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McKenna, Michael C., Ed.; Walpole, Sharon, Ed.; Conradi, Kristin, Ed. – Guilford Publications, 2010
Bringing together leading scholars, this book describes proven ways to enhance early literacy skills in 3- and 4-year-olds, especially those from low-income families. Presented are scientifically based methods and approaches that are being applied in Early Reading First programs around the country. Important topics include promoting oral language…
Descriptors: Small Group Instruction, Reading Research, Reading Aloud to Others, Early Reading
Reynolds, Arthur J., Ed.; Rolnick, Arthur J., Ed.; Englund, Michelle M., Ed.; Temple, Judy A., Ed. – Cambridge University Press, 2010
"Childhood Programs and Practices in the First Decade of Life" presents research findings on the effects of early childhood programs and practices in the first decade of life and their implications for policy development and reform. Leading scholars in the multidisciplinary field of human development and in early childhood learning…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Human Capital, School Readiness, Early Intervention
Holmes, Robyn M. – 1995
Young children's knowledge of race and ethnicity is conveyed in their own terms, and how this knowledge affects their social relationships and ideas about procreation is explored. Participant observation, informal conversations, and collecting children's artwork were used to build a picture of race through the eyes of the kindergarten child.…
Descriptors: Black Students, Childhood Attitudes, Cognitive Development, Cultural Awareness
United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1899
This is Volume 2 of the Report of the Commissioner of Education for the Year 1897-98, containing Parts II and III. Part II contains the chapters: (1) Child Study in the United States; (2) Report of the Committee of Twelve of the Modern Language Association of America; (3) University Types and Ideals; (4) State Supervision of Degree-Conferring…
Descriptors: Children, Research, Modern Languages, Colleges