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What Preschool Classroom Experiences Are Associated with Whether Children Improve in Visuomotor Integration?
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Byers, Anthony I.; Cameron, Claire E.; Ko, Michelle; LoCasale-Crouch, Jennifer; Grissmer, David W. – Early Education and Development, 2016
Research Findings: This study examined the contribution of several classroom experience measures (classroom characteristics, teacher characteristics, and teacher-child interactions) to preschoolers' improvement in visuomotor integration. Children (N = 467) ranged in age from 3 to 5 years old and were enrolled in 115 classrooms in 5 U.S. states.…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Psychomotor Skills, Visual Perception
The Persistence of Preschool Effects: Do Subsequent Classroom Experiences Matter?
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Magnuson, Katherine A.; Ruhm, Christopher; Waldfogel, Jane – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2007
Using rich longitudinal data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten cohort (ECLS-K), we find that children who attended preschool enter public schools with higher levels of academic skills than their peers who experienced other types of child care (effect size of 0.14). This study considers the circumstances under which the…
Descriptors: Young Children, Reading Instruction, Outcomes of Education, Preschool Education