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von Suchodoletz, Antje; Larsen, Ross; Uka, Fitim; Nadyukova, Iryna; Pakarinen, Eija; Lerkkanen, Marja-Kristiina – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2022
The existing literature on early childhood education (ECE) quality is predominantly from the US or other developed countries. In low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs), systematic research on ECE quality, however, is very limited. In the present study, we explore variation in structural and process indicators of ECE quality in two Eastern…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Quality, Cultural Differences, Preschool Teachers
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Jones, Eli; Larsen, Ross; Sudweeks, Richard R.; Young, K. Richard; Gibb, Gordon S. – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2018
A two-cutoff regression discontinuity design (RDD) was used to assign 321 students in grades 1 through 6 at a Title I elementary school to two types of Tier 2 reading interventions administered by paraeducators: (a) direct instruction (DI) and (b) computer-assisted instruction (CAI). Students scoring at or below a lower cutoff pretest score were…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Disadvantaged Schools, Paraprofessional Personnel, Pretests Posttests
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Graham, Charles R.; Borup, Jered; Pulham, Emily; Larsen, Ross – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2019
An increasing number of K-12 schools have adopted blended learning approaches. Current empirical research has been sparse regarding preparing teachers for blended teaching, including the skills they must develop to teach in blended contexts. This research is focused on that weakness, with the purposes of systematically identifying the skills…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Blended Learning, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Jensen, Bryant; Pérez Martínez, María Guadalupe; García Medina, Adán Moisés; Martínez, José Felipe; Benito Cox, Carolina; Larsen, Ross – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2020
Measures of teaching are used internationally to understand and improve quality in early education with little consideration for ecological validity. In this study, we analyze videos gathered in 58 K-1 classrooms in Central Mexico to evaluate the validity and reliability of scores from an observational tool developed in the U.S. and used…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Classroom Environment, Kindergarten, Grade 1
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Simmons, Deborah; Hairrell, Angela; Edmonds, Meaghan; Vaughn, Sharon; Larsen, Ross; Willson, Victor; Rupley, William; Byrns, Glenda – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2010
In this study, we compared the effects of two experimental multiple-strategy approaches (content-area comprehension and vocabulary) to typical fourth-grade social studies instructional practices. An 18-week, cluster-randomized study was conducted to estimate effects measured by normative-referenced reading comprehension and vocabulary measures and…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary Development, Content Area Reading, Grade 4
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Hairrell, Angela; Rupley, William H.; Edmonds, Meaghan; Larsen, Ross; Simmons, Deborah; Willson, Victor; Byrns, Glenda; Vaughn, Sharon – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2011
In this study we examined the effects of dimensions of teacher quality on students' comprehension and vocabulary performance. Participants were 36 teachers and their respective 679 students in 2 medium-size school districts in central Texas, both of which served high proportions of children from low-socioeconomic status households. We matched…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Qualifications, Reading Achievement