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Dianne Newbury; Carol Mesa; Marina L. Puglisi; Marysia Nash; Sonali Nag; Charles Hulme; Margaret J. Snowling – Research Papers in Education, 2023
Research in the UK suggests that multi-componential interventions focusing on language and pre-literacy skills can improve children's reading and language skills. However, simple translations of such programmes may not produce equivalent effects in diverse communities. The reasons for this are multi-faceted and include factors beyond the rationale…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Implementation, Intervention, Reading Programs
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Moreno, Lorenzo; Trevino, Ernesto; Yoshikawa, Hirokazu; Mendive, Susana; Reyes, Joaquin; Godoy, Felipe; Del Rio, Francisca; Snow, Catherine; Leyva, Diana; Barata, Clara; Arbour, MaryCatherine; Rolla, Andrea – Evaluation Review, 2011
Evaluation designs for social programs are developed assuming minimal or no disruption from external shocks, such as natural disasters. This is because extremely rare shocks may not make it worthwhile to account for them in the design. Among extreme shocks is the 2010 Chile earthquake. Un Buen Comienzo (UBC), an ongoing early childhood program in…
Descriptors: Research Design, Natural Disasters, Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education
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Bravo, Malva Villalon; Silva, Margarita; Razmilic, Tonia; Swartz, Stanley L. – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2005
After one year of implementation, this paper describes a programme designed to support literacy learning in low performing schools from poor sectors in Santiago, Chile. School-based intensive training on theory and practice of a literacy learning framework for classroom instruction and long-term support were used to impact the achievement of…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Grade 1