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The Effect of a Structured Playfulness Program on Social Skills in Kindergarten Children
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Loukatari, Paschalio; Matsouka, Ourania; Papadimitriou, Katerina; Nani, Semina; Grammatikopoulos, Vasilis – International Journal of Instruction, 2019
The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of a structured, playful activity program on the development of social skills in kindergarten children during break time in the schoolyard. Twenty eight boys and thirty two girls aged from 5 to 6 years old consisted the sample of the present study. The participants were randomly divided into two…
Descriptors: Play, Kindergarten, Interpersonal Competence, Program Effectiveness
Effects of Parent Coaching on Filipino Children's Numeracy, Language, and Literacy Skills
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Dulay, Katrina May; Cheung, Sum Kwing; Reyes, Philip; McBride, Catherine – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2019
Early childhood interventions that target numeracy, language, and literacy skills can help to mitigate negative educational outcomes among young children from low- to middle-income families in developing countries. The current study evaluates the efficacy of parent coaching programs designed to enrich home numeracy and literacy environments in…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Coaching (Performance), Vocabulary Development, Numeracy
An Urban Middle School Case Study of Mathematics Achievement
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Paul, Cynthia S.; Vaidya, Sheila R. – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2014
What does it take to change a school's mathematics achievement profile from low to one that is proficient and advanced? Is this transformed achievement profile sustainable? Such is the story presented here, in this three-phase case study of a K-8 urban charter school's mathematics program. The first phase discusses the school's…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Mathematics Achievement, Case Studies, Profiles
Integrating Functional and Academic Goals into Literacy Instruction for Adolescents with Significant Cognitive Disabilities through Shared Story Reading
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Roberts, Carly A.; Leko, Melinda M. – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 2013
A multiple baseline single-case study examined the integration of functional and academic goals in an individualized story-based lesson plan incorporating an adapted text on grade level content for adolescent students with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities across three staff--student dyads. The research team collected data on teacher…
Descriptors: Literacy, Integrated Activities, Integrated Curriculum, Disabilities
Preventing Out-of-Home Placement: Programs That Work. Hearing before the Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, First Session.
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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. – 1987
On June 9, 1987, a hearing was held for the purpose of receiving testimony about family preservation programs that aim to keep children out of foster care by strengthening troubled families. Testifying were program providers, a juvenile court judge, and families who have benefited from family preservation services. Testimony focused on the…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Costs, Family Problems, Family Programs
The Family Development Research Program: A Program for Prenatal, Infant & Early Childhood Enrichment. Final Report.
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Lally, J. Ronald; Honig, Alice S. – 1977
This final report of the Family Development Research Program contains a description of the program's comprehensive family service approach to promoting child development and the longitudinal findings on program effectiveness. The program offered comprehensive services to 108 families which were low in both income and education. Services included:…
Descriptors: Child Care, Child Development, Child Development Centers, Delivery Systems