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Rhoad-Drogalis, Anna; Justice, Laura M. – Journal of Early Intervention, 2020
This study applied multilevel modeling to examine the relationship between the percentage of children with mild/moderate disabilities in classrooms and children's language and literacy achievement over an academic year. The sample included 516 preschool children (mean age = 52.3 months, SD = 6.3) in 75 classrooms; 42% of the children had…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Inclusion, Preschool Children, Preschool Education
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Kandia Lewis; Alida Hudson; Jessica A. R. Logan; Shayne B. Piasta; Cynthia M. Zettler-Greeley; Laura L. Bailet – Grantee Submission, 2025
For preschool-aged children at-risk for literacy difficulties, we examined whether classroom and home environments were jointly associated with literacy skill gains and whether environments moderated response to intervention (n = 281). We first used a person-centered approach to characterize children's classroom and home environments, identifying…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Literacy, Learning Problems, Classroom Environment
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Byington, Teresa A.; Kim, YaeBin – Journal of Extension, 2020
We implemented an Extension-led language and literacy training and coaching intervention targeting preschool teachers and children in low-income communities in Nevada. Participation in the intervention had a positive influence on the language and literacy instruction skills of preschool teachers and language and literacy skills of children.…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Coaching (Performance), Intervention, Preschool Children
Lucas, Michelle; Poulsen, Helen – Online Submission, 2020
This report summarizes the first year of the prekindergarten partnership between AISD, United Way for Greater Austin, and participating child development centers that served 417 students. Classrooms and students displayed high quality of instruction and academic performance, and teacher professional development opportunities are summarized.
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Partnerships in Education, School Districts, School Community Programs
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Hindman, Annemarie H.; Wasik, Barbara A. – Early Child Development and Care, 2017
The current study examined whether Head Start children who experienced a high-quality preschool intervention, "Exceptional Coaching for Early Language and Literacy" ("ExCELL"), as three-year-olds began the subsequent pre-kindergarten (or four-year-old) year with stronger language and literacy skills than same-age peers who…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Emergent Literacy, Language Acquisition, Coaching (Performance)
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Bernstein, Katie A. – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2017
This paper explores the idea that young children's emergent literacy practices can be tools for mediating peer interaction, and that, therefore, literacy, even in its earliest stages, can support oral language development, particularly for emergent bilinguals. The paper draws on data collected during a year-long ethnographic study of 11 Nepali-…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Emergent Literacy, Language Acquisition, Second Language Learning
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Gettinger, Maribeth; Stoiber, Karen C. – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2016
This study examined the effects of coaching with versus without demonstrations of evidence-based book-reading practices on teachers' use of strategies during independent book-reading periods. A total of 22 Head Start teachers were randomly assigned to one of two cohorts. One cohort (n = 12) participated in biweekly coaching sessions that included…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Demonstrations (Educational), Evidence Based Practice, Reading Strategies