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Vi-Nhuan Le; Diana Schaack; Michael Gottfried – Elementary School Journal, 2024
There is currently a debate as to whether academic content at kindergarten crowds out time spent in creative arts, free play, and physical activity. Analyzing kindergarten teachers' reports of their instruction from the ECLS-K:2011, this study examined whether core academic content or advanced academic content in math or English language arts…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Preschool Teachers, Creative Activities, Art Activities
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Saunders, William M.; Foorman, Barbara R.; Carlson, Coleen D. – Elementary School Journal, 2006
The issue of whether to separate English language development (ELD) into a separate instructional block or whether to integrate it with reading/language arts instruction is an unanswered question with theoretical and practical implications. We addressed this question by observing instruction across the year in 85 kindergarten classrooms that…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Kindergarten, Oral Language, Language Proficiency
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Neuman, Susan B.; Fischer, Robyn – Elementary School Journal, 1995
Twenty kindergarten classrooms were observed during two full days of integrated language instruction. Over 300 observed literacy tasks were analyzed by activity format, duration, cognitive complexity, organization, and participation structures. Results indicated that, although most of the activities were meaning based, over half of the observed…
Descriptors: Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Holistic Approach, Kindergarten, Kindergarten Children