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Zettler-Greeley, Cynthia M.; Bailet, Laura L.; Murphy, Suzanne; DeLucca, Teri; Branum-Martin, Lee – Early Education and Development, 2018
Research Findings: This study reports outcomes from a randomized, controlled trial of an emergent literacy intervention for prekindergarten children at-risk for reading failure. Children (N = 2219) in 114 preschools and childcare centers were screened for eligibility in fall. Children who scored at-risk (n = 476) were randomized to fall or spring…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Emergent Literacy, Literacy Education, Intervention
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Clements, Douglas H.; Sarama, Julie; Wolfe, Christopher B.; Spitler, Mary Elaine – Early Education and Development, 2015
Research Findings: We evaluated the fidelity of implementation and the sustainability of effects of a research-based model for scaling up educational interventions. The model was implemented by 64 teachers in 26 schools in 2 distal city districts serving low-resource communities, with schools randomly assigned to condition. Practice or Policy:…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Intervention, Longitudinal Studies, Fidelity
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Zucker, Tricia A.; Solari, Emily J.; Landry, Susan H.; Swank, Paul R. – Early Education and Development, 2013
Research Findings: Multitiered instructional frameworks are becoming a recommended approach for enhancing prevention and intervention efforts targeting early literacy and language skills. However, few studies to date have studied the feasibility of tiered oral language interventions before kindergarten; therefore, this pilot study explored the…
Descriptors: Intervention, Prevention, Oral Language, Vocabulary Development
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Mintz, Tamar M.; Hamre, Bridget K.; Hatfield, Bridget E. – Early Education and Development, 2011
Research Findings: This study examined the extent to which maternal sensitivity in infancy and toddlerhood is associated with children's social and relational competence and problems in the early years of schooling as well as the extent to which this association is mediated by children's effortful control abilities. Data from 1,364 children (705…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Structural Equation Models, Child Health, Parent Child Relationship
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Jones, Stephanie M.; Bub, Kristen L.; Raver, C. Cybele – Early Education and Development, 2013
Research Findings: This study examines the theory of change of the Chicago School Readiness Project (CSRP), testing a sequence of theory-derived mediating mechanisms that include the quality of teacher-child relationships and children's self-regulation. The CSRP is a multicomponent teacher and classroom-focused intervention, and its…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, School Readiness, Self Control, Intervention
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Bierman, Karen L.; Sanford DeRousie, Rebecca M.; Heinrichs, Brenda; Domitrovich, Celene E.; Greenberg, Mark T.; Gill, Sukhdeep – Early Education and Development, 2013
Research Findings: Recent research has validated the power of evidence-based preschool interventions to improve teaching quality and promote child school readiness when implemented in the context of research trials. However, very rarely are follow-up assessments conducted with teachers in order to evaluate the maintenance of improved teaching…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Evidence, Teacher Effectiveness, Instructional Effectiveness