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Eichstaedt, Maureen – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This study measured the effectiveness of sight word practice using flashcards and the growth results were compared based on presentation formats when administered to a group of second grade students. The data were later disaggregated to compare the success rates of each platform among three different subgroups within the test population, based on…
Descriptors: Sight Vocabulary, Grade 2, Elementary School Students, Reading Instruction
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Hendricks, Alison Eisel; Adlof, Suzanne M. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2017
Purpose: We compared outcomes from 2 measures of language ability in children who displayed a range of dialect variation: 1 using features that do not contrast between mainstream American English (MAE) and nonmainstream dialects (NMAE), and 1 using contrastive features. We investigated how modified scoring procedures affected the diagnostic…
Descriptors: Language Skills, Children, Dialects, Grade 2
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Torrente, Catalina; Johnston, Brian; Starkey, Leighann; Seidman, Edward; Shivshanker, Anjuli; Weisenhorn, Nina; Annan, Jeannie; Aber, John Lawrence – Journal on Education in Emergencies, 2015
Improving the quality of education for millions of children worldwide has become a global priority. This study presents results from the first experimental evaluation to test the impact of a universal school-based program on (1) the quality of school interactions (i.e., students' perceptions of the level of support/care and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Quality, Interaction, Well Being
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Denham, Susanne A.; Bassett, Hideko H.; Zinsser, Katherine; Wyatt, Todd M. – Infant and Child Development, 2014
Starting on positive trajectories at school entry is important for children's later academic success. Using partial least squares, we sought to specify interrelations among all theory-based components of social-emotional learning (SEL), and their ability to predict later classroom adjustment and academic readiness in a modelling context.…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Executive Function, School Readiness
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Nyroos, Mikaela; Korhonen, Johan; Linnanmäki, Karin; Svens-Liavåg, Camilla – Education Inquiry, 2012
The education systems in Sweden and Finland have different formal and informal testing traditions. A recognised possible adverse effect of testing is test anxiety among pupils and students which may have a negative impact on examination performance. Research into which factors of testing practice affect the levels of test anxiety in younger pupils…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Test Anxiety, Grade 3, Elementary School Students