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Direct linkFragkiadaki, Glykeria; Fleer, Marilyn; Ravanis, Konstantinos – Research in Science Education, 2019
Research into early childhood children's understandings in science has a long history. However, few studies have drawn upon cultural-historical theory to frame their research. Mostly, what is known has come from studies which have examined individual understandings of science concepts, without reference to culture, context or the collective nature…
Descriptors: Science History, Cultural Influences, Scientific Concepts, Kindergarten
Chlapana, Elissavet – Literacy, 2016
The purpose of the present study was to investigate whether systematic instruction of informational texts can enhance kindergarteners' cognitive involvement in text discussion and comprehension skills. The sample consisted of 15 children aged 5-6 years old in a kindergarten classroom located in a rural area in Rethymno, Crete. A four-phase…
Descriptors: Intervention, Kindergarten, Rural Areas, Foreign Countries
Misailidi, Plousia; Papoudi, Despina; Brouzos, Andreas – Early Education and Development, 2013
The study focuses on the mental state language kindergarten teachers use when narrating picture stories. The aims were to examine (a) individual differences in the frequency with which kindergarten teachers use mental state terms, (b) the types of mental state terms (e.g., emotion, desire, belief terms) teachers use most frequently, and (c) the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cognitive Processes, Emotional Response, Story Reading
Papadopoulos, Timothy C.; Charalambous, Athena; Kanari, Androniki; Loizou, Maria – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2004
This study reports two different experiments, as a part of a longitudinal study, that evaluated a cognitive intervention (PREP: PASS Reading Enhancement Program) to enhance early phonological processing skills, such as odd-word-out, segmenting, and blending, to kindergarten children at-risk for reading difficulties, in order to support the…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Intervention, Experimental Groups, Cognitive Processes
Zachopoulou, Evridiki; Trevlas, Efthimios; Tsikriki, Georgia – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2004
There is a distinction between girls and boys regarding the manifestation of sex-appropriate behaviour from an early age. There is evidence that boys and girls play and are reared differently, and also are reinforced differently to manifest behaviours regarded as playful. The purpose of this study was to identify if there were differences between…
Descriptors: Play, Females, Multivariate Analysis, Kindergarten
Download full textMoschovaki, Eleni; Meadows, Sara – Early Childhood Research & Practice, 2005
This study examined young children's cognitive engagement during classroom book reading with different types of books in Greek kindergarten schools. Twenty teachers read four books--two fiction (familiar/unfamiliar story format) and two information books (expository/narrative text). As expected, children's and teachers' cognitive engagement was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Children, Kindergarten, Books
