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Direct linkAlfonso, Vincent C., Ed.; Bracken, Bruce A., Ed.; Nagle, Richard J., Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020
"Psychoeducational Assessment of Preschool Children," Fifth Edition, provides academics and school-based practitioners such as psychologists, speech-language pathologists, and social workers with an up-to-date guide to the assessment of young children. Long recognized as the standard text and reference in its field, this comprehensive,…
Descriptors: School Psychology, Educational Assessment, Preschool Children, Psychoeducational Methods
Meuwissen, Alyssa S.; Zelazo, Philip David – ZERO TO THREE, 2014
Executive function (EF) refers to the set of core self-regulatory skills required for deliberate, goal-directed problem solving. These skills, which are exercised when children pause and reflect before reacting, provide a foundation for learning in a classroom context. They make it possible to pay attention, think flexibly, keep information in…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Skill Development, Problem Solving, Emotional Response
Peer reviewedAlsford, Elizabeth; Ralephata, Andrew; Bolderson, Sarah; Curtin, Martina; Parish, Esther; Klaber, Victoria; Griffin, Sue; Nash, Lisa; Cullen, Rachel; Musoke, Brenda; Bhalla, Sangheeta; Walker, Lindsay; Duffer, Luisa; O'Sullivan, Sylvia; Knowland, Victoria; Cozens, Suzanne; McLaren, Lindsey; Camilleri, Bernard; Halil, Suzan; Furze, Rachael; Leung, Wai; O'Gorman, Ciara; Carver, Verity; Young, Dorothy; Pring, Tim – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2017
Substantial evidence exists that social circumstances can affect children's language development. As a result many children in socially deprived areas start school with delayed language, which may persist and adversely affect their attainment. We assessed the language of children in seven reception classes in a London (UK) borough and followed the…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, English, Native Language, English (Second Language)
Rigby, Chloe – Research Papers in Education, 2017
Children experience numerous types of learning transitions throughout their educational lives physically (changing schools) and substantively (moving through different key stages in school), and daily (in moving between subjects). One transition that is frequently overlooked within the British education system is that from the General Certificate…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Student Experience, Secondary Education, Student Adjustment
Strayhorn, Terrell L. – Urban Education, 2017
Urban public universities play a critical role in the higher education enterprise. In this article, Strayhorn draws on Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and semi-structured interview data to provide a national portrait comparing predominantly White and historically Black public universities, as well as identifying factors that…
Descriptors: Blacks, Public Colleges, Urban Schools, Success
Download full textGarcía, Emma; Weiss, Elaine – Economic Policy Institute, 2017
Extensive research has conclusively demonstrated that children's social class is one of the most significant predictors--if not the single most significant predictor--of their educational success. This three-part study combines a statistical analysis of early skills gaps among a recent cohort of children and changes in them over time with a…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Social Class, Predictor Variables, Academic Achievement
Maryland State Department of Education, 2017
As the early education coordinator for Prince George's County Public Schools, Judith P. Hoyer lamented the gaps in available services for low-income families. In the 1990s, she created a central location in Adelphi, Maryland, for important early childhood services, thus fostering cooperation of governmental and private agencies around the needs of…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Integrated Services, Low Income Groups
Turkestani, Maryam Hafez – International Education Studies, 2015
With modern technological developments and with the fast expansion of mobile technical equipment, conducting a field study to find out how technology influences various developmental aspects of normal and special needs children at the preschool stage was deemed appropriate and timely hearing impairment. In this study aimed at finding out the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Hearing Impairments, School Readiness, Preschool Children
Krejcová, Kristýna – International Education Studies, 2015
Dynamic assessment represents an alternative diagnostic approach focused on the revelation of the tested persons' learning potential. The learning potential is observed via the emphasis on the achievement process. It aims at meaningful connection with the intervention that immediately applies diagnostic findings to support the development of an…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Video Technology, Educational Technology, Evaluation Methods
Miller, Kyle – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2015
The transition to kindergarten is regarded as a critical time for both children and families, especially for families with low incomes who are at greatest risk for educational challenges. Most studies focus on the school perspective as children enter classrooms, and less scholarship focuses on the family perspective. This paper shifts the…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Semi Structured Interviews, Parent Attitudes, School Readiness
Hattie, John A. C.; Brown, Gavin T. L.; Irving, S. Earl – New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies, 2015
In the Western world, most 5-year-old children begin their formal schooling, and do so with diverse proficiencies. A common aim is for teachers to quickly evaluate their proficiencies to identify strengths and gaps, and then begin the teaching of reading and number. This article reports two studies into the item and structural characteristics of a…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Young Children, Elementary School Students, Student Evaluation
Markovitz, Carrie E.; Hernandez, Marc W.; Hedberg, Eric C.; Silberglitt, Benjamin – Corporation for National and Community Service, 2015
Two of the most important educational benchmarks are readiness for kindergarten and reading at grade-level by third grade. Focusing on emergent literacy skills during the PreK years boosts reading abilities and helps young learners reach these critical goals. Research validates what works in teaching children to read: Well-trained tutors and…
Descriptors: Outcome Measures, Reading Programs, State Programs, Preschool Education
Office of Head Start, US Department of Health and Human Services, 2015
Head Start promotes school readiness by enhancing the physical, social, and cognitive development of children through educational, health, nutritional, social, and other services. Head Start centers are where services are provided in communities that are generally lacking infrastructures that support early learning. As a result, it is imperative…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, School Readiness, Child Development, Educational Facilities
Houston Independent School District, 2015
This report contains the 2014-2015 evaluation report on the Home Instruction of Parents with Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) Program. HIPPY is a school readiness program that helps parents prepare their preschool children for academic success. A total of 730 students and their parents participated in the Houston Independent School District (HISD)…
Descriptors: Home Instruction, Parent Participation, Program Evaluation, School Readiness
Quirk, Matthew; Mayworm, Ashley; Edyburn, Kelly; Furlong, Michael J. – Psychology in the Schools, 2016
This study examined the dimensionality and measurement invariance of the Kindergarten Student Entrance Profile (KSEP) when used to rate the school readiness of children from different ethnic backgrounds (Latino or White, non-Latino), as well as from households where a different language was predominant (Spanish or English). Teachers rated the…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Screening Tests, School Readiness, Factor Analysis
