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Stewart, Samantha Davida – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Literacy standards in early childhood education have recently foregrounded emergent reading processes along with recommended oral language and literacy pedagogies that includes reading aloud informational and literary picturebooks (National Institute for Early Education Research, 2006). To understand how reading pedagogy makes a difference in…
Descriptors: Reading Readiness, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Children, Emergent Literacy
Steffan, Stefanie Lyne – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether or not a child's chronological age at the onset of kindergarten influences foundational literacy skills and if there is an impact on long-term reading achievement. Research indicates that there are several factors that influence school readiness and the foundational literacy skills that must be…
Descriptors: Age, Age Differences, Kindergarten, Young Children
Zegarski, Cassandra Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The benefits of involvement in early childhood education have been researched from many different perspectives to show how children achieve social, emotional, and academic gains when they participate in a pre-kindergarten program. The purpose of this non-experimental quantitative study was to assess how attending a pre-kindergarten program in a…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Educational Benefits, Rural Schools, Public Schools
Kmak, Judy A. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this causal-comparative study was to examine the relationships between kindergarten reading-readiness skills by type of preschool, type of student, and attendance. Students were divided into three categories: at-risk, general population, and special education. The attendance by years and by total hours was compared with…
Descriptors: Reading Readiness, Preschool Education, Educational Practices, Cost Effectiveness
Sims, Denise L. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to develop a quantitative and qualitative profile to investigate whether there was a significant difference in the reading performance of kindergarten students that did or did not attend prekindergarten by examining scores of the August benchmarks on the Dynamic Indicator of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS). Using…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Reading Readiness, Preschool Education, School Psychologists
Chapman, Angela M. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The research indicates that there are many benefits to pre-kindergarten participation which includes positive social and emotional benefits and academic achievement gains (Barnett et al., 2005; Cody, 1993; Neuman, 2007; U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services, 2010). The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine the effects of the…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Reading Readiness, Reading Achievement, Achievement Gains