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Beecher, Constance C.; Van Pay, Craig K. – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2021
Background: Early language input contributes to children's healthy brain development and sets the stage for life-long achievement and wellness. Parents vary in their ability to offer rich language support within the home environment due to social and contextual factors. There is a lack of research on the effectiveness of a universal prevention…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Parent Influence, Young Children, Child Development
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Taylor, ZW; Bicak, Ibrahim – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2019
Although adult learners (aged 25-34) have comprised over 33% of all enrolled students in US institutions of higher education, researchers have consistently found adult learners are under-supported by federal and institutional financial aid, leading these students to experience high dropout rates and low graduation rates. To better understand what…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Federal Aid, Adult Students, Nontraditional Students
Banerjee, Han-Ting Liu – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The vast development of digital technology and the widespread use of social network platforms have reshaped how we live in the world. For L2 learners to maximally utilize their language proficiency to function effectively as members of modern society, they need not only the necessary L2 knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) but also essential…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Usage, Social Networks, Information Technology
Chase, Richard; Valorose, Jennifer – Wilder Research, 2019
As part of Minnesota's Pre-K Planning Grant, the purpose of this study is to learn about the experiences of parents of young children in order to shape/tailor effective ways to communicate with them about child development and early education opportunities. The goals of the study are to make sure all types of parents with young children in…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Child Development, Preschool Education, Parent Education
Mooney, Angela; Prins, Esther – Goodling Institute for Research in Family Literacy, 2013
The purpose of this guide is to inform practitioners about the current descriptions of health literacy and the relevance of this topic to adult education and family literacy practices. The adult education and family literacy educators play a key role in teaching and enhancing health literacy in the classroom.
Descriptors: Health Education, Adult Education, Family Literacy, Teacher Role