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Kandia Lewis; Jessica A. R. Logan; Leiah J. G. Thomas; Naomi Schneider; Cynthia M. Zettler-Greeley; Laura L. Bailet; Shayne B. Piasta – Grantee Submission, 2023
Research Findings: The current study examined whether collective small-group behavioral engagement and teacher behavior management during small-group instruction predicted print knowledge, phonological awareness, letter writing, and expressive vocabulary gains for preschoolers at-risk for literacy difficulties. This study, part of a larger…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Small Group Instruction, Child Behavior
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Kandia Lewis; Jessica A. R. Logan; Leiah J. G. Thomas; Naomi Schneider; Cynthia M. Zettler-Greeley; Laura L. Bailet; Shayne B. Piasta – Early Education and Development, 2023
Research Findings: The current study examined whether collective small-group behavioral engagement and teacher behavior management during small-group instruction predicted print knowledge, phonological awareness, letter writing, and expressive vocabulary gains for preschoolers at-risk for literacy difficulties. This study, part of a larger…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Small Group Instruction, Child Behavior
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Milburn, Trelani F.; Hipfner-Boucher, Kathleen; Weitzman, Elaine; Greenberg, Janice; Pelletier, Janette; Girolametto, Luigi – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2017
Preschool children begin to represent spoken language in print long before receiving formal instruction in spelling and writing. The current study sought to identify the component skills that contribute to preschool children's ability to begin to spell words and write their name. Ninety-five preschool children (mean age = 57 months) completed a…
Descriptors: Spelling, Oral Language, Vocabulary Development, Expressive Language
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Bohlmann, Natalie L.; Downer, Jason T. – Early Education and Development, 2016
Research Findings: A growing emphasis in the literature on children's self-regulation signals the need for increased understanding of the ways in which young children become active players in the acquisition of knowledge. In particular, self-regulation may be linked to subsequent academic achievement through greater engagement with the learning…
Descriptors: Self Control, Preschool Children, Academic Achievement, Language Skills
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Duff, Fiona J.; Reen, Gurpreet; Plunkett, Kim; Nation, Kate – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2015
Background: Strong associations between infant vocabulary and school-age language and literacy skills would have important practical and theoretical implications: Preschool assessment of vocabulary skills could be used to identify children at risk of reading and language difficulties, and vocabulary could be viewed as a cognitive foundation for…
Descriptors: Correlation, Vocabulary, Infants, Language Skills
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Goodson, Barbara; Wolf, Anne; Bell, Steve; Turner, Herb; Finney, Pamela B. – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2011
This study is the first randomized study of the impacts of the vocabulary instruction program Kindergarten PAVEd for Success (K-PAVE) (Hamilton and Schwanenflugel 2011) on low-income students in kindergarten and grade 1. The study has two components. The first component is a test of the impacts of one year of the K-PAVE vocabulary instruction in…
Descriptors: Low Income Groups, Observation, Vocabulary, Teacher Surveys