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Moon, Kyunghee; Reifel, Stuart – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2008
This study explores a teacher's understandings of the role of play and her use of play in literacy learning serving children from diverse language backgrounds. The participants in this study were a public pre-kindergarten teacher and her class. Data were collected from interviews, informal conversations, observations, and self-reflexive notes. The…
Descriptors: Play, Creative Activities, Kindergarten, Preschool Teachers
Curry, Janice – Online Submission, 2009
Austin Independent School District provided full-day prekindergarten to 5,196 4-year-olds in 2008-2009 at 66 schools. Seventy percent or more of students made measureable gains on a test of receptive vocabulary, and average gains showed growth about two times greater than that expected for 4-year-olds after a 7-month period.
Descriptors: Preschool Education, School Schedules, School Districts, Achievement Tests
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Ryan, Andrew M. – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2005
Although widely implemented, the effectiveness of the Even Start program and other programs involving home-visiting and bilingual education in improving preschool literacy outcomes, particularly among Latino students, is uncertain. This study used a non-equivalent groups design to compare preschool literacy outcomes (measured by the PALS-PreK…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Preschool Children, Home Visits, Bilingual Teachers
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