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Comparing Effects of Instruction on Word Meaning and Word Form on Early Literacy Abilities in Kindergarten
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Janssen, Caressa; Segers, Eliane; McQueen, James M.; Verhoeven, Ludo – Early Education and Development, 2019
Research Findings: The present study compared effects of explicit instruction on and practice with the phonological form of words (form-focused instruction) versus explicit instruction on and practice with the meaning of words (meaning-focused instruction). Instruction was given via interactive storybook reading in the kindergarten classroom of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Phonological Awareness, Semantics, Vocabulary Development
The Role of Executive Functions for Dyadic Literacy Learning in Kindergarten
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van de Sande, Eva; Segers, Eliane; Verhoeven, Ludo – Early Education and Development, 2018
The current study used a dyadic and coconstructive approach to examine how to embed exercises that support executive functioning into early literacy instruction to empower its effects. Using a randomized controlled trial design with 100 children, we examined the effects of dyadic activities in which children scaffolded each other's learning and…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Executive Function, Literacy Education, Emergent Literacy
Associations between Early Family Risk, Children's Behavioral Regulation, and Academic Achievement in Portugal
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Cadima, Joana; Gamelas, Ana M.; McClelland, Megan; Peixoto, Carla – Early Education and Development, 2015
Research Findings: This study examined concurrent associations between family sociodemographic risk, self-regulation, and early literacy and mathematics in young children from Azores, Portugal (N = 186). Family sociodemographic risk was indexed by low maternal education, low family income, and low occupational status. Behavioral aspects of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, At Risk Students, Preschool Children, Family Income
Improvement of Working Memory in Preschoolers and Its Impact on Early Literacy Skills: A Study in Deprived Communities of Rural and Urban Areas
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Rojas-Barahona, Cristian A.; Förster, Carla E.; Moreno-Ríos, Sergio; McClelland, Megan M. – Early Education and Development, 2015
Research Findings: The present study evaluated the impact of a working memory (WM) stimulation program on the development of WM and early literacy skills (ELS) in preschoolers from socioeconomically deprived rural and urban schools in Chile. The sample consisted of 268 children, 144 in the intervention group and 124 in the comparison group. The…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Preschool Children, Emergent Literacy, Rural Areas
Mother-Child Referencing of Environmental Print and Its Relationship with Emergent Literacy Skills
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Neumann, Michelle M.; Hood, Michelle; Ford, Ruth – Early Education and Development, 2013
Research Findings: Environmental print provides children with their earliest print experiences. This observational study investigated the frequency of mother-child environmental print referencing and its relationship with emergent literacy. A total of 35 mothers and their children (ages 3-4 years) were videotaped interacting in an environmental…
Descriptors: Observation, Mothers, Printed Materials, Emergent Literacy