Over the last few decades global attention on and access to early childhood education and care (ECEC) has surged. In England, successive governments have expanded funded ECEC based on evidence of its positive effects on children's development. The Study of Early Education and Development (SEED) is a longitudinal survey which tracked nearly 6,000…

This book encourages primary school practitioners to think differently about the way in which health and physical education (HPE) is delivered in schools. Drawing on evidence from a long-term collaborative practitioner action research project, EveryBody Counts, the book shows that it is possible to challenge the orthodoxy and to reshape practice…

Scientists frequently conduct research in remote field locations, yet in close proximity to local communities. However, too often research conducted abroad involves collecting data and minimum or no engagement with local communities to communicate the broader scientific impacts. To address this deficiency, we worked with Ecuadorian school…

Early childhood education and care (ECEC) quality is typically determined by key components such as the child-to-teacher ratio, teacher qualifications, the learning environment, and the quality of teacher-child interactions. The aim of the current systematic review and meta-analysis was to investigate the effect of different ECEC quality…

This study assessed the direct and indirect effects of Supporting Knowledge in Language and Literacy (SKILL), a narrative intervention designed to improve oral and written narrative abilities in school-age children with or at risk for language and reading disorders. We conducted a multisite randomized controlled trial with 357 students in Grades…

This brief examines early literacy screening data in Massachusetts from 2021 to 2024, focusing on students identified as significantly below benchmark and their later performance on the state test (MCAS). It finds that most students flagged as at risk remain so 1 and 2 years later, with persistence increasing in higher grades. Early identification…

Background/Context: Reading achievement declined drastically during the COVID-19 pandemic (Bailey et al., 2021). More than one-third of fourth-grade students cannot read at a basic level, and access to effective literacy instruction is particularly limited for minority students and students with learning disabilities (Ellis et al., 2023). Closing…

Policy research in education, particularly research addressing spending and student achievement, has the potential to inform decision-making by federal, state, and local policymakers on behalf of children and youth (Roza & Knight, 2022). However, little longitudinal research on local spending decisions has been conducted on behalf of students…

Background/Context: Recent years have shown an explosion in the provision of tutoring to support struggling students in the United States. High-impact tutoring, characterized by small groups of students, frequent sessions, and well-trained tutors providing services during the school day is one of the more promising models for implementing tutoring…

This study examines developmental differences in the acquisition of computational thinking (CT) among students in Grades 3 to 5 (ages 8-11) engaged in educational robotics (ER) activities implemented through a peer tutoring (PT) framework. The sample comprised 78 students from a public school in Europe, with fifth-grade students serving as tutors…

In response to the increased attention and interest related to the application of virtual reality with head-mounted displays in education, this study examined the elementary students' perceptions of using immersive virtual field trips (VFTs) in the classroom. Reflection papers from 25 students were analyzed and triangulated with field notes from…

The aims of the present study were to analyse the gender differences in balance, catching, aiming and change of direction ability (CODA) in elementary education students and to determine the relationship among these motor skills. Balance, catching, aiming and CODA were assessed in 197 elementary education students (6-8). Girls presented higher…

Based on an experiment carried out with 10- to 11-year-old pupils, this paper questions the place of imagination in a class activity using the history of mathematics. The study focuses on three groups of pupils who were offered three variants of the same activity based on base-60 counting (our time measurement system inherited from the…

This study combines the concepts of flexibility and partitioning, and aims to probe fourth grade students' flexibility in partitioning strategies. Seven students participated in this descriptive case study. Students were given three partitioning tasks. Forty-eight answers produced by students were evaluated and classified based on the strategies…

The definitions serve the purpose of communication and preservation of knowledge in scientific inquiry. However, it is quite often to perceive number sense concept without well-accepted definitions in the field of mathematics education research. Despite the mentioned issue, the current literature on children's number sense provides a glean for…