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Boo Young Lim; Vickie E. Lake; Amber H. Beisly; Rae K. Ross-Lightfoot – Early Education and Development, 2024
Research Findings: This mixed-methods study utilized the Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) framework to examine surveys, reflections, focus groups, and lesson plans from 22 pre-service teachers (PSTs) participating in two technology-rich courses. Following the completion of these courses, the results indicated a notable…
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Technological Literacy, Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes
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Dorit Aram; Coral A. Shachar – Early Education and Development, 2024
Research Findings: The study examined the association between the amount of preschoolers' (N = 174, M = 5.5 years old) writing in online forums with their parents' support and their progress in early literacy skills and interest in literacy. Parents participated in a workshop about writing development, the importance of writing activities, and…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Technology Uses in Education, Writing Skills, Preschool Children
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López-Escribano, Carmen; Escudero, Ana; Pérez-López, Raquel – Early Education and Development, 2021
Research Findings: The COVID-19 pandemic is leading to an unprecedented crisis worldwide. With schools closed, the frequency with which Spanish parents engage in home literacy activities with their children between the ages of 2 and 8 and the sociodemographic variables that influence this collaboration are unknown. The present research aimed to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing
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Wenwei Luo; Huihua He; Jin Liu; Ilene R. Berson; Michael J. Berson; Yisu Zhou; Hui Li – Early Education and Development, 2024
"Research Findings": This study aims to explore the optimal roles, pressing challenges, and future developments of ChatGPT in early childhood education (ECE) by interviewing six expert professors from China and the United States. A content analysis approach that combined inductive and deductive coding was employed to analyze the…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Technology Uses in Education, Artificial Intelligence, Educational Technology
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van de Sande, Eva; Segers, Eliane; Verhoeven, Ludo – Early Education and Development, 2018
The current study used a dyadic and coconstructive approach to examine how to embed exercises that support executive functioning into early literacy instruction to empower its effects. Using a randomized controlled trial design with 100 children, we examined the effects of dyadic activities in which children scaffolded each other's learning and…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Executive Function, Literacy Education, Emergent Literacy
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Korat, Ofra; Segal-Drori, Ora – Early Education and Development, 2016
Research Findings: We present 3 studies that focused on preschoolers' electronic book (e-book) reading in different contexts aimed at supporting children's early literacy. In Study 1 we researched the impact of children's age and number of independent readings on phonological awareness and word reading. We found that all age groups benefited from…
Descriptors: Electronic Publishing, Printed Materials, Books, Emergent Literacy