-5.
The limited-seating (approximately 40 nationwide) seminar is open to advanced graduate students and faculty members from U.S. colleges and universities and to researchers, education practitioners, and policy analysts from federal, state, and local education and human services agencies and professional associations. The National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES) funds the seminar, provides computers , and pays transportation, hotel accommodations, and a fixed per diem for meals and incidental expenses.
Participants use the seminar to refine their research plans. At the conclusion of the seminar, they present a preliminary analysis plan that uses ECLS-B data, include a statement of their research questions, a rationale for the analysis, analytic approach (specifications of population, variables, statistical techniques, etc.), and preliminary results.
“During this seminar, my focus is to demonstrate that immigrant parents who frequently visit libraries (or have a Library card) benefit when it comes to their children’s literacy development,” said Baeg. “From my study, we will be able to understand more accurately how a parent’s library usage impacts the development of literacy skills in young children.”
The ECLS-B database is designed to support research on a wide range of topics pertaining to young children’s cognitive, social, emotional, and physical development and their health status across multiple contexts (e.g., home, child care, and kindergarten). It is the only nationally representative study providing detailed information on children’s development, health, early care, and education from birth through kindergarten entry. The study followed a nationally representative sample of children born in the U.S. in 2001, collecting information about the children and their families when the children were about 9-months old (2001), 2-years old (2003), preschool-age (4 years; 2005), and when they were in kindergarten (2006 and 2007).
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) of the Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing date related to education.