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Essentialist Reasoning and Knowledge Effects on Biological Reasoning in Young Children
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Herrmann, Patricia A.; French, Jason A.; DeHart, Ganie B.; Rosengren, Karl S. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2013
Biological kinds undergo a variety of changes during their life span, and these changes vary in degree by organism. Understanding that an organism, such as a caterpillar, maintains category identity over its life span despite dramatic changes is a key concept in biological reasoning. At present, we know little about the developmental trajectory of…
Descriptors: Logical Thinking, Knowledge Level, Age Differences, Biology
Examining the Effects of New York Experience Corps[R] Program on Young Readers
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Gattis, Maurice N.; Morrow-Howell, Nancy; McCrary, Stacey; Lee, Madeline; Jonson-Reid, Melissa; McCoy, Henrika; Tamar, Kemba; Molina, Alina; Invernizzi, Marcia – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2010
There are hundreds of tutoring programs that utilize community volunteers being implemented across the country; however, there are few rigorous efforts to evaluate their effectiveness. This article presents findings on reading achievement from an evaluation of the New York City Experience Corps[R], a program that uses older volunteers to work with…
Descriptors: Tutoring, Volunteers, School Community Relationship, Elementary School Students
Effects of Traditional versus Tactual/Kinesthetic versus Interactive-Whiteboard Instruction on Primary Students' Vocabulary Achievement- and Attitude-Test Scores
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Masera, Ronald M. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This researcher examined the effects of Traditional versus Tactual/Kinesthetic versus Interactive Whiteboard instruction on short- and long-term word-recall and attitude-test scores of primary students. The sample included 87 children, 45 kindergarten and 42 first-grade students. Participants were 41 males and 46 females from a suburban elementary…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Achievement Gains, Sight Vocabulary, Academic Achievement
The Effects of Listening to Expository Text on First Graders' Listening Comprehension and Book Choice
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Kraemer, Linda A. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this investigation was to examine the effects of listening to expository text on first graders' listening comprehension and book choice. The participants for this study included 77 first grade students from four heterogeneous classes at a suburban elementary school in the New York City metropolitan area. During the pretest and…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Reading Comprehension, Listening Comprehension, Intervention
Implementation of Effective Intervention: An Empirical Study to Evaluate the Efficacy of Fountas & Pinnell's Leveled Literacy Intervention System (LLI). 2009-2010
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Ransford-Kaldon, Carolyn R.; Flynt, E. Sutton; Ross, Cristin L.; Franceschini, Louis; Zoblotsky, Todd; Huang, Ying; Gallagher, Brenda – Center for Research in Educational Policy (CREP), 2010
This report summarizes evaluation results for an efficacy study of the Leveled Literacy Intervention system (LLI) implemented in Tift County Schools (TCS) in Georgia and the Enlarged City School District of Middletown (ECSDM) in New York during the 2009-2010 school year. Developed by Fountas & Pinnell (2009) and published by Heinemann, LLI is…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Program Implementation