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The Influence of Classroom Peer Composition on the Persistence of Early Intervention Effects: Evidence from a Preschool Mathematics Curriculum RCT
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Caroline Botvin; Tyler Watts; Jade Jenkins; Robert Carr; Kenneth Dodge; Douglas Clements; Julie Sarama – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2022
Background/Context: Early childhood education research has consistently found evidence of immediate, positive effects on developmental outcomes. Despite these strong initial benefits, follow-up analyses often reveal that these effects fadeout in the years following participation (e.g., Bailey et al., 2017, Clements et al., 2013; Lipsey et al.…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Curriculum, Randomized Controlled Trials
Identifying Mechanisms of Change in the Early Grade Reading Study in South Africa
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Fleisch, Brahm; Dixon, Kerryn – South African Journal of Education, 2019
The Grade 2 learner results of the Early Grade Reading Study (EGRS) randomised control trial (RCT) in the North West province showed that the structured pedagogic intervention model that included instructional coaching, lesson plans, and quality learning materials was more cost-effective than a similar intervention model that excluded coaching.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Education, Reading Instruction, Randomized Controlled Trials
Experimental Impacts of the "Quality Preschool for Ghana" Interventions on Teacher Professional Well-Being, Classroom Quality, and Children's School Readiness
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Wolf, Sharon; Aber, J. Lawrence; Behrman, Jere R.; Tsinigo, Edward – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2019
We assessed the impacts of a teacher professional development program for public and private kindergartens in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. We examined impacts on teacher professional well-being, classroom quality, and children's readiness during one school year. This cluster-randomized trial included 240 schools (teachers N = 444; children N…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Educational Quality, Foreign Countries, Intervention
Limited Representation of Individuals with Disabilities in Early Childhood Classes: Alarming or Status Quo?
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Favazza, Paddy C.; Ostrosky, Michaelene M.; Meyer, Lori E.; Yu, SeonYeong; Mouzourou, Chryso – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2017
UNICEF's new Millennium Development Goals and Beyond (2015. http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/) focus on the needs of the largest marginalised minority, individuals with disabilities, challenging us to examine issues related to exclusion and develop strategies for making an authentic sense of belonging and high-quality early childhood education a…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Social Bias, Literature