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Akçay, Nilüfer Okur – Journal of Education and Learning, 2016
In this study, the effectivity of jigsaw method, one of the cooperative learning models, on teaching the concepts related to sense organs and their functions to four-five year-old children in nursery class was analyzed. The study is in the semi-experimental design consisting of experimental and control groups and pretest and posttest. The sample…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Curriculum Implementation, Cooperative Learning, Experimental Groups
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Spencer, Trina D.; Petersen, Douglas B.; Slocum, Timothy A.; Allen, Melissa M. – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2015
This study investigated the effect of a large group narrative intervention on diverse preschoolers' narrative language skills with aims to explore questions of treatment efficacy and differential response to intervention. A quasi-experimental, pretest/posttest comparison group research design was employed with 71 preschool children. Classrooms…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, At Risk Students, Preschool Education, Quasiexperimental Design
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Hsiao, Hsien-Sheng; Chang, Cheng-Sian; Lin, Chien-Yu; Hsu, Hsiu-Ling – Interactive Learning Environments, 2015
This study focused on an intelligent robot which was viewed as a language teaching/learning tool to improve children's reading ability, reading interest, and learning behavior. The iRobiQ, with its multimedia contents, was employed to encourage children to read, speak, and answer questions. Fifty-seven pre-kindergarteners participated in this…
Descriptors: Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Teaching Methods, Reading Ability
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Ortega, Rosario; Romera, Eva M.; Monks, Claire P. – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2009
This article promotes a psychosocial perspective that proposes that relational activities are an enriching factor in pupils' social learning. This study offers a model of intervention, using activities that promote peer-relations among preschoolers. The activities share several characteristics including: (a) being designed to be appropriate for…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Socialization, Intervention, Group Activities
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Tarim, Kamuran – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2009
The aim of this study is to investigate the efficiency of cooperative learning on preschoolers' verbal mathematics problem-solving abilities and to present the observational findings of the related processes and the teachers' perspectives about the application of the program. Two experimental groups and one control group participated in the study.…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Cooperative Learning, Problem Solving