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Direct linkGarber, Kylie L.; Foster, Tiffany J.; Little, Michael H.; Cohen-Vogel, Lora; Bratsch-Hines, Mary; Burchinal, Margaret R. – Early Education and Development, 2023
Research Findings: The present study examined the transition practices reported by 59 pre-kindergarten (pre-k) and 186 kindergarten teachers in the rural Southeastern United States, and asked if transition practices related to skills at the beginning and end of kindergarten for 387 children. Analyses indicated kindergarten teachers offered more…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Kindergarten, Early Childhood Teachers, Transitional Programs
Download full textMary Styers; Ashley Hunt – Online Submission, 2023
Reading Horizons partnered with LearnPlatform by Instructure to investigate the relationship between teacher implementation of Reading Horizons Discovery (RHD) and student literacy outcomes. The study involved 83 educators and 1,242 students across seven elementary schools in North Carolina during the 2022-23 school year. Researchers used mCLASS…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Elementary School Students, Faculty Development, Program Descriptions
Bailie, Patti; Rosenow, Nancy – International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education, 2014
The collection of papers contained in this special issue was elicited by a worldwide call for papers to explore settings that provided nature experiences for young children, with attention given to the effects that these initiatives have on the holistic development and environmental awareness of the children, as well as impacts on the teachers and…
Descriptors: Youth, Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Educational Environment
Lenard, Matthew; Harris, Angel; Hill, Darryl – Wake County Public School System, 2019
In response to chronically low gifted identification rates in the majority of elementary schools among Black and Hispanic/Latino students, the Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) launched Nurturing for a Bright Tomorrow (NBT) in Fall 2014. NBT was a multicomponent curricular enhancement program designed to train early elementary school…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Elementary School Students, Academically Gifted, Talent Identification
Vernon-Feagans, Lynne; Garrett-Peters, Patricia; Willoughby, Michael – Developmental Psychology, 2016
Behavioral regulation is an important school readiness skill that has been linked to early executive function (EF) and later success in learning and school achievement. Although poverty and related risks, as well as negative parenting, have been associated with poorer EF and behavioral regulation, chaotic home environments may also play a role in…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Child Behavior, Kindergarten, Predictor Variables
Peisner-Feinberg, Ellen S.; Schaaf, Jennifer M.; Hildebrandt, Lisa M.; Pan, Yi; Warnaar, Bethany L. – FPG Child Development Institute, 2015
The 2013-2014 North Carolina Pre-Kindergarten (NC Pre-K) Evaluation study was designed to examine the longitudinal outcomes through kindergarten for children who attended the Pre-K program, along with comparisons to previous cohorts of program attendees. A sample of 561 children was included in the study, with data gathered at the beginning and…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Educational Quality, State Surveys, Preschool Children
Ball, Carrie R.; Finch, W. Holmes; Gettinger, Maribeth – Preventing School Failure, 2014
Prior research has documented that classroom-level variables have a significant effect on student outcomes; however, previous findings have typically focused on average student outcomes and have only recently begun to use hierarchical linear modeling techniques. The present study aimed to investigate the effects of classroom-level variables on the…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, At Risk Students, Classroom Environment, Context Effect
Jackowicz, Stephen, Ed.; Sahin, Ismail, Ed. – Online Submission, 2021
"Proceedings of International Conference on Humanities, Social and Education Sciences" includes full papers presented at the International Conference on Humanities, Social and Education Sciences (iHSES) which took place on April 22-25, 2021 in New York, USA-www.ihses.net. The aim of the conference is to offer opportunities to share…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Handheld Devices, Audio Equipment, Foreign Students
Peer reviewedCassidy, Deborah J.; Mims, Sharon; Rucker, Lia; Boone, Sheresa – Childhood Education, 2003
Describes the curriculum activities in one child-centered, developmentally appropriate child care facility preschool classroom. Explains how activities are selected according to children's needs, interest, and ability, and how activities address the kindergarten core competencies mandated by the North Carolina public school system. Asserts that…
Descriptors: Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Educational Environment, Kindergarten, Play
Work, Betty, Ed. – 2002
This guide was developed for North Carolina teachers in early childhood education and focuses on how play-based center activities in kindergarten teach literacy, mathematics, science, social studies, and the arts. Development of the guide was based on educators' experiences and their understanding of how children learn. The guide's introduction…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Design, Classroom Environment, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Peisner-Feinberg, Ellen S.; Schaaf, Jennifer M. – FPG Child Development Institute, 2007
This report describes findings on the quality of the More at Four Program and the outcomes for children during pre-k from two program years: 2003-2004 (year 3) and 2005-2006 (year 5). Separate results for the 2005-2006 cohort are presented to provide a picture of the program in its most recent year of operation as well as results from the 2…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Counties, Kindergarten, Mathematics Skills
Peer reviewedBryant, Donna M.; And Others – American Educational Research Journal, 1991
The extent of developmentally appropriate practices was studied in 103 kindergarten classrooms across North Carolina. Ninety-three teachers and 93 principals were also surveyed to determine predictors of classroom quality. Only 20 percent of the classes met criteria for developmental appropriateness, and quality was predictable from teacher and…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Child Development, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Evaluation
