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Improving Reading Instruction and Students' Reading Skills in the Early Grades: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Haiti
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Guzmán, Juan Carlos; Schuenke-Lucien, Kate; D'Agostino, Anthony J.; Berends, Mark; Elliot, Andrew J. – Reading Research Quarterly, 2021
In Haiti, 49% of students cannot read a single word in Creole by the time they start grade 3, which is reflective of a broader learning crisis in low-income and fragile contexts. Read to Learn, an early-grade literacy intervention, was implemented and evaluated from fall 2014 through spring 2016 with the aim of improving students' reading skills.…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Instructional Improvement, Reading Improvement, Emergent Literacy
The Role of Vocabulary and Decoding Language Skills in Reading Comprehension: A Cross-Linguistic Perspective
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Wawire, Brenda Aromu; Zuilkowski, Stephanie Simmons – International Multilingual Research Journal, 2021
The present study explored the role of vocabulary and decoding skills in predicting reading comprehension, utilizing data from 322 first- grade children from four elementary schools in Kenya. The children were administered a comprehensive battery of tests to assess pseudo-word reading skills, oral reading fluency, reading comprehension, and…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Decoding (Reading), Language Skills, Reading Comprehension
Child-Friendly School Initiative in Jordan: A Sharing Experience
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Weshah, Hani A.; Al-Faori, Oraib; Sakal, Reham M. – College Student Journal, 2012
The purpose of this research was to report on a Child-Friendly School (CFS) initiative pilot project in Jordan, which aims at initiating the creation of CFS and to raise stakeholders' awareness of the importance of this project in promoting and implementing Child Rights Conviction (CRC) in Jordan. The study was conducted by a joint team selected…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Pilot Projects, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries
Home and Instruction Effects on Emergent Literacy in a Sample of Chilean Kindergarten Children
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Strasser, Katherine; Lissi, Maria Rosa – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2009
The study examines the home literacy experiences, emergent literacy skills, and instructional experiences of a sample of Chilean kindergarten children (n = 126) and kindergarten families (n = 188) nested in 12 kindergarten classrooms from different socioeconomic status groups and types of schools. Descriptive information is given showing the level…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Kindergarten, Emergent Literacy, Grade 1
Impact of School Readiness Program Interventions on Children's Learning in Cambodia
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Nonoyama-Tarumi, Yuko; Bredenberg, Kurt – International Journal of Educational Development, 2009
To reduce the high repetition rates in early years of primary school, the government of Cambodia piloted a school readiness program (SRP) in the first two months of Grade 1 of primary school. This study examines whether such intervention has effects on students' immediate acquisition of school readiness skills as well as students' longer term…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Intervention, Primary Education, Foreign Countries
The Repeat and Drop-out Problem: A Study in Brazil on the Role of the Teacher.
Davico, Maria Izabel – Prospects, 1990
Compares first grade dropout and repetition rates between regions and within two cities, Belem and Porto Alegre, Brazil. Focuses on teacher selection, qualifications, and attitudes through classroom observation, 72 interviews, and 155 questionnaires. Shows first grade teachers expect low-income students to fail and encourage failure through…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Classroom Observation Techniques, Developing Nations, Dropout Rate