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Kindergarten Expectations and Outcomes: Understanding the Influence of Educator and Child Expectations on Children's Self-Regulation, Early Reading, and Vocabulary Outcomes
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Timmons, Kristy – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2019
This research examines the influence of educator and child expectations on children's self-regulation, early reading, and vocabulary outcomes over two time points. Thirty educators (15 early childhood educators [ECEs] and 15 teachers) and 149 kindergarten children participated in the research. The educators participated in an expectation ranking…
Descriptors: Expectation, Kindergarten, Self Management, Early Reading
Improving Early Reading Skills in Young Children through an iPad App: Small-Group Instruction and Observational Learning
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Chai, Zhen – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 2017
This study evaluated the effectiveness of using a researcher-developed iPad app with a 0- to 5-s constant time delay procedure to improve phonological awareness skills of young children with mild developmental delays in a small-group arrangement in a rural public elementary school in Southwest United States. The study was conducted using a…
Descriptors: Early Reading, Reading Skills, Reading Improvement, Young Children
The Role of Classroom Quality in Explaining Head Start Impacts
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Connors, Maia C.; Friedman-Krauss, Allison H.; Morris, Pamela A.; Page, Lindsay C.; Feller, Avi – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2014
This study seeks to answer the following question: Are impacts on Head Start classroom quality associated with impacts of Head Start on children's learning and development? This study employs a variety of descriptive and quasi-experimental methods to explore the role of classroom quality as a mediator or mechanism of Head Start impacts. This…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Rating Scales, Child Care, Federal Programs
Assessment of the Design Efficacy of a Preschool Vocabulary Instruction Technique
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Roskos, Kathleen; Burstein, Karen – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2011
Broad-stroke approaches to vocabulary teaching in preschool include effective instructional elements, yet may be too ill-structured to affect the vocabulary learning of children experiencing serious delays. Using a formative research approach, this study examines the design potential of a supplemental vocabulary instruction technique that…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Early Reading, Vocabulary, Vocabulary Development
From "At Risk" to "At Promise": An Evaluation of an Early Reading First Project
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Zoll, Susan Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study demonstrates the impact of an Early Reading First intervention on preschool children's language and literacy development using an ex post facto, causal-comparative research design. The project's professional development model was evaluated to produce a process and outcome evaluation to answer two overarching research questions: (1) What…
Descriptors: Early Reading, Early Intervention, Preschool Children, Language Acquisition
Oral Language and Beginning Reading: Exploring Connections and Disconnections
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Hill, Susan – Forum on Public Policy Online, 2009
The purpose of this study was to explore the connections between young children's oral language vocabulary and children's reading of written language in beginning reading books. Oral language has been viewed as the foundation for emergent reading development as it provides the semantic base, syntactic base and phonological base for successfully…
Descriptors: Early Reading, Beginning Reading, Semantics, Written Language