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Tina Caswell; Jonelle Dickson-Prokopchak; Cassandra Natali – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2025
Early childhood educators play a crucial role in language and literacy development and in promoting academic readiness. Shared book reading presented in early childhood classrooms can positively impact a child's language and literacy growth. The purpose of this pilot study was to examine the effectiveness of a shared book reading program…
Descriptors: Teacher Collaboration, Story Reading, Books, Allied Health Personnel
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Dodge-Chin, Cheri; Shigetomi-Toyama, Sandra; Quinn, Emily D. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2022
Purpose: This study aimed to explore the feasibility of a telepractice communication partner intervention for children who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) and their parents. Method: Five children (aged 3;4-12;9 [years;months]) with severe expressive communication impairments who use AAC and their parents enrolled in a…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Children, Preadolescents
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Goldstein, Thalia R. – American Journal of Play, 2018
Children have a natural inclination to play and imagine themselves as characters. Research has supported theories that connect this pretend play and related theatrical play to the development of children's social and emotional skills, but the author contends we need further, more rigorous research on whether such play directly relates to such…
Descriptors: Games, Intervention, Dramatic Play, Preschool Children
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Erkel, Meghan K.; Abregu del Pino, Vicky F.; Bayer, Angela M. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2019
Peruvian children's sub-optimal results on international and national assessments underscore the need for enhanced investments in early childhood development (ECD) such as shared reading between caregivers and young children. We conducted a qualitative study with 13 mothers of young children ages 11-25 months old that: used focus groups to explore…
Descriptors: Literacy, Story Reading, Child Development, Parent Child Relationship
Kelley, Elizabeth Spencer; Barker, R. Michael; Peters-Sanders, Lindsey; Madsen, Keri; Seven, Yagmur; Soto, Xigrid; Olsen, Wendy; Hull, Katharine; Goldstein, Howard – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2020
Purpose: Many children begin school with limited vocabularies, placing them at a high risk of academic difficulties. The goal of this study was to examine the effects of a vocabulary intervention program, Story Friends, designed to improve vocabulary knowledge of at-risk preschool children. Method: Twenty-four early-childhood classrooms were…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Curriculum Implementation, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Children
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Kim, Min-Jin – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2017
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of a storybook-based academic vocabulary learning intervention for young children from low-income families. The transition to primary school is particularly challenging for low-income children. To help smooth this transition, this study implemented an academic vocabulary learning program…
Descriptors: Low Income Groups, Intervention, Transitional Programs, Elementary School Students
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Tang, Shifang; Tong, Fuhui; Irby, Beverly J.; Lara-Alecio, Rafael; Guerrero, Cindy – Bilingual Research Journal, 2020
Using a low-inference observation instrument, we investigated the effect of an ongoing, intensive, and structured virtual professional development (VPD) based on the fidelity of implementation (FOI) across treatment and control conditions in a randomized controlled trial validation study implemented in 116-bilingual classrooms in seven Texas…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Bilingual Teachers, Bilingual Education, Computer Simulation