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Hansen, Cory Cooper; Zambo, Debby – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2010
Relatively unexplored by research is how young boys transact and respond to literacy experiences during read-alouds. Some teachers perceive boys to be less interested in literacy and to prefer different kinds of stories than young girls. The purpose of this study was to analyze how two groups of preschool boys responded to different texts and how…
Descriptors: Reading Aloud to Others, Young Children, Preschool Children, Males
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Anastasi, Jeffrey S.; Rhodes, Matthew G. – Developmental Psychology, 2008
Several previous studies have demonstrated that children, when compared with adults, exhibit both lower levels of veridical memory and fewer intrusions when given semantically associated lists. However, researchers have drawn these conclusions using semantically associated word lists that were normed with adults, which may not lead to the same…
Descriptors: Word Lists, Memory, Age Differences, Young Children
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Frimpong, Jemima A.; Rivers, Patrick A.; Bae, Sejong – Health Education Journal, 2008
Objective: To evaluate school immunization records and document the immunization coverage and compliance level of children enrolled in kindergarten in Phoenix during the 2001-2002 school year. The purpose was to obtain information on: 1) immunization status by age two; 2) under-immunization in kindergarten; 3) administration error; and 4)…
Descriptors: Student Records, Immunization Programs, Kindergarten, Young Children
Walsh, Catherine B. – Voices for America's Children, 2005
"School Readiness Indicators: Making Progress for Young Children" was a multi-state initiative that used child well-being indicators to build a change agenda in states and local communities in order to improve school readiness and ensure early school success. The central premise behind this initiative was that top-notch school readiness…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Educational Indicators, Young Children, Early Childhood Education
Thompson, Anne, Ed. – 2001
The Smart Beginnings project in Arizona is designed to increase public awareness and parent education about early childhood development and family support resources. The program is intended to identify, link, establish, and expand a public/private family support system and improve the quality and increase availability of infant and toddler child…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Brain, Day Care, Early Intervention
Children's Action Alliance, 2005
The purpose of this study was to gather baseline information on the wages, benefits, length of employment and education levels of Arizona's early childhood education workforce. The study attempted to collect data from all early education employers, excluding home-based businesses, that are licensed by the Arizona State Department of Health…
Descriptors: Child Care Centers, Administrators, Young Children, Child Care