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Improving Vulnerable Populations' Emergent Reading Outcomes by Training Preservice Teachers in an Evidence-Based Program
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Pace Miles, Katharine; Fletcher, Andrew – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2023
This article details a large-scale tutor-to-teacher pipeline created in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. The program addressed two vital needs: 1) improving outcomes for striving readers in high-needs communities, and 2) improving teacher training in both evidence- and research-based instruction. Across school year (SY) 2020-2021 and 2021-2022,…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Evidence Based Practice, Tutoring
An Intervention Program Based on the Syllabic Method for Enhancing Early Literacy in Preschool Children
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Majorano, Marinella; Bastianello, Tamara; Florit, Elena; Lavelli, Manuela; Bertelli, Beatrice; Ferrari, Rachele – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2023
Studies have reported the importance of intervention programs to support early literacy in preschool. However, very few studies have tested the efficacy of intervention programs based on the syllabic method. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a novel computer-based program based on the syllabic method for preschoolers (the Simo-syl…
Descriptors: Intervention, Syllables, Teaching Methods, Emergent Literacy
Instructional Materials and the Development of Young Children's 21st Century Skills: Perspectives from Early Educators in Ukerewe, Tanzania
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Tandika, Pambas Basil – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2022
The purpose of this qualitative study was to describe how pre-primary teachers use instructional materials to equip children with skills requisite for surviving and competing in the 21st century, particularly in the developing world's context. The phenomenography study design used purposive sampling to select 24 pre-primary teachers in six…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Skill Development, 21st Century Skills, Preschool Children
Blossoming in English: Preschool Children's Emergent Literacy Skills in English
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Lucas, Carmen; Hood, Philip; Coyle, Doreen – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2021
The debate over an optimal age for learning a second language has been active for decades and includes dispute about whether learning derives mainly from nature or nurture. This article explores to what extent exposing native Portuguese preschool children (3-5 years old) to a specific pedagogic approach for learning English is effective in…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Preschool Children, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Workshop Training to Facilitate Parent-Child Instructional Opportunities for Reading and Social Development with Kindergarten Students
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Wood, Katherine R.; Wood, Eileen; Gottardo, Alexandra; Archer, Karin; Savage, Robert; Piquette, Noëlla – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2021
This study provided workshops for parents on either early literacy or socio-emotional learning to examine the impact on their children's reading and social skills development (n = 576 parents; n = 584 children). Parents of kindergartners were offered interactive workshops designed to help them identify everyday opportunities to support reading…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Workshops, Parent Education, Emergent Literacy
Emergent Sound-Letter Correspondences in the Early Biliterate Writing Development of Simultaneous Bilingual Children
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Soltero-González, Lucinda; Butvilofsky, Sandra – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2020
Using a psycholinguistic and a holistic bilingual perspective, this study examined the writing conceptualization progressions in Spanish and English of 16 simultaneous bilinguals from preschool through kindergarten. The children were enrolled in a bilingual early childhood program where literacy instruction was primarily in Spanish. We adapted a…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Psycholinguistics, Bilingualism, Spanish