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Norwalk, Kate E.; DiPerna, James C.; Lei, Pui-wa; Wu, Qiong – School Psychology Quarterly, 2012
The purpose of the present study was to determine whether there are systematic differences in literacy skills among children from less-advantaged households, using latent profile analysis. Early reading skills were measured using the Early Arithmetic, Reading, and Learning Indicators (EARLI; DiPerna, Morgan, & Lei, 2007) literacy tasks.…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Young Children, Individual Characteristics, Reading Skills
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Vukelich, Carol; Han, Myae; Buell, Martha J.; Moore, Noreen S. – NHSA Dialog, 2009
This article describes the language and early literacy program, including the use of extra instructional support, provided to low-income children in one Early Reading First (ERF) project. The article (a) describes the specific strategies used within a tutoring program to provide assistance beyond the classroom intervention program to children…
Descriptors: Intervention, Early Reading, Disadvantaged Youth, Family Literacy
BERZONSKY, 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
Aaron, Robert L. – 1968
The Research and Development Center of the University of Georgia investigated the behavioral differences among advantaged and disadvantaged preschool children as part of an attempt to develop the most efficient way of assuring success at the first-grade level. A comparative study of a preschool stimulation program and the traditional kindergarten…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education, Early Experience
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
Slavin, Robert E.; And Others – 1991
This report summarizes research on the impacts of alternative early intervention programs to prevent school failure. Also considered are the magnitude of estimates of program effects and policy implications of using the programs. The nine principal types of early schooling programs reviewed are those involving: (1) substantial reductions in class…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Class Size, Disadvantaged Youth
Weisberg, Paul – 1984
The development of strong reading competencies in educationally at-risk preschoolers in the Early Childhood Day Care Center (University of Alabama) was established through intensive training with a synthetic phonics approach. Subjects' reading performance was assessed on the basis of criterion-referenced tests and standardized reading tests,…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis, Criterion Referenced Tests, Disadvantaged Youth