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WWC Review of the Report "Increasing Young Children's Contact with Print during Shared Reading: Longitudinal Effects on Literacy Achievement"
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2012
The study examined the impact of the "Project STAR" ("Sit Together and Read") reading program on the literacy skills of preschool students. Researchers randomly assigned 85 preschool classrooms in Ohio to one of three study groups at the start of the 2004-05 or 2005-06 school years: (1) A high-dose intervention group, in which…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Literacy, Reading Aloud to Others, Reading Instruction
Tools of the Mind. What Works Clearinghouse Intervention Report
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2008
"Tools of the Mind" is an early childhood curriculum for preschool and kindergarten children, designed to foster children's executive function through development of self-regulation, working memory, and cognitive flexibility. Activities emphasize both executive functioning and academic skills. One study of "Tools of the Mind"…
Descriptors: Preschool Curriculum, Cognitive Processes, Preschool Children, Low Income Groups
Early Childhood Education--The Best Thing Going in Education?
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Austin Independent School District, TX. Office of Research and Evaluation. – 1984
To help assess the potential long term benefits of prekindergarten programs in the Austin Independent School District (AISD) since 1976, this report reviews compensatory early childhood education research findings. Part One summarizes findings from AISD's Chapter 1, Chapter 1 Migrant, and Title VII prekindergarten programs. AISD students showed…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Research