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Experimental Impacts of the "Quality Preschool for Ghana" Interventions on Teacher Professional Well-Being, Classroom Quality, and Children's School Readiness
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Wolf, Sharon; Aber, J. Lawrence; Behrman, Jere R.; Tsinigo, Edward – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2019
We assessed the impacts of a teacher professional development program for public and private kindergartens in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. We examined impacts on teacher professional well-being, classroom quality, and children's readiness during one school year. This cluster-randomized trial included 240 schools (teachers N = 444; children N…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Educational Quality, Foreign Countries, Intervention
For Which Children of Economic Disadvantage and in Which Instructional Contexts Does Earobics Step 1 Improve Kindergarteners' Literacy?
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Anthony, Jason L. – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2016
This study evaluated Earobics Step 1, a commercial literacy program, and examined whether impact varied with children's school readiness and classroom instruction. Participants included 247 kindergarteners from 37 classrooms in nine Title 1 schools. Children were randomly assigned to receive 21 weeks of computerized instruction with Earobics or…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Program Effectiveness, School Readiness, Randomized Controlled Trials