ERIC Number: ED608208
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Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 114
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Development of the Prekindergarten Learning Receptiveness Assessment (LRA) Greenhouse: Process and Preliminary Findings. Technical Report #2001
Sáez, Leilani; Irvin, P. Shawn
Behavioral Research and Teaching
In this technical report we document the development and piloting of the Learning Receptiveness Assessment (LRA) Greenhouse for Prekindergarten. This technological tool was designed to prevent reading disabilities by supporting effective "assessment-guided instructional decision-making" by Preschool teachers. The LRA Greenhouse comprises a tablet-based formative assessment and app-enabled research-based intentional teaching activity plans, monitoring checklist, and reports; it also includes a support website containing printable curriculum materials, online training modules, and teacher resources. The LRA measures emergent prereading skill levels, classroom behavior regulation, and working memory processing capacity in the fall, winter, and spring to provide teachers with multi-dimensional information for addressing children's "high priority needs" in time for Kindergarten. Activity plans focus on building children's literacy and behavior regulation for managing social-emotional and task engagement experiences, which are crucial to adequately develop during the Prekindergarten-Kindergarten transition as children adjust to classroom-based learning. We share our development process, descriptions and screenshots of wrap-around supports and features, as well as findings from two pilot studies conducted across 12 classrooms. Our goal is to present lessons learned from developing a technological tool intended to feasibly and sustainably "bridge a gap" in reading disabilities prevention between early childhood and K-12 schools, and preliminary evidence of positive impact for both Prekindergarten children "and" their teachers.
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Formative Evaluation, Computer Assisted Testing, Reading Readiness, Student Behavior, Short Term Memory, Learning Readiness, Preschool Teachers, Reading Difficulties, At Risk Students, Emergent Literacy, Test Construction, Test Items, Teacher Attitudes, Data Use, Decision Making, Preschool Curriculum, Computer Uses in Education, Handheld Devices
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Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Office of Special Education Programs (ED/OSERS)
Authoring Institution: University of Oregon, Behavioral Research and Teaching (BRT)
Identifiers - Location: Oregon
Grant or Contract Numbers: H327S150007
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