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Download full textNeuman, Susan B.; Wright, Tanya – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2010
Given the size of the investment in professional development for early childhood educators and the dependence of educational reform on providing high quality professional development, the knowledge base of effective practices needs to be strengthened. In this paper, the authors report on the results of an effort to better understand the…
Descriptors: Teacher Characteristics, Children, Educational Change, Emergent Literacy
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This study examines the impact of 2 forms of professional development on prekindergarten teachers' early language and literacy practice: coursework and coaching. Participating teachers (N = 148) from 6 urban cities were randomly assigned to Group 1 (coursework), Group 2 (on-site coaching), or Group 3 (control group). Pre- and postassessments…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Children, Effect Size, Comparative Analysis
Neuman, Susan B.; Pinkham, Ashley; Kaefer, Tanya – Early Education and Development, 2015
The purpose of this study was to support teachers' child-directed language and student outcomes by enhancing the educative features of an intervention targeted to vocabulary, conceptual development and comprehension. Using a set of design heuristics (Davis & Krajcik, 2005), our goal was to support teachers' professional development within the…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Preschool Education, Preschool Curriculum, Faculty Development
Neuman, Susan B.; Newman, Ellen H.; Dwyer, Julie – Reading Research Quarterly, 2011
The purpose of this study was to examine the hypothesis that helping preschoolers learn words through categorization may enhance their ability to retain words and their conceptual properties, acting as a bootstrap for self-learning. We examined this hypothesis by investigating the effects of the World of Words instructional program, a supplemental…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Disadvantaged Youth, Vocabulary Development, Intervention
Neuman, Susan B.; Kaefer, Tanya; Pinkham, Ashley; Strouse, Gabrielle – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2014
Targeted to children as young as 3 months old, there is a growing number of baby media products that claim to teach babies to read. This randomized controlled trial was designed to examine this claim by investigating the effects of a best-selling baby media product on reading development. One hundred and seventeen infants, ages 9 to 18 months,…
Descriptors: Infants, Reading Instruction, Comparative Analysis, Experimental Groups
