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Pesco, Diane; Devlin, Christine – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2015
The study examines the effects of a short period of explicit instruction on the narrative comprehension of French-speaking kindergarteners, as measured by story retell and comprehension questions. A group of kindergarteners that received explicit instruction (n = 15) was compared to a control group that was exposed to the same storybooks and…
Descriptors: French, Teaching Methods, Story Grammar, Identification
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Codding, Robin S.; Chan-Iannetta, Lisa; George, Shauna; Ferreira, Kristine; Volpe, Robert – School Psychology Quarterly, 2011
The purpose of this study was to use multilevel modeling to compare the effects of KPALS alone and combined with goal setting and reinforcement to a control condition on early numeracy performance of 96 kindergarteners. Demographic variables were examined as moderators. Results differed according to early numeracy measure, with both versions of…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Academic Achievement, Numeracy, Goal Orientation
Werkheiser, Susan N. Gravle – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The purpose of this case study was to explore the effects of a literature-based social-emotional learning curriculum on kindergarten students' social-emotional behaviors, awareness, and early reading skills in a large elementary school. The study examined beliefs/perceptions of kindergarten teachers in regards to what reading skills students…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Literature, Elementary School Students, Emergent Literacy