TABLE 3.
Associations Between Teachers’ Participation in MyTeachingPartner (PATHS-Low and PATHS-High vs. Control) and Children’s Social Development During Prekindergarten
| Variable | Social competence | Social problems | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | SE | B | SE | |
| Intercept | 3.85 | .02 | 2.06 | .02 |
| Fall outcome | 0.63*** | .02 | 0.72*** | .02 |
| PATHS | 0.16** | .05 | −0.07 | .05 |
| Covariates | ||||
| Child characteristics | ||||
| Maternal education | 0.01 | .01 | −0.00 | .01 |
| Age | 0.19** | .06 | −0.10 | .06 |
| Boy | −0.10** | .03 | 0.07 | .04 |
| Non-English | −0.08 | .13 | −0.03 | .14 |
| Black | −0.05 | .04 | 0.06 | .04 |
| Hispanic | 0.13* | .07 | −0.07 | .07 |
| Other | 0.13* | .06 | −0.12 | .07 |
| Days absent | −0.01*** | .00 | 0.00 | .00 |
| Teacher characteristics | ||||
| Advanced degree | 0.13** | .04 | −0.02 | .05 |
| Years teaching | 0.00 | .00 | 0.00 | .00 |
| Authoritarian beliefs | −0.04 | .04 | 0.00 | .04 |
| Self-efficacy beliefs | 0.12** | .04 | −0.09 | .04 |
| Classroom characteristics | ||||
| No. of students | 0.00 | .01 | −0.01 | .01 |
| Proportion boys | 0.03 | .16 | 0.03 | .18 |
| Proportion LEP | −0.05 | .14 | 0.22 | .16 |
| Proportion poor | −0.10 | .11 | 0.14 | .11 |
Note. PATHS = Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies; LEP = limited English proficient.
*
p ≤ .05.
**
p ≤ .01.
***
p ≤ .001.