NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing 571 to 585 of 4,790 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Laursen, Brett; Richmond, Ashley; Kiuru, Noona; Lerkkanen, Marja-Kristiina; Poikkeus, Anna-Maija – European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2022
The present study examined the academic antecedents of declining peer social status. Participants included 545 (311 boys, 234 girls) Finnish students followed from the 1st through the 4th grade (ages 6-8 at outset). Each year, teachers completed assessments of academic task avoidance and students completed standardized measures of reading and math…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Larcombe, Tegan J.; Joosten, Annette V.; Cordier, Reinie; Vaz, Sharmila – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2019
School readiness is important to a positive start and success in school but children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are at risk of not being school-ready. This study aimed to explore parent and therapist perspectives on school readiness skills of children with ASD and factors impacting on a positive mainstream school experience. A mixed…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Mainstreaming, School Readiness
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Fuller, Molly J.; Templeton, Nathan R. – Education Leadership Review, 2019
The purpose of this embedded-descriptive single-case study was to provide insight into one prekindergarten school's efforts to build teacher capacity in foundational skills. An embedded-descriptive single-case study was a suitable design for the study because the researcher could not manipulate the school's efforts; the setting was contemporary…
Descriptors: Principals, Preschools, Capacity Building, Preschool Teachers
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Degtyareva, Irina I.; Maznichenko, Marina M.; Mushkina, Irina A.; Sadilova, Oksana P. – European Journal of Contemporary Education, 2019
This paper captures insights from a recent study about the effect of corrective-developmental work with preschool-age children and their parents on the child's emotional well-being and anxiety levels and its benefits in terms of an improved emotional microclimate in the family. The authors share the findings from a diagnostic assessment of the…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Child Development, Emotional Development, Well Being
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Slavkovic, Marija; Memisevic, Haris – Problems of Education in the 21st Century, 2019
Transition period from preschool years to school years is a time of rapid changes in children's development. Children with intellectual disability lag behind their peers without disabilities in their school readiness skills, especially in math skills. Thus, there is a great importance of school preparation programs for children with intellectual…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Special Education, Students with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability
Nguyen, Tutrang; Reich, Stephanie M.; Jenkins, Jade Marcus; Abedi, Jamal – Grantee Submission, 2019
This study reports an independent investigation of the psychometric properties of Desired Results Developmental Profile (DRDP), a teacher-rated measure of school readiness for preschool-aged children. In a sample of 2,031 low-income, 3- to 5-year-old children attending Head Start, we tested three measurement models: a higher order one-factor…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Measures (Individuals), Preschool Children, Test Validity
Bernstein, Sima; Barnett, W. Steven; Ackerman, Debra J. – National Institute for Early Education Research, 2019
Because pre-academic and social-emotional capabilities at kindergarten entry predict later academic and social success, there has been great concern with the level of "readiness" at kindergarten entry. Many states require a kindergarten readiness assessment (KRA). However, how readiness is defined, who or what entity is doing the…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Kindergarten, Definitions, Student Characteristics
Fuller, Molly J. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The purpose of this embedded-descriptive single-case study was to inform prekindergarten principals of an instructional leader's efforts to build teacher capacity in foundational skills of executive function, fine motor integration skills, and associated challenges of laterality of hand and eye dominance. Despite Texas Education Agency's (TEA)…
Descriptors: Principals, Preschools, Capacity Building, Preschool Teachers
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Schmitt, S. A.; Duncan, R. J.; Budrevich, A.; Korucu, I. – Early Education and Development, 2020
Research Findings: The aim of the current study was to examine the extent to which the effects of preschool classroom quality on children's mathematics is moderated by executive functioning (EF) during the preschool year. The study sample included 102 children (M age = 53.57 months [SD = 5.42]; 49% male) and one of their parents recruited from 26…
Descriptors: Self Management, Educational Quality, Preschool Children, Classroom Environment
Kenward, Wendy; Kozak, Donna; Turner, Amanda – British Columbia Ministry of Education, 2020
All families have values and beliefs that guide them in their parenting journey. As an important adult in a child's life, and an influencer of a generation of compassionate people, a parent can have a positive impact on society as a whole. This booklet supports a vision of communities where children feel nurtured, safe, connected to their culture,…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, School Readiness, Child Development, Young Children
Piasta, Shayne B.; Farley, Kristin S.; Phillips, Beth M.; Anthony, Jason L.; Bowles, Ryan P. – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2018
The Letter-Sound Short Forms (LSSFs) were designed to meet criteria for effective progress monitoring tools by exhibiting strong psychometrics, offering multiple equivalent forms, and being brief and easy to administer and score. The present study expands available psychometric information for the LSSFs by providing an initial examination of their…
Descriptors: Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence, Preschool Children, Progress Monitoring, Test Validity
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Kay, Louise – FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 2018
The 'school-readiness' agenda is becoming increasingly dominant in recent policy discourse, and this article explores how the Bold Beginnings report builds on this agenda. By focusing on the curricular gap between the end of Reception and Year 1, and on the importance of mathematical and literacy outcomes, it is argued that Bold Beginnings clearly…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Elementary School Curriculum, Educational Policy, Reports
Albrecht, Maura E. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this project was to understand the association between age at kindergarten entry and social-emotional competence across grade levels, including kindergarten, grade 3, and grade 5. While the research indicates that there can be an initial academic advantage for the delayed entrant before grade 3, there is far less research that has…
Descriptors: School Entrance Age, Kindergarten, Interpersonal Competence, Emotional Response
Auspos, Patricia – Annie E. Casey Foundation, 2018
This case study shows how data systems can be combined to identify educational risk factors and then develop and implement solutions for addressing them. It shares a detailed account of strategies -- made possible through data systems developed by the Poverty Center -- that various stakeholders utilized to protect children in Cleveland from lead…
Descriptors: Housing, School Readiness, Physical Environment, Data
Boser, Ulrich; McDaniels, Abel; Benner, Meg – Center for American Progress, 2018
Policymakers and educators need to reimagine the American school experience in order to better improve student achievement. What's more, nearly half of all first-year college students require remediation in English, costing taxpayers roughly $1.3 billion. There are promising practices and research that rethink the school experience in order to…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Learning, School Restructuring, Academic Achievement
Pages: 1  |  ...  |  35  |  36  |  37  |  38  |  39  |  40  |  41  |  42  |  43  |  ...  |  320