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Tsegaw, Sisay Ayalew – Journal of Education, 2023
The aim of this study was to examine the impact of Reading for Ethiopia's Achievement Developed Community Outreach (READ CO) project intervention on students' oral reading fluency, reading comprehension, academic achievements, and listening comprehension. It also aimed at identifying the students and teachers' awareness and practices about the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Achievement, Reading Programs, Community Programs
Skarzynski, Piotr Henryk; Swierniak, Weronika; Gos, Elzbieta; Gocel, Maria; Skarzynski, Henryk – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2021
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to describe and assess a hearing screening program of first-grade children in Poland. The program aimed to detect hearing disorders and increase awareness among parents of hearing problems. Method: A hearing screening program was conducted in all elementary schools of the biggest region in Poland. A total of…
Descriptors: Hearing Impairments, Clinical Diagnosis, Screening Tests, Incidence
Karrie E. Godwin; Cassondra M. Eng; Rachael Todaro; Gracy Murray; Anna V. Fisher – Grantee Submission, 2018
Books designed for beginning readers typically intermix text with illustrations in close proximity. Prior research suggests this standard layout may reduce literacy skills due to increased attentional competition between text and illustrations. The current study extends this work by examining whether manipulations to the book layout can enhance…
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Reading Comprehension, Layout (Publications), Reading Rate
Pacey, Carol A.; Marsh, Paul C. – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2013
Limited public outreach programs about Arizona native fish exist and those that do are passive, fee-based, or Web-oriented, while others limit their geographic range. The program this article addresses sought to improve this situation with development of a state-wide outreach program with a goal to educate Arizona's children about native fish with…
Descriptors: Outreach Programs, Teaching Methods, Wildlife, Multimedia Instruction
Umansky, Ilana; Porter, Lorna; Moreno, Elijah; Pierson, Ashley – Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest, 2021
This report examines the population of Alaska Native students who are classified as English learner (EL) students and how EL policies function for these students, focusing on EL identification, classification, service provision, and reclassification as fluent English proficient. Alaska is one of several states where Indigenous students make up a…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, English Language Learners, Language Proficiency, Indigenous Populations
Paulson Stone, Rebecca – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study investigates teacher attitudes about language and education. The purpose of the study is to help program designers develop professional development efforts that successfully address some of the major identified challenges teachers face when transitioning into Mother Tongue Based Multi-Lingual Education (MTBMLE), including negative…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Bilingual Education, Teacher Attitudes, Faculty Development
Jacobson, Monica Kuhlman – Online Submission, 2011
A sustainable plan for arts education is not allocated in the operating costs of many elementary school districts. Arts education is becoming expendable, as budgets become tighter and emphasis is placed on test scores in accountable subject areas. High stakes testing, pre-identified supposed outcomes, and public concern about school productivity…
Descriptors: Art Education, Visual Arts, Artists, Art Teachers
Hindman, Annemarie H.; Skibbe, Lori E.; Morrison, Frederick J. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2013
This descriptive study explored teachers' outreach to families in preschool, kindergarten, and first grade, and its relations to children's early growth in language, literacy, and mathematics. Teachers (n = 62) completed surveys reporting the frequency of outreach practices to families, and children's (n = 210) early academic skills…
Descriptors: Parent Teacher Cooperation, Outreach Programs, Teacher Role, Teacher Leadership
Shanahan, Marie-Claire; Pedretti, Erminia; DeCoito, Isha; Baker, Lindsay – School Science and Mathematics, 2011
This paper describes a subset of results from a large-scale two-year independent evaluation study conducted with the "Scientists in School" (SiS) outreach program and two large school boards in Ontario, Canada. Specifically, it explores the responses of elementary students (n= 811) from typically underrepresented groups in science…
Descriptors: Role Models, Females, Outreach Programs, Career Choice
Blind Childrens Center, 2010
The Blind Childrens Center provides the ideal environment to educate young students. This year, Second Grade was added with a combined First/Second Grade class. Next year, the center will have a dedicated First Grade and Second Grade which will require a full new classroom. This paper presents the accomplishments and activities achieved by the…
Descriptors: Grade 2, Grade 1, Young Children, Field Trips
Gamoran, Adam; Turley, Ruth Lopez; Turner, Alyn; Fish, Rachel – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2010
The purpose of this study is to test the effects on children's social, behavioral, and academic outcomes of an intervention, Families and Schools Together (FAST), when implemented in two novel ways: (a) in schools with predominantly Latino children and (b) on an entire grade-level cohort instead of with individual families targeted for the…
Descriptors: Intervention, Prevention, Parent Participation, Academic Achievement
Academy for Educational Development, 2009
For nearly 20 years, since the 1990 Jomtien Conference, the Academy for Educational Development has been working to expand access to achieve Education for All. As more and more children enroll in school, AED's concern has increasingly turned to the quality of their education. AED's sights are now set on Quality Education for All. This shift in…
Descriptors: Evidence, Educational Development, Academic Achievement, Educational Quality