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A Research-to-Practice View of an Early Literacy PD Model
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Abbott, Mary – NHSA Dialog, 2011
The purpose of this research-to-practice article is to describe the literacy and oral language professional development (PD) model that took place in a 3-year Early Reading First project in 9 Head Start and community-based school classrooms. Through our data-driven PD model, we provided 55 hr of training workshops for all classroom teaching staff…
Descriptors: Early Reading, Early Childhood Education, Oral Language, Learning Strategies
A Data-Driven Preschool PD Model for Literacy and Oral Language Instruction
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Abbott, Mary; Atwater, Jane; Lee, Younwoo; Edwards, Liesl – NHSA Dialog, 2011
The purpose of this article is to describe the professional development (PD) model for preschool literacy and language instruction that took place in a 3-year, 2-tiered Early Reading First project in 9 Head Start and community-based school classrooms. In our tiered model, the Tier 1 level was classroom instruction and Tier 2 was intervention…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Early Reading, Oral Language, Classroom Environment
Research to Practice: A "Blueprint" for Closing the Gap in Local Schools.
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Abbott, Mary; Walton, Cheryl; Tapia, Yolanda; Greenwood, Charles R. – Exceptional Children, 1999
Reports on the initial results of a four-year longitudinal study of the model used by the Juniper Gardens Children's Project, which was designed to make research more trustworthy, useful, and accessible. The successful collaboration between the University of Kansas researchers and eight local inner-city elementary schools in Kansas City is…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Diffusion (Communication), Disabilities, Elementary Education