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Lozada-Yánez, Raúl; La-Serna-Palomino, Nora; Molina-Granja, Fernando – International Education Studies, 2019
By its nature, the learning of certain complex contents has always been a focus of attention and a challenge in the study of mathematics. This fact acquires greater importance if it is about the learning of children, because the psycho-cognitive skills of this type of user, especially when they attend the first levels of Basic General Education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Skills, Basic Skills
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Obrusnikova, Iva; Cavalier, Albert – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2018
Proficiency in fundamental motor skills (FMS) is important for both the health and the overall growth and development of young children. To identify factors that facilitate the development of FMS, the study provided preliminary data on the effect of videomodeling (VM) on the acquisition of FMS by typically developing young children. Participants…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Psychomotor Skills, Basic Skills, Performance Tests
Huang, Lee Ann; Burkhardt, Tiffany; Schlecht, Colleen; Rapoport, Erin Devorah – Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, 2018
To ensure that all children in the Altgeld-Riverdale community are succeeding by third grade, BPI (Business and Professional People for the Public Interest) launched the Altgeld-Riverdale Early Learning Initiative in 2012. The goal of the initiative is to establish a community-based system that can support the developmental needs of the…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Child Care Centers, Early Childhood Education, Parent Education
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Gorard, Stepehn; Siddiqui, Nadia; See, Beng Huat – Journal of Philosophy of Education, 2017
There are tensions within formal education between imparting knowledge and the development of skills for handling that knowledge. In the primary school sector, the latter can also be squeezed out of the curriculum by a focus on basic skills such as literacy and numeracy. What happens when an explicit attempt is made to develop young children's…
Descriptors: Philosophy, Children, Primary Education, Abstract Reasoning
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Duflo, Annie; Kiessel, Jessica – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2014
Rigorous evidence from around the world has shown that significant improvements in learning can be obtained at comparatively low cost by spending more, focused time ensuring that the bottom half of the class in the early grades does not get left behind. The authors present results from the Teacher Community Assistant Initiative (TCAI) that tests…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Remedial Instruction, Remedial Programs, Developing Nations
Basic Skills Agency, 2007
"Pots of Gold" is a family finance research project delivered within Sure Start Children's Centre areas across Newcastle. It is funded by the DfES through the Basic Skills Agency and managed by Newcastle Family Learning Service. This project has been delivered in two phases, running from October 2005 to December 2006. Phase 1 ran from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Curriculum Development, Urban Areas, Social Services