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Hindman, Annemarie H.; Skibbe, Lori E.; Morrison, Frederick J. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2013
This descriptive study explored teachers' outreach to families in preschool, kindergarten, and first grade, and its relations to children's early growth in language, literacy, and mathematics. Teachers (n = 62) completed surveys reporting the frequency of outreach practices to families, and children's (n = 210) early academic skills…
Descriptors: Parent Teacher Cooperation, Outreach Programs, Teacher Role, Teacher Leadership
Sill, Jessica E. – Online Submission, 2009
A foundational research assumption for this project is that the combination of open-ended-art and structured-art will enhance the development of the kindergartener. In today's standards driven classroom environment, art is often overlooked in place of text based curriculum. The idea of this project is to blend two approaches to teaching art and…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Art Education, Teaching Methods, Integrated Curriculum
Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2009
This article presents findings from a study that explores the nature of the Cyberethics, Cybersafety, and Cybersecurity (C3) educational awareness policies, initiatives, curriculum, and practices currently taking place in the U.S. public and private K-12 educational settings. The study establishes baseline data on C3 awareness, which can be used…
Descriptors: Program Design, Information Technology, Computer Security, Ethics
Thompson-Pinckney, Teresa – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This study was a descriptive-analytical survey of faculty at selected public Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in North Carolina. A cross-sectional study was conducted using quantitative research methods. A Likert scale survey entitled Pre-kindergarten through College (PK-16) Survey of Awareness and Involvement Scale (SAIS) was…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Cooperation, Likert Scales, Measures (Individuals)
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Noel, Amber; Stark, Patrick; Redford, Jeremy – National Center for Education Statistics, 2015
This report presents data on students in the United States attending kindergarten through grade 12. The main focus of the report is on parent and family involvement in the students' education during the 2011-12 school year as reported by the students' parents. It also includes the percentage of students who participated in selected family…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Family Involvement, Family School Relationship, Parents as Teachers
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Frederick, Karen; Barnard-Brak, Lucy; Sulak, Tracey – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2012
There has been a significant increase in the use of secondary data sets. Many such data sets purport to be nationally representative. Secondary data sets include research commissioned by the National Center for Education Statistics, the Centers for Disease Control, and other public entities. Research increasingly utilizes these secondary data in…
Descriptors: Autism, Statistical Analysis, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Disproportionate Representation
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Claessens, Amy; Engel, Mimi; Curran, F. Chris – American Educational Research Journal, 2014
Little research has examined the relationship between academic content coverage in kindergarten and student achievement. Using nationally representative data, we examine the association between reading and mathematics content coverage in kindergarten and student learning, both overall and for students who attended preschool, Head Start, or…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Kindergarten, Nursery Schools, Reading Instruction
Quint, Janet C.; Balu, Rekha; DeLaurentis, Micah; Rappaport, Shelley; Smith, Thomas J.; Zhu, Pei – MDRC, 2014
This is the second of three reports from MDRC's evaluation of the Success for All (SFA) scale-up demonstration, funded under the U.S. Department of Education's Investing in Innovation (i3) competition. The report presents updated findings on SFA's implementation and impacts in the scale-up sites participating in the evaluation. The i3 evaluation…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Innovation, Models, Control Groups
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Hsiao, Ching-Yuan; Kuo, Ting-Yin – Journal of Education and Learning, 2013
The research purpose was to investigate kindergarten parents' selection of after-school art education settings in Taiwan. A review of the literature and interviews with parents were conducted to identify several possible factors that would impact on parents' selection of after-school art education settings for their children. Then, the researcher…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Parents, Decision Making
Burke, Nancy Jo – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this longitudinal case study was to develop a process and structure for adopting and leading critical school reform initiatives within a rural North Dakota pre-kindergarten through fourth grade elementary school. Elementary principals can use this process and structure to benefit staff, and ultimately, to improve student academic…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Elementary Education, Elementary Schools, Adoption (Ideas)
Lauer, Lisa M. – Online Submission, 2011
High-stakes testing combined with the notion that indoor and outdoor spontaneous play are a "waste of time" have contributed to the condition known as "play deprivation". This paper defines the term play deprivation and explores its negative effects on children and adults. Negative effects resulting from play deprivation…
Descriptors: Play, Rating Scales, Disadvantaged Environment, Health Related Fitness
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Mackenzie, Noella M.; Hemmings, Brian; Kay, Russell – Issues in Educational Research, 2011
Teachers bring a complex array of beliefs and attitudes to the teaching of literacy. The purpose of the study reported in this article was to investigate the nature of teacher attitudes towards the learning and teaching of writing in the first year of school and to identify any broad underlying attitudinal dimensions. The secondary aim was to…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Factor Analysis, Emergent Literacy, Teaching Experience
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Dhuey, Elizabeth – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2011
Over the past 70 years, all states in the United States began to publicly subsidize kindergarten using state revenue. The variation in adoption dates across states allows for a unique opportunity to measure the effectiveness of the largest early education program implemented in recent history. The significant, immediate increase in the…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Evidence, Educational Benefits, State Aid
Nugent, Sheila Stepp – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to investigate teachers' and administrators' perceptions of the implementation and effectiveness of Response to Intervention (RTI) strategies in their schools. The study used a mixed-methods research design. Data were collected through multiple-choice and open-ended surveys administered to elementary English language…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Program Implementation, Program Effectiveness, Response to Intervention
Timpone, Cathy J. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Educational leaders struggle with how to develop and sustain an effective, current and affordable educational technology program that meets the needs of the 21st Century learner and increases teaching and learning effectiveness. Thus, this study aimed to extend the research and provide practical guidelines to assist leaders in sustaining an…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Educational Technology, Technology Integration, Public Schools
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