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From Fearing STEM to Playing with It: The Natural Integration of STEM into the Preschool Classroom
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Torres-Crespo, Marisel N.; Kraatz, Emily; Pallansch, Lindsey – SRATE Journal, 2014
The article describes the process of developing and implementing a STEM Summer Camp that allowed Preschoolers to experiment and investigate with materials while learning basic concepts of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) through play as part of the educational process. The participants were presented with problems that they…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Play, Summer Programs, Problem Solving
Analyzing the Perceptions and Use of Interactive Whiteboards by Prekindergarten Teachers in Presentation of Classroom Lessons
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Rosetti, Jennifer – ProQuest LLC, 2012
In an attempt to improve poor academic performance of students, many schools are purchasing interactive whiteboards to enhance lesson presentations. Interactive whiteboards are seldom being used to present lessons. The purpose of this quantitative study was to compare how frequently interactive whiteboards are used by prekindergarten teachers in…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Preschool Teachers, Visual Aids, Educational Technology
Maryland: Looking Closer. 2018 State Progress Report on the Challenge to Lead 2020 Goals for Education
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Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2018
"Looking Closer" is the eighth biennial report to SREB states on their progress in meeting SREB's Challenge to Lead goals for education. Each customized state report documents progress on both measurable outcomes and state policies. Through effective policy implementation, the goals can help states drive improvements in student…
Descriptors: Public Schools, School Demography, Student Diversity, Preschool Education
The Evaluation of a Style-Oriented Cognitive Curriculum for Two- and Three-Year-Olds in the I.V.Y. [Involving the Very Young] Program of the Baltimore City Public Schools.
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Webb, Roger A. – 1973
This is a report on an experimental study of a cognitive curriculum supplement developed for the I.V.Y. (Involving the Very Young) Program of the Baltimore City School System. The study concerns the development and transmission of a curriculum for two-year-old children, and an evaluation of its effects. The present version of the curriculum is not…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Cognitive Development, Compensatory Education, Curriculum Evaluation
Standards for Implementing Quality Early Childhood Education Programs, Center-Based Child Care and Head Start. Guide to Accrediation: Self-Appraisal and Validation [and] Instrument for Self-Appraisal and Validation.
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Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. – 2000
As part of efforts to improve school readiness by enhancing the quality of early childhood education, the state of Maryland developed standards for the use of staff in center-based child care and Head Start programs to mirror the standards in place for public school prekindergarten programs as well as a state accreditation process for center-based…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Child Care, Child Care Centers, Child Caregivers
Achieving School Readiness: A 5-Year Action Agenda for Maryland. Presented to the Subcabinet for Children, Youth and Families by the Leadership in Action Program.
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Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. – 2002
As a result of lengthy deliberations and review of evidence-based proven practices by the Leadership in Action Program in Maryland, this action agenda details 6 goals, 25 strategies, and 106 action steps determined as most critical to ensuring that all of Maryland's children will enter school ready to learn. The action agenda was submitted to the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accountability, Change Strategies, Child Care