Ruth Piker

Ph.D. in Education , University of Michigan , 2005
 
BA in Psychology, Minor in Child Development, San Jose State University, 1994

  • Early Childhood Care and Education
  • Teacher Preparation and Workforce Development
  • Multilingual Learners, birth to age 5
  • Curriculum and Instruction
  • Early Childhood Assessment
  • Social Interactions in Classroom Settings

 

  • Department of Social Services
  • Launching CSULB PK-3 ECE Specialist Credential 
  • Program Development for MA in Early Childhood Education

  • Piker, R.A. & Kimmel, M. (Online, December 2016). Preparing dual language learners for school success: Early childhood teacher beliefs regarding school readiness. Early Child Development and Care.
  • Piker, R.A. & White, L. (2015). Employer assessment project of advanced program’s candidate Outcomes: Final Technical Report. Long Beach, CA: California State University, Long Beach.  
  • Piker, R.A. & Jewkes, A.M.  (In Press). Early childhood education in the context of educational reform: Possibilities and causes for concern. In E. M. Zamani-Gallaher (Ed.), The Obama Administration and Educational Reform: Toward New 21st Century Schools for the Global Knowledge Economy (chapter).
  • Piker, R.A. (2013). Understanding influences of play on second language learning: A microethnographic view in one Head Start preschool classroom. Journal of Early Childhood Research, 11(2), 184-200.
  • Piker, R.A.& Jewkes, A. (2013). Assessing young children’s learning. In Reutzel, D. R. (Ed.), Handbook of Research-Based Practice in Early Childhood Education, chapter 16. New York, NY: Guilford Press.
  • Coots, J. & Piker, R.A. (2012, 2009). Instructor’s Resource Manual: To accompany Lightfoot, Cole, and Cole The Development of Children (7thed.). New York: Worth Publishers.
  • Piker, R.A., & Andrade, O. (2010). Learning with Others. Connections, Summer, 24-25.
  • Piker, R.A. & Rex, L.A. (2008). Influences of teachers-child social interactions on English language development in a Head Start classroom. Early Childhood Education Journal, 36(2), 187-193.
  • Piker, R. A. (2006). What does it mean to build conceptual knowledge? In L.A. Rex (Ed.), Discourse of opportunities: How talk in learning situations creates and constrains (pp. 267-295). Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press Inc.
  • Meisels, S. J., & Piker, R. (2001). An analysis of early literacy assessments used for instruction (Tech. Rep.). Ann Arbor, MI: Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement (CIERA).

  • Piker, R., Laney, C., Thompson, H. R., & Maiorca, C. (2024, March 28). Changing From Theory to Practice: Re-Imagining an Early Childhood Education MA Degree Program [Roundtable Session]. Association of Teacher Educators Annual Meeting (ATE), In Person.
  • Maiorca, C., Piker, R. A., & Hamm, D. (2022, January 3 – 6). Early Childhood teachers' dispositions of integrated STEM [Presentation Session]. Hawaii International Conference on Education Annual Meeting, Waikoloa, Hawaii.
  • Piker, R. A. & Thompson, H. (2021, Apr 8 - 12). Teachers’ Knowledge and Implementation of Science in Early Childhood Classrooms [Roundtable Session]. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Online.
  • Piker, R. A. & Thompson, H. (2019, June). The Classroom Environment and Teachers’ Training in Supporting Young Children’s Learning of Science [Poster Session]. NAEYC’s 2019 Professional Learning Institute Annual Meeting Long Beach, CA.
  • Piker, R. A., Parsons, S., & Le, N. (2016, April). Early Learning Foundation Teacher Preparation Pathway: Evaluating a Bridge Program. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. Washington D.C.
  • Piker, R. A. (2014, March). Early Learning Foundation, Urban Teacher Fellowship: Program Evaluation. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of Community College Teacher Education Programs. Anaheim, CA.
  • Piker, R. A. (2014, March). Play as a Vehicle for Learning a Second Language and Facilitating Interactional Moves. Paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Applied Linguistics. Portland, OR.