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Gray, Abigail M.; Sirinides, Philip M.; Fink, Ryan E.; Bowden, A. Brooks – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2022
This study examines the efficacy, cost, and implementation of an integrated science and literacy curriculum for kindergarten. The study was conducted in a large urban district and included 1,589 students in 71 classrooms in 21 schools. The research includes a multi-site cluster-randomized controlled trial and mixed-methods cost and implementation…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Literacy Education, Science Instruction, Integrated Curriculum
Improving Low-Income Preschoolers' Word and World Knowledge: The Effects of Content-Rich Instruction
Neuman, Susan B.; Kaefer, Tanya; Pinkham, Ashley M. – Elementary School Journal, 2016
This study examined the efficacy of a shared book-reading approach to integrating literacy and science instruction. The purpose was to determine whether teaching science vocabulary using information text could improve low-income preschoolers' word knowledge, conceptual development, and content knowledge in the life sciences. Teachers in 17…
Descriptors: Low Income, Preschool Children, Literacy Education, Science Instruction
Gropen, Jess; Clark-Chiarelli, Nancy; Ehrlich, Stacy; Thieu, Yen – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2011
The authors are responding to the critical need for empirical evidence on effective strategies to improve preschool science instruction in preschool. By focusing on the Head Start community, "Foundations of Science Literacy (FSL)" is a credit-bearing professional development course that directly addresses the achievement gap in early…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Preschool Education, Science Instruction, Preschool Teachers
Doabler, Christian; Baker, Scott K.; Smolkowski, Keith; Fien, Hank; Clarke, Ben; Cary, Mari Strand; Chard, David – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2011
The purpose of this 4-year efficacy trial, funded by IES under the Mathematics and Science Education topic, is to study the efficacy of a (Tier 1) core kindergarten math curriculum, "Early Learning in Mathematics" (ELM), when implemented under rigorous experimental conditions. In the first year of this study (2008-09), kindergarten…
Descriptors: Intervention, Program Effectiveness, Kindergarten, Teacher Student Relationship
Wetzels, Annemie; Steenbeek, Henderien; Van Geert, Paul – Complicity: An International Journal of Complexity and Education, 2016
This article describes the effectiveness and sustainability of teacher professional development interventions from a complexity viewpoint as well as a more "standard" viewpoint. The first aim of this study is to give a theoretical overview of effective aspects of interventions regarding teachers' professionalizing using recent…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness, Intervention, Instructional Design