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From Beginning Reading Instruction Method to School Type: Effects on Third Grade Reading Performance
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Prentice, Jean-Paul – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This causal-comparative study analyzed third grade reading scores from the National Center for Education Statistics, Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (ECLS) K-2011, by one of five school types, and four U.S. geographical regions. Forty-one of 50 states were represented. The problem studied is the unexplained elementary reading performance…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Reading Instruction, Teaching Methods, Institutional Characteristics
Cognitive Stimulation at Home and in Child Care and Children's Preacademic Skills in Two-Parent Families
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Cabrera, Natasha J.; Moon, Ui; Fagan, Jay; West, Jerry; Aldoney, Daniela – Child Development, 2020
This paper used the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort (N = 1,258) to examine the influence of hilevels of cognitive stimulation from mothers, fathers, and childcare providers at 24 months and children's pre-academic skills at 48 and 60 months in two parent families. Results from path analysis showed direct positive effects of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Stimulation, Family Environment, Parent Child Relationship
Examining the Influence of Interactions between Early Reading Skills and Executive Functioning on Second Grade Reading Achievement
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Mariotti, Emily C.; Fillauer, J. Parks; Martin, McKenzie; Bolden, Jennifer – Journal of Cognitive Education and Psychology, 2020
Questions still exist about the interplay between foundational literacy components and budding cognitive structures that are thought to influence advanced reading abilities. Understanding interactions between executive functions (EFs) and specific early reading skills could contribute to our understanding of later reading achievement. The present…
Descriptors: Correlation, Emergent Literacy, Reading Skills, Reading Achievement
Effects of Divorce and Cohabitation Dissolution on Preschoolers' Literacy
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Fagan, Jay – Journal of Family Issues, 2013
Using data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Survey--Birth cohort ("N" = 6,450), the present study hypothesized that 48-month-old children of divorced mothers would score lower on emerging literacy than the children of formerly cohabiting mothers, compared with the children of mothers in stable marriage. The children of mothers who…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Preschool Children, Interpersonal Relationship, Divorce
An Uneven Start: Indicators of Inequality in School Readiness. Policy Information Report.
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Coley, Richard J. – 2002
The Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 (ECLS-K) follows a nationally representative sample of children from kindergarten through fifth grade. This study analyzed the first results from the ECLS-K about kindergartners performance on a variety of reading and mathematics tasks, and it gathered valuable contextual…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Beginning Reading, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Education
Reading--Young Children's Achievement and Classroom Experiences: Findings from the Condition of Education, 2003.
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Denton, Kristin; West, Jerry; Walston, Jill – 2003
Kindergarten and first grade represent a time of rapid growth and learning for children. During these years, children acquire the reading knowledge and skills that prepare them for future schooling and life. Until recently, little national data have been available on young children's reading skills. The Early Childhood Longitudinal Study,…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Classroom Environment, Family Environment, Full Day Half Day Schedules