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Direct linkSam, Ann M.; Odom, Samuel L.; Tomaszewski, Brianne; Perkins, Yolanda; Cox, Ann W. – Grantee Submission, 2020
The purpose of this study was to test the efficacy of a comprehensive program model originally developed by the National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorder (NPDC). Sixty elementary schools with 486 participants were randomly assigned to an NPDC and services as usual condition (SAU). Significantly greater changes in program…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Children, Evidence Based Practice
Kim, Young-Suk Grace – Grantee Submission, 2016
Purpose: The primary aim of the present study was to examine whether different ways of presenting narrative stimuli (i.e., live narrative stimuli versus audio-recorded narrative stimuli) influence children's performances on narrative comprehension and oral-retell quality. Method: Children in kindergarten (n = 54), second grade (n = 74), and fourth…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Audio Equipment, Auditory Stimuli, Comparative Analysis
Gerdeman, R. Dean; Wan, Yinmei; Molefe, Ayrin; Bos, Johannes M.; Zhu, Bo; Dhillon, Sonica – American Institutes for Research, 2017
Urban school districts often rely on alternative teacher certification programs to help address ongoing demands for recruiting and hiring qualified teachers. These programs offer pathways into teaching outside of traditional university-based teacher education programs. TNTP's Teaching Fellows program has been one of the most prominent alternative…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, School Districts, Alternative Teacher Certification, Program Implementation
Justice, Laura M.; McGinty, Anita S.; Piasta, Shayne B.; Kaderavek, Joan N.; Fan, Xitao – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2010
Purpose: This study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of teachers' use of a print-referencing style during whole-class read-alouds with respect to accelerating 4- and 5-year-old children's print-knowledge development. It also examined 8 specific child- and setting-level moderators to determine whether these influenced the relation…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Intervention, Reading Aloud to Others, Instructional Effectiveness
Prentice Starkey; Alice Klein – Grantee Submission, 2012
A socioeconomic status (SES) gap in mathematical knowledge emerges early and widens prior to school entry. To address this gap, a curricular intervention, "Pre-K Mathematics," was developed and found to be effective in prior efficacy research. In the present project, the next step was taken in evaluating this intervention. Specifically,…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Preschool Education, Intervention, Program Effectiveness
Justice, Laura M.; Meier, Joanne; Walpole, Sharon – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2005
Purpose: The extant literature suggests that exposure to novel vocabulary words through repeated readings of storybooks influences children's word learning, and that adult elaboration of words in context can accelerate vocabulary growth. This study examined the influence of small-group storybook reading sessions on the acquisition of vocabulary…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Young Children, Vocabulary Development, High Risk Students
Martinez, Alina; Linkow, Tamara; Miller, Hannah; Parsad, Amanda – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2018
The U.S. Department of Education tested a set of promising, low-cost advising strategies, called "Find the Fit," designed to help low-income and "first generation" students enrolled in the Department's Upward Bound program choose more selective colleges and stay in until they complete a degree. About 200 Upward Bound projects…
Descriptors: Low Income Students, First Generation College Students, College Choice, Academic Persistence
