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Rathbun, Amy H.; Kena, Grace – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2016
First-time kindergartners who demonstrated positive approaches to learning behaviors more frequently in the fall of kindergarten tended to make greater gains in reading, mathematics, and science between kindergarten and second grade. For each additional point in students' fall kindergarten approaches to learning score, average gains from…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Socioeconomic Status, Reading Achievement, Mathematics Achievement
Rathbun, Amy H.; Hausken, Elvira Germino – 2003
A study used data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 (ECLS-K) to answer the following questions: Which of the various reading instructional activities do kindergartners do most often? Who has opportunities to participate in the various types of instructional activities? and Are the various instructional…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Kindergarten, Kindergarten Children, Learning Activities
Rathbun, Amy H.; Walston, Jill T.; Hausken, Elvira Germino – 2000
This longitudinal study examined the extent to which developmentally appropriate practices of teaching and evaluation are accepted and implemented in primary schools and the relationship of teacher educational background and experience with the use of these practices. Data were obtained from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study kindergarten…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Comparative Analysis, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Educational Practices
Rathbun, Amy H.; Hausken, Elvira Germino – 2001
This study identified the types of transition activities practiced by kindergarten teachers/schools around the country, the relation of various school characteristics to transition activities, and the relation between transition activities and parent involvement during kindergarten. The study sample was comprised of 2,826 public school and 417…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Catholic Schools, Comparative Analysis, Family School Relationship