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Impact of Supplemental Multicomponent Early Childhood Language Instruction
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Beth M. Phillips; Christopher J. Lonigan; Young-Suk G. Kim; Jeanine Clancy; Carol M. Connor – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2024
The strong association of early language skills to later reading ability suggests that supporting the development of these skills in children who enter preschool or kindergarten with below-average language abilities may lead to stronger reading skills. Despite this, few evidence-based supplemental language instructional programs exist for…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Supplementary Education, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Children
The Efficacy of Comprehension and Vocabulary Focused Professional Development on English Learners' Literacy
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Sharon Vaughn; Elizabeth Swanson; Anna-Maria Fall; Greg Roberts; Philip Capin; Elizabeth A. Stevens; Alicia A. Stewart – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2022
This study reports the effects of a distributed professional development model emphasizing reading comprehension and vocabulary practices in social studies on the content knowledge, vocabulary, and reading comprehension outcomes of upper elementary students identified as English learners (ELs). Schools were randomly assigned to one of three…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary Development, Social Studies, Elementary School Students
Implementation Matters: Using Complier Average Causal Effect Estimation to Determine the Impact of the Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies (PATHS) Curriculum on Children's Quality of Life
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Panayiotou, Margarita; Humphrey, Neil; Hennessey, Alexandra – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2020
This cluster randomized trial evaluated the impact of the Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies (PATHS) curriculum on children's psychological wellbeing, peer social support, and school connectedness. Forty-five schools in England were randomly assigned to implement PATHS or continue their usual provision for 2 years. The trial sample was…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Social Development, Emotional Development, Interpersonal Competence
Supporting Teachers' Use of Data-Based Instruction to Improve Students' Early Writing Skills
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McMaster, Kristen L.; Lembke, Erica S.; Shin, Jaehyun; Poch, Apryl L.; Smith, R. Alex; Jung, Pyung-Gang; Allen, Abigail A.; Wagner, Kyle – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2020
We examined the effects of a professional development (PD) system designed to support teachers' use of data-based instruction (DBI) to improve early writing outcomes for children with intensive needs. The PD system, called "DBI-TLC," provided tools for early writing assessment and intervention, learning modules including face-to-face…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Faculty Development, Writing Instruction, Writing Skills
Teaching Writing in Primary Education: Classroom Practice, Time, Teachers' Beliefs and Skills
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Rietdijk, Saskia; van Weijen, Daphne; Janssen, Tanja; van den Bergh, Huub; Rijlaarsdam, Gert – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2018
The aim of this study was to provide insight into the current practice of writing instruction in Dutch primary education, as a stepping stone for designing and implementing sustainable innovations that could satisfy both practitioners and policymakers. We investigated the extent to which three domain-specific approaches--communicative writing,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Writing Instruction, Elementary School Teachers, Educational Practices
A (Pan-Canadian) Cluster Randomized Control Effectiveness Trial of the ABRACADABRA Web-Based Literacy Program
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Savage, Robert; Abrami, Philip C.; Piquette, Noella; Wood, Eileen; Deleveaux, Gia; Sanghera-Sidhu, Sukhbinder; Burgos, Giovani – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2013
This report describes a cluster randomized control trial (RCT) intervention study of the effectiveness of the ABRACADABRA (ABRA) Web-based literacy system using a classroom-level RCT intervention with 1,067 children in 74 kindergarten and Grade 1 or Grade 1/2 classrooms across Canada. The authors closely followed the CONSORT criteria for executing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Research, Research Design, Early Reading