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Upitis, Rena; Donaldson, Maresa; Osman, Fathiah – Elementary School Journal, 2022
This article describes the challenges and triumphs in introducing music in the primary division of a private elementary school in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Data sources included classroom observations, field notes, lesson plans, professional development materials, photographs, audio-recordings, videos, surveys, and interviews. Data were analyzed using…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Music Education, Primary Education, Elementary School Teachers
Anderson, Sara; Romm, Katelyn – Elementary School Journal, 2020
Research suggests that elementary school absenteeism can contribute to deficits in achievement. It is less clear how the timing and growth in rates of attendance shape early elementary school achievement. The present study examined the role of absenteeism in pre-K and early elementary school in the context of third-grade achievement, along with…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Primary Education, Elementary School Students, Academic Achievement
Foorman, Barbara R.; Herrera, Sarah; Dombek, Jennifer – Elementary School Journal, 2018
This randomized controlled trial in 55 low-performing schools across Florida compared 2 early literacy interventions--1 using stand-alone materials and 1 using materials embedded in the existing core reading/language arts program. A total of 3,447 students who were below the 30th percentile in vocabulary and reading-related skills participated in…
Descriptors: Alignment (Education), Reading Materials, Elementary School Students, Primary Education
Jiang, Hui; Davis, Dawn – Elementary School Journal, 2017
Let's Know! is a language-focused curriculum supplement developed through the Institute of Education Sciences' Reading for Understanding initiative aimed at supporting prekindergarten through grade 3 students' listening and reading comprehension. The current study reports results concerning the impacts of 2 instantiations of Let's Know! on…
Descriptors: Primary Education, Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grade 2
Elementary School Journal, 2016
This article describes nine phases of curriculum-development activities conducted by the Language and Reading Research Consortium (LARRC), the end result of which was to arrive at a research-based supplemental curriculum that could be used by teachers of English-speaking or bilingual Spanish-English-speaking children in prekindergarten and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Research, Preschool Education, Kindergarten
O'Hare, Liam; Biggart, Andy; Kerr, Karen; Connolly, Paul – Elementary School Journal, 2015
A randomized controlled trial was used to evaluate the effects of a prosocial behavior after-school program called Mate-Tricks for 9- and 10-year-old children and their parents living in an area of significant socioeconomic disadvantage. The children were randomly assigned to an intervention (n = 220) or a control group (n = 198). Children were…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Prosocial Behavior, Economically Disadvantaged, Research Methodology
Biancarosa, Gina; Bryk, Anthony S.; Dexter, Emily R. – Elementary School Journal, 2010
This article reports on a 4-year longitudinal study of the effects of Literacy Collaborative (LC), a school-wide reform model that relies primarily on the one-on-one coaching of teachers as a lever for improving student literacy learning. Kindergarten through second-grade students in 17 schools were assessed twice annually with DIBELS and Terra…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Educational Change, Effect Size, Literacy
Walpole, Sharon; McKenna, Michael C.; Uribe-Zarain, Ximena; Lamitina, David – Elementary School Journal, 2010
In this study of 116 high-poverty schools, we explored teaching and coaching in grades K-3. We developed and validated observation protocols for both coaching and teaching. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were computed to identify and confirm factors that explained the protocol data. Three coaching factors were identified in both…
Descriptors: Poverty, Reading Aloud to Others, Structural Equation Models, Factor Structure
McCombs, Barbara L.; Daniels, Denise H.; Perry, Kathryn E. – Elementary School Journal, 2008
This research focused on finding ways to assess instructional practices in grades kindergarten through 3 that are consistent with the American Psychological Association's Learner-Centered Psychological Principles. In several stages of research, conducted with over 2,100 children and their 124 teachers in several states, specific instructional…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Teaching Methods, Teacher Attitudes, Primary Education
Morris, Darrell – Elementary School Journal, 2006
This article synthesizes results from 5 studies that used noncertified tutors to work with at-risk primary-grade readers. Each of the studies featured (1) twice-weekly tutoring lessons that included guided reading, word study, and reading for fluency; and (2) supervision of the tutoring by a knowledgeable reading teacher. Results from the 5…
Descriptors: Volunteers, Tutors, Tutoring, Teacher Aides
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Bruton, Ronald West – Elementary School Journal, 1975
A recently developed methodology for evaluating published materials was used to evaluate the objectives of the Distar Language I program, a language skills program for educationally disadvantaged children. (BRT)
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Educationally Disadvantaged, Evaluation Methods, Language Skills
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Kachuck, Beatrice Levy – Elementary School Journal, 1975
The black dialect grammar and vocabulary of 20 inner-city first grade children were assessed partially for the purpose of evaluating the children's reading readiness. (BRT)
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Disadvantaged Youth, Grammar, Primary Education
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Niedermeyer, Fred C.; Moncrief, Michael H. – Elementary School Journal, 1975
Describes the content of an instructional unit on nutrition prepared by the Dairy Council of California for primary-level school children and the results of its large-scale tryout in 30 California schools. (SDH)
Descriptors: Course Objectives, Curriculum Evaluation, Learning Activities, Nutrition Instruction
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Whisler, Nancy G. – Elementary School Journal, 1974
The effects of daily training in visual memory and basal reader instruction were investigated. Training and tests on 295 first-graders indicated that visual memory training resulted in more growth in visual discrimination and higher levels of reading achievement than reading instruction alone. (SDH)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Research, Grade 1, Memory
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Bennett, Stand – Elementary School Journal, 1975
This article describes the "Mini-Community" learning environment, a first grade classroom designed to function as a miniature society. The community consists of a variety of shops in which children experience many of the political, economic, and social problems encountered in the community at large. (CS)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Decision Making, Grade 1, Learning Centers (Classroom)