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Lewis Presser, Ashley E.; Young, Jessica M.; Clements, Lindsay J.; Rosenfeld, Deborah; Cerrone, Michelle; Kook, Janna F.; Sherwood, Heather – Education Sciences, 2022
Data collection and analysis (DCA) skills apply mathematical knowledge, such as counting, sorting, and classifying, to investigations of real-world questions. This pursuit lays the foundation for learners to develop flexible problem-solving skills with data. This pilot study tested a preschool intervention intended to support teachers in promoting…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Data Collection, Data Analysis, Pilot Projects
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Bargagliotti, Anna; Arnold, Pip; Franklin, Chris – Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 2021
In this article, the authors introduce the "Pre-K-12 Guidelines for Assessment and Instruction in Statistics Education II (GAISE II): A Framework for Statistics and Data Science Education" report. This report, which was published by the American Statistical Association (ASA) and endorsed by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Kindergarten, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines
Schillinger, Tammy – ProQuest LLC, 2016
A local urban school district recently reported that 86% of third graders did not demonstrate proficiency on the Math Standardized Test, which challenges students to solve problems and justify solutions. It is beneficial if these skills are developed prior to third grade. Students may be more academically successful if kindergarten teachers have…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Elementary School Mathematics, Teaching Methods, Mathematics Teachers
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DeVore, Simone; Fox, Robin; Heimer, Lucy; Winchell, Brooke – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2015
As a team of teacher educators at a university in the United States, we engage in participatory action research to reflect on how reflective tools which we design engage teacher candidates (TCs) in their reflecting on teaching. In this paper, we describe how we invite TCs to write in-class reflections, respond to self-assessment probes, and…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Teacher Education Programs, Participatory Research, Action Research
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Lekhal, Ratib – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2012
Associations between type and age of entry into Norwegian universally-accessible childcare and children's behavior problems at age 3 years were examined in this study. Data from 73,068 children in the large population-based, prospective Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa) were used, and included information about childcare arrangements,…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Children, Foreign Countries, Norwegian
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Friedman-Krauss, Allison H.; Connors, Maia C.; Morris, Pamela A. – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2013
As a result of the 1998 reauthorization of Head Start, the Department of Health and Human Services conducted a national evaluation of the Head Start program. The goal of Head Start is to improve the school readiness skills of low-income children in the United States. There is a substantial body of experimental and correlational research that has…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Preschool Education, School Readiness, Low Income Groups
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Rescorla, Leslie A.; Achenbach, Thomas M.; Ivanova, Masha Y.; Bilenberg, Niels; Bjarnadottir, Gudrun; Denner, Silvia; Dias, Pedro; Dobrean, Anca; Dopfner, Manfred; Frigerio, Alessandra; Goncalves, Miguel; Guomundsson, Halldor; Jusiene, Roma; Kristensen, Solvejg; Lecannelier, Felipe; Leung, Patrick W. L.; Liu, Jianghong; Lobel, Sofia P.; Machado, Barbara Cesar; Markovic, Jasminka; Mas, Paola A.; Esmaeili, Elaheh Mohammad; Montirosso, Rosario; Pluck, Julia; Pronaj, Adelina Ahmeti; Rodriguez, Jorge T.; Rojas, Pamela O.; Schmeck, Klaus; Shahini, Mimoza; Silva, Jaime R.; van der Ende, Jan; Verhulst, Frank C. – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2012
This study tested societal effects on caregiver/teacher ratings of behavioral/emotional problems for 10,521 preschoolers from 15 societies. Many societies had problem scale scores within a relatively narrow range, despite differences in language, culture, and other characteristics. The small age and gender effects were quite similar across…
Descriptors: Emotional Problems, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Caregivers, Theory Practice Relationship
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Linder, Sandra M. – Young Children, 2012
Teachers are using technological innovations--including interactive whiteboards--in pre-K-grade 3 classrooms across the country. An IWB is a wall-mounted, touch-sensitive flat screen. When connected to a computer (or another electronic device) and a projector, it displays enlarged instructional content (such as a math word problem, pictures or…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Mathematics Instruction, Young Children, Preschool Children
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Levine, Linda J.; Burgess, Stewart L.; Laney, Cara – Developmental Psychology, 2008
Two experiments investigated the effects of sadness, anger, and happiness on 4- to 6-year-old children's memory and suggestibility concerning story events. In Experiment 1, children were presented with 3 interactive stories on a video monitor. The stories included protagonists who wanted to give the child a prize. After each story, the child…
Descriptors: Recall (Psychology), Psychological Patterns, Child Development, Memory
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Kerr, David C. R.; Lunkenheimer, Erika S.; Olson, Sheryl L. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2007
Background: Children's early problem behavior that manifests in multiple contexts is often more serious and stable. The concurrent and predictive validity of ratings of externalizing and internalizing by four informants was examined at preschool and early school age in an at-risk sample. Methods: Two hundred forty children were assessed by mothers…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Behavior Problems, Mothers, Fathers
Wall, Edward S.; Posamentier, Alfred S. – Corwin Press, 2006
This easy-to-navigate guide offers research-based teaching strategies for introducing prekindergarten and elementary school students to the content and skills recommended by the NCTM principles and standards for mathematics. Using the popular format of the "What Successful Teachers Do" books, the authors present 47 dynamic learning activities,…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Probability, Mathematics Teachers, Elementary School Students