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Direct linkFives, Allyn – Reading Psychology, 2016
The current article examines what factors explained the success of a reading program delivered by older adult volunteers to at-risk early readers. The article also examines the direction of the relationship over time (both direct and mediated) between reading achievement, frequency of reading at home, and academic self-beliefs. Two hundred and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Programs, Program Effectiveness, Early Reading
Clark, Teresa Parton – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Reading is a necessary skill in our modern society and is increasingly critical for success in our highly technological society. Yet many children from low-SES backgrounds struggle to develop reading proficiency (Lee, Grigg, & Donahue, 2007) and continuing concerns about this pervasive relationship has led to an increased focus on creating…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Early Intervention, Early Reading, Reading Skills
Merrell, Christine; Tymms, Peter – Oxford Review of Education, 2011
Since 1997, England has seen massive changes in the Early Years including the introduction of an early childhood curriculum, free pre-school education for three-year-olds and local programmes for disadvantaged communities. Many of these initiatives took time to introduce and become established. Beginning in 2001, and each year thereafter until…
Descriptors: Early Reading, Preschool Education, Educational Trends, Foreign Countries
Wasik, Barbara A.; Hindman, Annemarie H. – NHSA Dialog, 2010
The current study investigated the nature of Head Start children's home literacy environments and the associations between these resources and children's early-language and literacy skills. At the beginning of the preschool year, families of 302 children completed the Family Literacy Survey. In general, Head Start families reported providing a…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Family Literacy, Family Environment, Early Experience
Download full textBERZONSKY, MICHAEL; REIDFORD, PHILIP – 1967
TO SUPPORT THE PREMISE THAT EARLY EDUCATION REDUCES ENVIRONMENTAL DEPRIVATION AND TO SUBSTANTIATE PROPOSALS ADVANCED BY BEREITER AND ENGLEMANN IN "TEACHING DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN IN PRESCHOOL," AN EXPERIMENT WAS CONDUCTED IN A HEADSTART SETTING. TWO CLASSES, EACH OF 24 CHILDREN RANGING IN AGE FROM 3-8 TO 5-7, ATTENDED PRESCHOOL CLASSES…
Descriptors: Curriculum Research, Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Experience
Bruininks, Robert H. – Percept Mot Skills, 1969
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Black Students, Disadvantaged, Early Reading
Crane, Barbara J.; Longenecker, E. Donald – 1969
The validity of introducing reading on the preschool level is the premise behind this study. The objective was to determine the effectiveness of the Categorical Sound System (CSS) developed by the author, as a highly structured linguistic-based readiness and beginning reading program, on kindergarten children from underprivileged and privileged…
Descriptors: Advantaged, Beginning Reading, Disadvantaged, Early Reading
Morgan, Anne – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2005
Research has shown that adult-child shared book reading can enhance language and literacy development in the early years, although little is known about how mothers and children from socio-economically disadvantaged communities interact around books. This study investigated the shared reading interactions of three mother-child dyads living in such…
Descriptors: Mothers, Emergent Literacy, Disadvantaged, Parent Child Relationship
BENDER, MARTIN L. – 1968
FOUR STUDIES CONDUCTED BY THE MOUNT VERNON PUBLIC SCHOOLS OVER A PERIOD OF FIVE SEMESTERS INVOLVED MACHINE-TEACHING READING TO 240 DISADVANTAGED PREKINDERGARTEN CHILDREN FROM THE CHILDREN'S CENTER AND THE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER TO PREPARE THEM FOR MORE SUCCESSFUL KINDERGARTEN LEARNING THROUGH ACADEMICALLY-ORIENTED READINESS ACTIVITIES IN AN…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Disadvantaged, Early Reading, Language Acquisition
Morrison, Coleman; And Others – 1970
This study, part of a larger Comparing Reading Approaches in First-Grade Teaching (CRAFT) Project, was concerned with the subsequent reading performances of disadvantaged urban black children who were identified as having some word recognition ability at the time they entered first grade. All the children in this study, early readers as well as…
Descriptors: Black Youth, Disadvantaged, Early Reading, Economically Disadvantaged
KRIPPNER, STANLEY – 1966
TEN PROGRAMS REVIEWED IN THIS PAPER ILLUSTRATE WHAT CAN BE DONE FOR CULTURALLY DISADVANTAGED RETARDED READERS. THE MONTESSORI APPROACH EMPHASIZES INTRINSIC MOTIVATION AND USES SENSE-STIMULATING MATERIALS AND DEVELOPMENTAL ACTIVITIES FOR PERCEPTUAL AND COGNITIVE GROWTH. THE BANNEKER PROGRAM ENRICHES ITS INTENSIVE PRESCHOOL PROGRAM WITH EXPERIENCES…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Corrective Reading, Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth
US Agency for International Development, 2009
The 2009 Worldwide Education and Training Workshop brought together over 375 members of the international development community to share best practices in addressing the growing challenges in the field of education for social and economic development. This paper presents synopses of the presentations delivered during the workshop.
Descriptors: Economic Development, Workshops, Social Development, International Studies
HARRIS, LARRY A. – 1967
THE IMPORTANT PAPERS PUBLISHED IN THE YEARLY CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL READING ASSOCIATION IN ELEMENTARY READING SINCE 1960 ARE LISTED WITH ANNOTATIONS, AND THE COMPLETE TEXT OF EACH PAPER IS PROVIDED. THE 345 PAPERS ARE PRESENTED WITHIN THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES--(1) THE OBJECTIVES AND GOALS IN READING, (2) READING PROGRAMS, (3)…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Bilingual Students, Content Area Reading, Disadvantaged
Downing, John; Brown, Amy L. – 1968
The symposium theme of "Today's Child and Learning to Read" provides the focal point for the 12 papers included in this volume. Each is concerned with an individual area of reading and the relevance of that area to the needs of today's students. Nearly half the articles deal with specific current approaches to reading instruction and their…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Cognitive Processes, Conference Reports, Disadvantaged
Schmalohr, Emil – 1971
This article discusses preschool education and the research conducted in that field on various relevant topics in an effort to establish recommendations and programs. Cognitive development is the main issue and is seen as a product of maturation as well as of a broad base of experience which results from interaction between the mind and the…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation
