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LaShaunta' R. Matthews – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Today, technology plays a crucial role in the daily lives of young children, even in their pre-kindergarten education. In an explanatory sequential mixed methods study, I addressed the following guiding question: "What are urban pre-kindergarten directors' self-reported behaviors associated with the International Society for Technology in…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Urban Schools, Preschool Education
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Tian Yang – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2024
Teachers' perceptions of the use of information and communication technology (ICT) profoundly influence how children experience ICT-supported activities in kindergartens. In China, given that the adoption of ICT in educational settings has been part of national development goals, kindergarten teachers' perceptions of it deserve more in-depth…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Kindergarten
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Bekir Yildirim – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2024
Background: This study investigated how an online professional development program (OPDPs) affected preschool teachers' STEM teaching competence, what technological tools and materials they used during STEM education after the program, and what they thought about OPDPs. Purpose: This study aimed to focus on all dimensions of the effects of OPDPs…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Online Courses, Preschool Teachers, Program Effectiveness
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Carlos Mera Cantillo; Estíbaliz Aragón Mendizábal; Malena Manchado Porras; Maria Inmaculada Menacho Jimenez; Flavia S. Arrigoni; Mari Carmen Canto López; Jose I. Navarro Guzmán – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2025
Introduction: The main objective of this study was to validate six educational applications developed to train the cognitive precursors associated with mathematics learning in early childhood education students. Method: The mathematical performance of 193 preschool students aged 57 to 79 months (M=63.3, SD=3.7) from various schools was assessed…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Computer Oriented Programs, Preschool Education
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Xuenan Zhao; Steven Roberts – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2025
Although studies have investigated the enablers and barriers of digital teaching and learning of STEM, the integration of digital technologies into teaching geometry -- one of the main mathematical concepts, is frequently ignored and does not garner much scholarly attention. To fill this specific gap, this small-scale qualitative study explored…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Geometry
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Mustafa Senel; Nevra Han – Shanlax International Journal of Education, 2024
The aim of this study is to examine the views of preschool teachers in Turkey and Europe on eTwinning projects comparatively and to determine the extent to which teachers' experiences are similar and different. It is expected that the findings will motivate preschool teachers and administrators to develop eTwinning projects. In this study, case…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Institutional Cooperation
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Lara Hoareau; Youssef Tazouti – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
Although the acceptance of educational apps and their contributions to learning have been widely researched, none of these studies have examined links between teachers' acceptance of apps and their students' skills. The present study investigated this issue with respect to a new, French-language educational app for helping preschool children…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Computer Oriented Programs, Preschool Children, Emergent Literacy
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Panpan Yang; Wenlan Zhang – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2025
Augmented reality (AR) is an immersive, interactive, and engaging advanced information technology and it is widely used in language learning. Although several studies have evaluated the effectiveness of AR in EFL learners' language gains, these research findings are inconsistent. Therefore, this study conducted a meta-analysis to analyze to what…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, English (Second Language)
Ariel Kalil; Susan Mayer; Philip Oreopoulos; Rohen Shah – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2024
Programs that engage young children in movement and song to help them learn are popular but experimental evidence on their impact is sparse. We use an RCT to evaluate the effectiveness of Big Word Club (BWC), a classroom program that uses music and dance videos for 3-5 minutes per day to increase vocabulary. We conducted a field experiment with…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Animation, Video Technology, Music
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Arouri, Yousef M.; Attiyah, Asma Al; Dababneh, Kholoud; Hamaidi, Diala A. – European Journal of Contemporary Education, 2020
This study aimed at revealing the opinions of kindergarten teachers in Qatar regarding the use of assistive technology (AT) in educating children with disabilities. In this study, the researchers used the descriptive method (survey) in order to collect, classify, analyze, and interpret the collected data. The sample of the study consisted of (83)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Preschool Teachers, Assistive Technology
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Wood-Downie, Henry; Ward, Verity; Ivil, Kathryn; Kovshoff, Hanna; Parsons, Sarah – Educational & Child Psychology, 2021
Aims: 'I am…' Digital Stories are short videos designed to provide a holistic, strengths-based representation of the child through enabling them to contribute their perspectives to transition planning. Digital Stories have potential during periods in which professionals are unable to physically visit settings or spend time getting to know a child.…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Preschool Children
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Tunc-Paftali, Ayse; Tekin-Iftar, Elif – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2021
In this study, researchers examine the impact of e-coaching (including a web-based professional development [PD] portal consisting of a learning module, self-monitoring, and video feedback) on preschool teachers' use of a simultaneous prompting (SP) procedure and the effects of SP on teaching discrete skills to their students with autism spectrum…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Coaching (Performance), Prompting, Children
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Xie, Kui; Vongkulluksn, Vanessa W.; Justice, Laura M.; Logan, Jessica A. R. – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2019
This study examined how preschool teachers' perception of technology usability and associated beliefs about technology integration influence the way they integrate a technology-based, early language and literacy curriculum, RIA-Mobile. Through multiple regression and path analysis, results showed that technology usability was a key variable that…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Technology, Technology Integration
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Snell, Emily K.; Hindman, Annemarie H.; Wasik, Barbara A. – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2019
With the advance of technology, additional opportunities for professional development are available through nontraditional means. In this review, we examine the effectiveness of technology-mediated language and literacy professional development (Tech PD) programs for teachers and students in early childhood settings. We review Tech PD…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Faculty Development, Literacy Education
Cerrone, Michelle; Lees, Kristin; Pasnik, Shelley – Education Development Center, Inc., 2019
This report presents findings from a yearlong investigation of the Apple and ConnectED initiative in 10 preschool classrooms. The goal of this work was to document and describe technology integration in the context of well-supported, child-centered early learning settings. By working with a small set of exemplary preschool programs, we present a…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Technology Integration, Preschool Education
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