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Feasible Implementation Strategies for Improving Vocabulary Knowledge of High-Risk Preschoolers: Results from a Cluster-Randomized Trial
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Kelley, Elizabeth Spencer; Barker, R. Michael; Peters-Sanders, Lindsey; Madsen, Keri; Seven, Yagmur; Soto, Xigrid; Olsen, Wendy; Hull, Katharine; Goldstein, Howard – Grantee Submission, 2020
Purpose: Many children begin school with limited vocabularies, placing them at a high risk of academic difficulties. The goal of this study was to examine the effects of a vocabulary intervention program, "Story Friends," designed to improve vocabulary knowledge of at-risk preschool children. Method: Twenty-four early-childhood…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Children, At Risk Students
Feasible Implementation Strategies for Improving Vocabulary Knowledge of High-Risk Preschoolers: Results from a Cluster-Randomized Trial
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Kelley, Elizabeth Spencer; Barker, R. Michael; Peters-Sanders, Lindsey; Madsen, Keri; Seven, Yagmur; Soto, Xigrid; Olsen, Wendy; Hull, Katharine; Goldstein, Howard – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2020
Purpose: Many children begin school with limited vocabularies, placing them at a high risk of academic difficulties. The goal of this study was to examine the effects of a vocabulary intervention program, Story Friends, designed to improve vocabulary knowledge of at-risk preschool children. Method: Twenty-four early-childhood classrooms were…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Curriculum Implementation, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Children
(Dis)empowerment: The Implementation of Corrective Mathematics in Philadelphia Empowerment Schools
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Connor, Hannah – Penn GSE Perspectives on Urban Education, 2011
The need to improve math education around the country has been well documented, especially in urban school systems like Philadelphia. In Spring 2010, only 56.6% of students in Philadelphia Public schools scored proficient or advanced on the Pennsylvania State Standardized Assessment (PSSA). In Philadelphia Empowerment Schools, the 107 lowest…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Remedial Mathematics, Curriculum Implementation, Empowerment