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McIntyre, Laura Lee; Eckert, Tanya L.; Fiese, Barbara H.; Digennaro Reed, Florence D.; Wildenger, Leah K. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2010
Kindergarten transition is considered an important developmental milestone for children and families. Children with disabilities may be especially vulnerable during transition and may lack academic and behavioral readiness skills essential for kindergarten. Family concerns surrounding children's transition were explored in 132 students (n = 29…
Descriptors: School Readiness, General Education, Caregivers, Disabilities
Williams, Jennifer S. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
In 2011, a small Midwestern school district referred an increasing number of 2nd-4th grade students, with reading problems due to phonetic and phonological awareness deficits, to the district's intervention team. Framed in Shulman's pedagogical content knowledge model and the International Dyslexia Association's phonological deficit theory of…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Dyslexia, Phonological Awareness, Kindergarten
Graham, Suzanne E.; Provost, Lauren E. – Carsey Institute, 2012
In this brief, authors Suzanne Graham and Lauren Provost examine whether attending a school in a rural, urban, or suburban community is related to children's mathematics achievement in kindergarten, and whether increases in mathematics achievement between kindergarten and eighth grade differ for children in rural, urban, and suburban schools. They…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, Achievement Gap, Ethnic Groups
Konerza, Judith Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to determine if the Gearing Up for Kindergarten program created a significant impact on parent understanding of children's development and aspects of school readiness. Parent perceptions of their child's readiness to make the transition to school were also assessed. The study also measured the Gearing Up for…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, School Readiness, Kindergarten, Program Effectiveness
Cabrera, Cesar M. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The present study investigated the relationship between teachers' ratings of the organizational health of the school and the level of workplace bullying experienced. The relationship between organizational health, bullying, and the staff level factors of gender and age were analyzed. The study examined the survey ratings of 52 teachers from a…
Descriptors: Bullying, Teaching Conditions, School Culture, Teacher Surveys
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Gibson, Susan E.; Brooks, Charmaine – Teacher Development, 2012
Preparing teachers to implement a new curriculum presents a significant but important challenge. While formal professional development programs can assist in this preparation, finding prescribed experiences that meet the needs of all teachers can be formidable and indeed may not always be the best option for promoting change in practice. Decisions…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Program Effectiveness, Educational Change, Faculty Development
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Natale, Catherine Fisk; Cook, Janet – Peabody Journal of Education, 2012
This article explores the role of state education agencies in three states that have embarked on ambitious kindergarten through Grade 12 (K-12) virtual learning initiatives: Alabama, Florida, and Idaho. Subject to a rapidly changing environment influenced by factors beyond the jurisdiction of many state departments of education, the world of…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Electronic Learning, Online Courses, Elementary Secondary Education
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Barblett, Lennie; Barratt-Pugh, Caroline; Kilgallon, Pam; Maloney, Carmel – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2011
Transition practices that ensure continuity between early childhood settings have been shown to be important in assisting children's short-term and long-term growth and development (Vogler, Cravello & Woodhead, 2008). In Western Australia many young children move from and between long day care (LDC) settings to kindergarten. In that state,…
Descriptors: Young Children, Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Principals
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Daley, Tamara C.; Munk, Tom; Carlson, Elaine – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2011
This study used data drawn from a large, national sample to describe transition practices provided to 1989 children with disabilities as they entered their kindergarten year, obtained through a survey administered to kindergarten teachers. Using path modeling, we examined the child and family, school, and district factors that predict which…
Descriptors: Poverty, Disabilities, Kindergarten, Transitional Programs
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McCombs, Barbara L.; Daniels, Denise H.; Perry, Kathryn E. – Elementary School Journal, 2008
This research focused on finding ways to assess instructional practices in grades kindergarten through 3 that are consistent with the American Psychological Association's Learner-Centered Psychological Principles. In several stages of research, conducted with over 2,100 children and their 124 teachers in several states, specific instructional…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Teaching Methods, Teacher Attitudes, Primary Education
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D'Onise, Katina; Lynch, John W.; McDermott, Robyn A. – Australian Journal of Education, 2010
While there is some evidence of long-term social benefits from early childhood educational interventions conducted in socially disadvantaged populations in the USA, there is limited evidence of similar benefits in different populations and countries. This study examined a range of social outcomes of adults aged 34-67 years who, between 1940 and…
Descriptors: Evidence, Human Capital, Preschool Education, Disadvantaged
Dragoo, Kyrie Elizabeth – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to examine the characteristics and predictive factors for children receiving special education services, and if they received special education services, factors associated with them discontinuing those services before eighth grade. In addition, a second purpose was to determine whether there are differences in the…
Descriptors: Children, Special Education, Student Characteristics, Predictor Variables
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Bodovski, Katerina – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2014
This study makes two contributions to the literature. First, it bridges the sociological discussion of social class habitus with psychological notions of adolescents' educational expectations, locus of control, and self-concepts. Second, it empirically examines the relationships between early employed parental practices and expectations and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Parent Attitudes, Expectation, Parent Influence
Powers, Jillian R. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The purpose of this mixed methods study was twofold. First, the study assessed whether Davis' (1989) Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) was useful in predicting instructional usage of the interactive whiteboard (IWB), as reported by K-8 teachers. Second, the study set out to understand what motivated those teachers to use the IWB for classroom…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Interactive Video, Bulletin Boards, Mixed Methods Research
Furtado, Leena – New Horizons in Education, 2010
Background: Scholars and education reformers alike have re-ignited the importance of teaching science in the elementary grades of the public schools of America by disputing the traditional belief that K-4 learners are too young to learn and function within the nature of science learning and experimentation. The consideration rests on the findings…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Public Schools, Preschool Teachers, Elementary School Science
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