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Kipp, Lindsay E.; Meaney, Karen S.; Griffin, L. Kent – Physical Educator, 2021
We explored children's physical activity level and psychosocial outcomes in a service-learning program. The program, taught by preservice physical educators, engages children in fun activities within a mastery motivational climate (MMC). Forty-two children in grades K-4 wore accelerometers during two 90-min sessions, resulting in 84 data points.…
Descriptors: Mastery Learning, Service Learning, Motivation, Program Effectiveness
Lieberman, Abbie; Cook, Shayna; Jackson, Sarah – New America, 2018
There are multiple explanations for why many children do not have access to well-prepared pre-K teachers. The five programs profiled in this report show that it is possible to give pre-K teachers rich, research-based training that prepares them to work with young children. However, there is a scarcity of opportunities focused on the developmental…
Descriptors: Teacher Competencies, Preschool Teachers, Preschool Education, Kindergarten
Walijarvi, Corrine M.; Weiss, Ann H.; Weinman, Maxine L. – Death Studies, 2012
This article describes an 8-week, curriculum-based traumatic death support group program that is offered at Bo's Place, a grief and bereavement center in Houston, Texas. The program was implemented in 2006 in an effort to help family members who had experienced a death in the family by suicide, murder, accident, or sudden medical problem. The…
Descriptors: Accidents, Social Support Groups, Grief, Age
Texas Education Agency, Austin. Div. of Policy Planning and Evaluation. – 1992
This report presents preliminary findings of a 5-year study evaluating the effectiveness of state-funded prekindergarten programs in Texas. The two components of the study included in this report are (1) a statewide survey of 507 school districts, focusing on prekindergarten program characteristics, implementation, and parents' perceptions of the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Limited English Speaking, Parent Attitudes
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1993
A 5-year longitudinal study, still in progress, was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of prekindergarten programs in Texas. The components of the study include a statewide survey of school districts, a case study of 10 schools' prekindergarten programs, and a longitudinal study of 2,000 students enrolled in prekindergarten during the 1989-90…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Environment, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Educational Practices