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Promoting Alphabet Knowledge and Phonological Awareness in Low Socioeconomic Child Care Settings: A Quasi Experimental Study in Five New Zealand Centers
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McLachlan, Claire; Arrow, Alison – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2014
This study examined if professional development with teachers would increase children's literacy skills in low socioeconomic early childhood settings in New Zealand and would lead to changes in teachers' beliefs and practices and children's abilities over an 8 week intervention period. Research indicates that children who have alphabetic and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Faculty Development, Teacher Improvement, Teacher Influence
Reading Recovery[R]. What Works Clearinghouse Intervention Report. Updated
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2013
"Reading Recovery[R]" is a short-term intervention that provides one-on-one tutoring to first-grade students who are struggling in reading and writing. The supplementary program aims to promote literacy skills and foster the development of reading and writing strategies by tailoring individualized lessons to each student. Tutoring is…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Elementary School Students, Beginning Reading, Reading Instruction
Promoting Teachers' Use of Scientifically Based Instruction: A Comparison of University versus District Support
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McMaster, Kristen L.; Han, Insoon; Coolong-Chaffin, Melissa; Fuchs, Douglas – Elementary School Journal, 2013
In this study, a school district adopted Kindergarten Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies (K-PALS), a scientifically based, class-wide peer-tutoring program for reading. Sixteen new K-PALS teachers were assigned randomly to receive ongoing support from a university expert or from experienced K-PALS teachers within the district. K-PALS teachers who…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, School Districts, Peer Teaching, Reading Achievement
Effects of an Early Literacy Professional Development Intervention on Head Start Teachers and Children
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Powell, Douglas R.; Diamond, Karen E.; Burchinal, Margaret R.; Koehler, Matthew J. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2010
Effects of a 1-semester professional development (PD) intervention that included expert coaching with Head Start teachers were investigated in a randomized controlled trial with 88 teachers and 759 children. Differential effects of technologically mediated (remote) versus in-person (on-site) delivery of individualized coaching with teachers also…
Descriptors: Intervention, Oral Language, Disadvantaged Youth, Emergent Literacy
The Effectiveness of Kindergarten Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies for Students with Disabilities
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Rafdal, Brooke H.; McMaster, Kristen L.; McConnell, Scott R.; Fuchs, Douglas; Fuchs, Lynn S. – Exceptional Children, 2011
This study determined the effectiveness of Kindergarten Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies (K-PALS) for students with disabilities. The researchers randomly assigned 89 kindergartners with individualized education programs (IEPs) from 47 classrooms to control (n = 9); K-PALS Level 1 (teachers received 1-day workshop; n = 19); or K-PALS Level 2…
Descriptors: Individualized Education Programs, Oral Reading, Beginning Reading, Learning Strategies
A Program to Improve Emergent Literacy Skills among African American Preschoolers
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Evans, Verlyn M. – Online Submission, 2006
The purpose of this applied dissertation was to examine the effects of a preschool emergent literacy program on young African American children from a low socioeconomic background. The preschool is located in an urban setting in North Carolina. All students participating in this study were identified as at-risk for school failure. The behavior and…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Orthographic Symbols, Socioeconomic Influences, Phonemes