Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology (HDQM)

Center for Children, Relationships, and Culture (CCRC)

The Center for Children, Relationships, and Culture (CCRC) facilitates the collaboration of research projects on the social, cognitive, and emotional development of children and adolescents in families, schools, and cultures. For general questions about the Center for Children, Relationships, and Culture (CCRC), e-mail: Dr. Kenneth H. Rubin, krubin@umd.edu, or Dr. Melanie Killen, mkillen@umd.edu.

Center for Early Childhood Education and Intervention (CECEI)

The Center for Early Childhood Education and Intervention (CECEI) is an early childhood research center whose mission is to conduct high quality research on early childhood 含羞草研究所 and early intervention programs in order to inform State and Federal policy, to translate research into scalable 含羞草研究所 programs and best practices, to build capacity in schools and communities, and to promote family engagement in their children鈥檚 含羞草研究所.

Center for Integrated Latent Variable Research (CILVR)

CILVR is a center whose goal is to serve as a national and international focal point for innovative collaboration, state-of-the-art training, and scholarly dissemination as they relate to the full spectrum of latent variable statistical methods. CILVR is housed within the Measurement, Statistics and Evaluation (EDMS) program in the Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology at...

Center for Young Children (CYC)

The CYC is a research center and laboratory school within the department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology within the College of Education. Founded in 1948, the CYC strives to meet our triple mission of providing a high-quality early childhood program for children from 3 to 5 years of age, training preservice teachers and other child and family-focused university students, and support child development research. Our curriculum is grounded in the philosophy of John Dewey who believed in the ability of children to learn from high-quality firsthand experiences. Children study their world by questioning, hypothesizing, and summarizing information on how the world works. The University community is a rich primary source of discovery for the children. Please explore our website to learn more about the CYC.

Maryland Assessment Research Center (MARC)

The Maryland Assessment Research Center (MARC) provides support to the range of assessment activities in the State, the region, and nation by conducting basic and applied research to enhance the quality of assessment practice and knowledge. MARC is a project of the Quantitative Methodology: Measurement & Statistics program in the Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology in the...