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Hindman, Annemarie H.; Farrow, JeanMarie; Anderson, Kate; Wasik, Barbara A.; Snyder, Patricia A. – Grantee Submission, 2021
Child-directed speech (CDS), which can help children learn new words, has been rigorously studied among infants and parents in home settings. Yet, far less is known about the CDS that teachers use in classrooms with toddlers and children's responses, an important question because many toddlers, particularly in high-need communities, attend…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Federal Programs, Story Reading
Wasik, Barbara A.; Hindman, Annemarie H. – Grantee Submission, 2020
Preschool teachers from a high-poverty, urban school district were trained to implement Story Talk, a book reading intervention designed to increase children's vocabulary and language development using supportive materials and strategic individualized coaching. Thirty-five teachers were randomly assigned by site to the intervention (20) or the…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Faculty Development, Preschool Children, Vocabulary Development
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Wasik, Barbara A.; Hindman, Annemarie H. – Early Education and Development, 2014
Research Findings: In order to identify the active ingredients in an effective professional development intervention focused on enhancing preschool vocabulary instruction, this study examines the frequency with which teachers and children discussed theme-related vocabulary words during shared book reading. Head Start teachers received 1 year of…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Preschool Teachers, Vocabulary Development, Preschool Children
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Hindman, Annemarie H.; Erhart, Amber C.; Wasik, Barbara A. – Early Education and Development, 2012
Evidence shows that the Matthew effect is a persistent problem among early education interventions. The current study examined the degree to which the "ExCELL" ("Ex"ceptional "C"oaching for "E"arly "L"anguage and "L"iteracy) language and literacy professional development intervention for…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Intervention, Preschool Education, Preschool Children
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Hindman, Annemarie H.; Wasik, Barbara A. – Elementary School Journal, 2012
This exploratory study investigated how 2 years of a coaching-based language and literacy intervention were linked to Head Start teachers' classroom environments and instructional interactions, as well as to the vocabulary, alphabet, and sound awareness learning of their preschool students. In total, 16 Head Start teachers participated in the…
Descriptors: Intervention, Classroom Environment, Preschool Children, Disadvantaged Youth
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Hindman, Annemarie H.; Snell, Emily K.; Wasik, Barbara A.; Lewis, Kandia N.; Hammer, Carol Scheffner; Iannone-Campbell, Charlene – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2015
This article describes how a research-practice partnership has informed the iterative development of a web-mediated early childhood language and literacy professional development (PD) intervention. Funded through the Investing in Innovation (i3) program, this new PD model is based on an effective in-situ intervention. As we translated the…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Partnerships in Education, Faculty Development, Theory Practice Relationship
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Hindman, Annemarie H.; Wasik, Barbara A. – NHSA Dialog, 2011
This study unpacks the effective Exceptional Coaching for Early Language and Literacy ("ExCELL") professional development intervention to understand how the language and literacy coaching that teachers receive is linked to changes in their knowledge and then how this knowledge is related to classroom practice. In total, 17 lead teachers…
Descriptors: Intervention, Teacher Characteristics, Disadvantaged Youth, Knowledge Level
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Wasik, Barbara A.; Hindman, Annemarie H. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2011
In a randomized control study, Head Start teachers were assigned to either an intervention group that received intensive, ongoing professional development (PD) or to a comparison group that received the "business as usual" PD provided by Head Start. The PD intervention provided teachers with conceptual knowledge and instructional…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Educational Strategies, Intervention, Alphabets