Dimensions research approach is primarily qualitative action research and currently focuses on exploring the skills children develop through their regular interactions with the natural world.

Dimensions Early Education Programs serve as primary research classrooms. Teachers, as co-researchers, and a cadre of national consultants, have been collecting and analyzing data based on direct observations of children since 1998. Secondary research sites for data collection and analysis have also been developed in California and Minnesota.

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A Single Case Study in La Canada, California

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