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Aguirre-Muñoz, Zenaida; Pantoya, Michelle L. – Journal of Engineering Education, 2016
Background: Little is understood about how kindergarten students respond to literacy-enriched engineering activities and how engineering-centered literature (picture and story books) can be used to support engineering engagement and content understanding. Purpose: This study sought to understand the effect of engineering-centered literature and…
Descriptors: Multiple Literacies, Engineering Education, Learner Engagement, Kindergarten
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Aydogan, Canan; Farran, Dale C.; Sagsöz, Gülseren – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2015
The primary aim of the present study was to examine the way in which instructional and emotional aspects of teacher support combined to predict children's engagement in learning-related activities in kindergarten classrooms that served a socio-economically diverse population of children. Observations were conducted on teachers and children in 45…
Descriptors: Correlation, Classroom Environment, Learner Engagement, Learning Activities
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Iruka, Iheoma U.; Curenton, Stephanie M.; Gardner, Shari – Journal of Negro Education, 2015
Policy research highlights educational disparity between Blacks and Whites, thereby, emphasizing the need to determine malleable ecological factors that support the positive development and learning of Black children during the early schooling years. The purpose of this study was to examine whether change in home environment and neighborhood were…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Neighborhoods, Environmental Influences, African American Children