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Direct linkDiana Leyva; Christina Weiland; Anna Shapiro; Gloria Yeomans-Maldonado; Angela Febles – Grantee Submission, 2022
Food routines are an ecocultural asset of Latino families. This cluster-randomized trial with 248 children (M[subscript age] = 67 months; 50% girls; 13 schools) investigated the impact of a 4-week family program designed to capitalize on food routines in improving Latino kindergarteners' outcomes in the United States. There were moderate-to-large…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Family Programs, Intervention, Hispanic American Students
Diana Leyva; Anna Shapiro; Gloria Yeomans-Maldonado; Christina Weiland; Kathryn Leech – Grantee Submission, 2022
Narrative language abilities are foundational to literacy development and are a culturally grounded measure of early literacy for Latino children. This study evaluates the impacts on narrative language abilities and the costs of a 4-week, strengths-based program that leverages two valued sociocultural practices with built-in benefits, personal…
Descriptors: Language Skills, Hispanic American Students, Kindergarten, Personal Narratives
Diana Leyva; Christina Weiland; Anna Shapiro; Gloria Yeomans-Maldonado; Angela Febles – Child Development, 2022
Food routines are an ecocultural asset of Latino families. This cluster-randomized trial with 248 children (M[subscript age] = 67 months; 50% girls; 13 schools) investigated the impact of a 4-week family program designed to capitalize on food routines in improving Latino kindergarteners' outcomes in the United States. There were moderate-to-large…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Family Programs, Intervention, Hispanic American Students
Diana Leyva; Anna Shapiro; Gloria Yeomans-Maldonado; Christina Weiland; Kathryn Leech – Developmental Psychology, 2022
Narrative language abilities are foundational to literacy development and are a culturally grounded measure of early literacy for Latino children. This study evaluates the impacts on narrative language abilities and the costs of a 4-week, strengths-based program that leverages two valued sociocultural practices with built-in benefits, personal…
Descriptors: Language Skills, Hispanic American Students, Kindergarten, Personal Narratives
Avi Feller; Maia C. Connors; Christina Weiland; John Q. Easton; Stacy B. Ehrlich; John Francis; Sarah E. Kabourek; Diana Leyva; Anna Shapiro; Gloria Yeomans-Maldonado – Grantee Submission, 2024
One part of COVID-19's staggering impact on education has been to suspend or fundamentally alter ongoing education research projects. This article addresses how to analyze the simple but fundamental example of a multi-cohort study in which student assessment data for the final cohort are missing because schools were closed, learning was virtual,…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Kindergarten, Preschool Children
Diana Leyva; Gloria Yeomans-Maldonado; Christina Weiland; Qianjin Guo; Anna Shapiro – Grantee Submission, 2024
Latino parents support children's academic skills through their involvement in daily living activities. Prior work has focused on conventional literacy (e.g., book reading) and numeracy activities (e.g., teaching numbers). Less-visible home activities that are high-priority, high-value cultural practices in Latino communities are food sharing…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Food, Eating Habits, Hispanic Americans
Diana Leyva; Gloria Yeomans-Maldonado; Christina Weiland; Anna Shapiro – Grantee Submission, 2024
Associations between home learning opportunities, parental growth mindset (the belief that intelligence is malleable), and children's academic skills have been documented primarily in European descent communities. Less is known about other communities. This study examined associations among home learning opportunities, parental mindsets, and child…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Educational Environment, Home Study, Parent Attitudes
Diana Leyva; Gloria Yeomans-Maldonado; Christina Weiland; Anna Shapiro – Early Education and Development, 2024
Associations between home learning opportunities, parental growth mindset (the belief that intelligence is malleable), and children's academic skills have been documented primarily in European descent communities. Less is known about other communities. This study examined associations among home learning opportunities, parental mindsets, and child…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Educational Environment, Home Study, Parent Attitudes
Diana Leyva; Gloria Yeomans-Maldonado; Christina Weiland; Anna Shapiro – Grantee Submission, 2022
There is limited research on the relation between approaches to learning (ATL) and Latino kindergarteners' math development, and mixed results regarding the role of Latino home numeracy practices. This study examined the associations among Latino kindergarteners' ATL, home numeracy practices, and growth in math skills. Participants were 151…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Kindergarten, Family Environment, Numeracy
