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Mary E. Lyons – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2024
Play, of varied type and form, provides opportunities for children to acquire a sense of competence and belonging when engaging in classroom life. The purpose of this study was to investigate ways that the inclusion of play as a curricular component eased academic stressors and supported motivation during the transition to kindergarten. In this…
Descriptors: Young Children, Kindergarten, Grade 1, Preschool Education
Odipo, Kelley E. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
This study represents findings of a case study focused on the connections between balanced literacy and the reading development of African American students in first and second grade. Utilizing a conceptual framework of culturally relevant pedagogy, this study investigated: (a) the ways in which teachers understood and implemented balanced…
Descriptors: African American Students, Sense of Community, Culturally Relevant Education, Teaching Methods