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Jerae Kelly; Kelli Cummings – Reading Psychology, 2024
Theory of Mind (ToM) is a skill of social cognition recently of interest to literacy researchers. This article presents initial findings from a pilot study investigating the use of ToM to teach theme identification and theme statement formation to beginning readers who are less-skilled in comprehension. The authors designed a brief, 1:1 listening…
Descriptors: Theory of Mind, Inferences, Childrens Literature, Reading Instruction
Sung, Connie; Connor, Annemarie; Chen, June; Lin, Chien-Chun; Kuo, Hung-Jen; Chun, Jina – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2019
This article details the iterative development, feasibility, and preliminary efficacy of an 8-week work-related social skills intervention, Assistive Soft Skills and Employment Training, for young adults with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder. In this mixed-methods study, pre- and post-intervention surveys, interviews, and functional…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Intervention, Young Adults, Autism
Montroy, Janelle J.; Zucker, Tricia A.; Assel, Michael M.; Landry, Susan H.; Anthony, Jason L.; Williams, Jeffrey M.; Hsu, Hsien-Yuan; Crawford, April; Johnson, Ursula Y.; Carlo, Maria S.; Taylor, Heather B. – Early Education and Development, 2020
There is a significant need for kindergarten entry assessments (KEA) that meet state education agency (SEA) requirements and are psychometrically sound measures of a broad range of school readiness domains such as language, literacy, math, science, executive function, and social-emotional skills. Research Findings: In this paper, we describe five…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, School Readiness, Student Evaluation, Test Construction
Aragón, Estíbaliz; Serrano, Noemí; Navarro, Jose Ignacio – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2018
Introduction: Differences in learning mathematics between boys and girls are being controversial according to different studies. However, those divergences are not always supported by empirical studies. One of the specific sources of difficulties on this topic is the fluency calculation learning, where performance differences between boys and…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Mathematics Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Mathematics Skills
Kliemann, Karin R.; Boesch, Miriam C.; Lindo, Endia J. – Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 2021
Students with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are being educated in general education content classrooms that use lessons directed to whole groups of students which limit use of visually presented material. For some students with ASD, having limited visual support hinders their abilities to process and comprehend material. Research shows…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Instructional Materials, Visual Aids
Gordon, Rachel A.; Peng, Fang – Grantee Submission, 2020
The standard scoring of the CLASS PreK produces three domain scores that are widely used in research, practice and policy. Despite these domains being based on developmental theory and research, limited empirical evidence exists for the three-domain structure as operationalized in the CLASS PreK. Using the 2009 and 2014 Head Start Family and Child…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Low Income Groups, Federal Programs, Factor Structure
Acar, Ibrahim H.; Hong, Soo-Young; Wu, ChaoRong – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2017
The current study aimed to examine the associations between teacher presence and social scaffolding and preschool children's peer interactions. Using a time sampling method, peer interactions of 22 four- and five-year-old preschoolers (12 girls; M[subscript age] = 52.95 months) and teacher behavior were observed on two different days during…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Preschool Children, Peer Relationship, Interaction
Siegel, Linda S. – International Journal for Research in Learning Disabilities, 2019
Dyslexia and other learning disabilities are not being properly recognized and treated in our educational system or society at large. Unrecognized and untreated learning disabilities represent a serious social and economic problem, not only to the individual but to society as a whole. For example, antisocial behavior, as seen in prison populations…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Learning Disabilities, Disability Identification, Screening Tests
Chiang, Hanley; Walsh, Elias; Shanahan, Timothy; Gentile, Claudia; Maccarone, Alyssa; Waits, Tiffany; Carlson, Barbara; Rikoon, Samuel – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2017
Reading comprehension--the ability to understand the meaning of text--is a foundational ability that enables children to learn in school and throughout life. Children who struggle with reading comprehension in the third or fourth grade are at high risk for dropping out of school, with detrimental effects on their future employment, income, and…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Language Acquisition, Preschool Education, Early Childhood Education
Hudson, Kesha N.; Willoughby, Michael T. – RTI International, 2021
Recent findings from the Kids Activity and Learning Study complement North Carolina's multidimensional approach to promoting school readiness by emphasizing the integrated nature of motor and cognitive development in early childhood. Children whose motor skills improved the most over the course of an academic year also tended to demonstrate the…
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Motor Development, Cognitive Development, Skill Development
McCormick, Meghan; White, Hope; Horn, Parham; Lacks, Rachel; O'Connor, Erin; Cappella, Elise; McClowry, Sandee – Early Education and Development, 2018
Research Findings: This study investigated how mean classroom-level shyness scores moderated the impacts of "INSIGHTS" into "Children's Temperament" on instructional support and students' math and reading skills in kindergarten and 1st-grade classrooms. "INSIGHTS" is a temperament-based social-emotional learning…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Kindergarten, Grade 1, Student Characteristics
Wiener, Judith; Daniels, Lesley – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2016
This article reports on a qualitative study of the school experiences of adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in the context of quantitative research on teacher attitudes and practices, adolescent self-appraisals, and social and family relationships. Twelve adolescents with ADHD participated in in-depth, semistructured…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Teacher Attitudes, Semi Structured Interviews
Grossman, Ruth B.; Edelson, Lisa R.; Tager-Flusberg, Helen – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2013
Purpose: People with high-functioning autism (HFA) have qualitative differences in facial expression and prosody production, which are rarely systematically quantified. The authors' goals were to qualitatively and quantitatively analyze prosody and facial expression productions in children and adolescents with HFA. Method: Participants were 22…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Nonverbal Communication, Children, Story Telling
Lillard, Angeline S.; Heise, Megan J. – Journal of Montessori Research, 2016
Montessori classrooms vary in the degree to which they adhere to Maria Montessori's model, including in the provision of materials. Specifically, some classrooms use only Montessori materials, whereas others supplement the Montessori materials with commercially available materials like puzzles and games. A prior study suggested such…
Descriptors: Montessori Method, Instructional Materials, Comparative Analysis, Pretests Posttests
Kidd, Julie K.; Carlson, Abby G.; Gadzichowski, K. Marinka; Boyer, Caroline E.; Gallington, Debbie A.; Pasnak, Robert – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2013
A test of the effectiveness of patterning instruction was conducted with 140 first-graders. First, 383 first-graders from 20 classes were screened on a patterning test. The eight in each class who scored worst were given individual 15-minute lessons on patterning or reading or mathematics or social studies three times weekly for a period of 6 1/2…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Grade 1, Elementary School Students, Instructional Effectiveness
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