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The Effect of a Perceptual-Motor Intervention Programme on Learning Readiness of Grade R Learners from South African Deprived Environments
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Erasmus, Myrtle; Janse van Rensburg, Ona; Pienaar, Anita E.; Ellis, Suria – Early Child Development and Care, 2016
South Africa consists of developed and developing contexts. This article reports on a study undertaken to determine the effect of a Perceptual--motor Intervention Programme in learning readiness of Grade R learners from deprived environments. Le Roux's Group Test for School Readiness was used as baseline assessments to establish the school…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Perceptual Motor Learning, Learning Readiness, Intervention
Enhancing HIV Communication between Parents and Children: Efficacy of the Parents Matter! Program
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Miller, Kim S.; Lin, Carol Y.; Poulsen, Melissa N.; Fasula, Amy; Wyckoff, Sarah C.; Forehand, Rex; Long, Nicholas; Armistead, Lisa – AIDS Education and Prevention, 2011
We examine efficacy of the Parents Matter! Program (PMP), a program to teach African-American parents of preadolescents sexual communication and HIV-prevention skills, through a multicenter, randomized control trial. A total of 1115 parent-child participants were randomized to one of three intervention arms (enhanced, brief, control). Percentages…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Learning Readiness, Intervals, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
A Study To Determine the Effects of Pre-Kindergarten on Kindergarten Readiness and Achievement in Mathematics.
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Perry, Donna G. – 1999
The intent of this study was to determine if attendance in a good quality prekindergarten program using developmentally appropriate activities had a positive effect on kindergarten mathematics readiness skills and achievement. Participating were 80 children, 4 to 6 years old, divided into two experimental and two control groups. Standardized test…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Kindergarten, Kindergarten Children
Middle Immersion Study 1988. Research Paper 88-08.
Parkin, Michael; And Others – 1989
Ottawa's program of middle French immersion (MFI) instruction, beginning in fourth grade, was evaluated when the first cohort reached sixth grade. Results of the study were compared with those of other groups, particularly the early French immersion (EFI) program and late French immersion (LFI) program students. The evaluation also added data from…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, English, Foreign Countries
Starting Children Too Early on Number Work: A Mismatch of Developmental and Academic Priorities.
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Kaul, Venita; And Others – 1991
Noting a developmentally inappropriate trend toward earlier instruction in mathematics, a study examined the effects of a systematic, process-based, developmentally appropriate program for the development of number readiness in Indian kindergarten (preschool) children aged 4 and 5. An experimental group of 20 children received the process-based…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Developmental Stages, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Middle Immersion Review 1990: A Comparison of Ottawa Board of Education Students in Three French Immersion Programmes in Grade 6 and Grade 8. Research Paper 90-01A.
McVey, Marianna; And Others – 1990
A study compared the achievement of students in three Ottawa French programs: early French immersion (EFI), begun in kindergarten; middle French immersion (MFI), begun in fourth grade; and late French immersion (LFI), begun in sixth grade, with students in core French instruction since kindergarten. Extensive testing and data-collection…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, English