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Harbourne, Regina T.; Dusing, Stacey C; Lobo, Michele A.; McCoy, Sarah W.; Koziol, Natalie A.; Hsu, Lin-Ya; Willett, Sandra; Marcinowski, Emily C.; Babik, Iryna; Cunha, Andrea B.; An, Mihee; Chang, Hui-Ju; Bovaird, James A.; Sheridan, Susan M. – Grantee Submission, 2020
Objective: Our objective was to evaluate the efficacy of the Sitting Together and Reaching to Play (START-Play) intervention in young infants with neuromotor disorders. Method: This randomized controlled trial compared usual care-early intervention (UC-EI) with START-Play plus UC-EI. Analyses included 112 infants with motor delay (55 UC-EI, 57…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Early Intervention, Infants, Neurological Impairments
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Atteberry, Allison; Bassok, Daphna; Wong, Vivian C. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2019
This study is a randomized control trial of full- versus half-day prekindergarten (pre-K) in a school district near Denver, Colorado. Four-year-old children were randomly assigned an offer of half-day (4 days/week) or full-day (5 days/week) pre-K that increased class time by 600 hours. The full-day pre-K offer produced substantial, positive…
Descriptors: School Schedules, Preschool Education, School Readiness, Program Effectiveness
Wasik, Barbara A.; Hindman, Annemarie H. – Grantee Submission, 2020
Preschool teachers from a high-poverty, urban school district were trained to implement Story Talk, a book reading intervention designed to increase children's vocabulary and language development using supportive materials and strategic individualized coaching. Thirty-five teachers were randomly assigned by site to the intervention (20) or the…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Faculty Development, Preschool Children, Vocabulary Development
Coyne, Michael D.; McCoach, D. Betsy; Ware, Sharon; Austin, Christy R.; Loftus-Rattan, Susan M.; Baker, Doris L. – Exceptional Children, 2019
We investigated whether individual differences in overall receptive vocabulary knowledge measured at the beginning of the year moderated the effects of a kindergarten vocabulary intervention that supplemented classroom vocabulary instruction. We also examined whether moderation would offset the benefits of providing Tier-2 vocabulary intervention…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Vocabulary Development, Receptive Language, Kindergarten
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Spencer, Trina D.; Moran, Meghan; Thompson, Marilyn S.; Petersen, Douglas B.; Restrepo, M. Adelaida – AERA Open, 2020
The purpose of this cluster randomized group study was to investigate the effect of multitiered, dual-language instruction on children's oral language skills, including vocabulary, narrative retell, receptive and expressive language, and listening comprehension. The participants were 3- to 5-year-old children (n = 81) who were learning English and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Oral Language, Language Skills, Vocabulary Skills
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Neuman, Susan B.; Pinkham, Ashley; Kaefer, Tanya – Early Education and Development, 2015
The purpose of this study was to support teachers' child-directed language and student outcomes by enhancing the educative features of an intervention targeted to vocabulary, conceptual development and comprehension. Using a set of design heuristics (Davis & Krajcik, 2005), our goal was to support teachers' professional development within the…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Preschool Education, Preschool Curriculum, Faculty Development
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Morrow, Lesley Mandel – Elementary School Journal, 1985
Studies indicated that a single experience of retelling a story after listening produced a small improvement in kindergarten children's comprehension and that this effect could be increased by frequent practice and guidance in retelling. Appended are a story reading and retelling guidesheet for students and directions for guiding retellings for…
Descriptors: Oral Interpretation, Oral Reading, Primary Education, Reading
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Christopher J. Lonigan; Jason L. Anthony; Brenlee G. Bloomfield; Sarah M. Dyer; Corine S. Samwel – Journal of Early Intervention, 1999
The effects of 2 preschool-based shared-reading interventions were evaluated with 95 children, ages 2- to 5-years, from low-income families. Language skills of the children were below age-level as measured by standardized tests. Children were pretested and randomly assigned to 1 of 3 conditions: (a) no-treatment control, (b) typical shared-reading…
Descriptors: Expressive Language, High Risk Students, Listening Comprehension, Low Income