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Douglas H. Clements; Karen C. Fuson; Julie Sarama – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2017
Teachers are on the front line in any educational controversy. Increasingly, some bloggers, newspaper articles, and other media have criticized the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSSM) (CCSSI 2010) as being inappropriate for children in kindergarten and first grade. However, both research and expert practice reveal that children are…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Preschool Education, Preschool Children
Kenavey, Lori Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Basals have played an important role in classroom instruction for almost 200 years. Historically, basal programs have been influenced by both important research and policy reports. This study analyzed one publishing company's basal program across seven editions in order to trace the interaction of research, policy, and publication. Teacher's…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Longitudinal Studies, Publishing Industry, Textbook Publication
Friedlaender, Diane; Beckham, Kyle; Zheng, Xinhua; Darling-Hammond, Linda – Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education, 2015
This report documents the practices and outcomes of Alice Birney, a public K-8 Waldorf-Inspired School in Sacramento City Unified School District (SCUSD). This study highlights how such a school addresses students' academic, social, emotional, physical, and creative development. Birney students outperform similar students in SCUSD on several…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Educational Philosophy, Educational History, Educational Research
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Paciga, Kathleen A.; Hoffman, Jessica L.; Teale, William H. – Young Children, 2011
The high level of acceptance in US society of the preschool years as a critically important time for building early literacy skills has led to a flurry of activity in early childhood research and policy. The National Early Literacy Panel (NELP) report "Developing Early Literacy" (2008) is one example of this activity. The NELP report is…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Practices, Preschool Teachers, Emergent Literacy
Meier, Daniel – Teachers College Press, 2011
In his latest book, Daniel Meier highlights the critical importance of integrating content and mechanics for successful and engaged writing at the K-4 level. Featuring the teaching philosophies and strategies of seven exemplary teachers, and a discussion of relevant research and theory, Meier provides a fresh, practical, and much-needed…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Teacher Effectiveness, Emergent Literacy, Writing Instruction
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Fuson, Karen C. – Cognitive Development, 2009
This article provides an overview of some perspectives about special issues in classroom mathematical teaching and learning that have stemmed from the huge explosion of research in children's mathematical thinking stimulated by Piaget. It concentrates on issues that are particularly important for less-advanced learners and for those who might be…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Mathematics Instruction, Learning Strategies, Cognitive Processes
Miller, Edward; Almon, Joan – Alliance for Childhood (NJ3a), 2009
Kindergarten has changed significantly in the last two decades: children now spend more time being taught and tested on literacy and math skills than they do learning through play and exploration, exercising their bodies, and using their imaginations. Many kindergartens use highly prescriptive curricula geared to new state standards and linked to…
Descriptors: Play, Early Childhood Education, State Standards, Standardized Tests
Ray, Brian D. – Online Submission, 2000
This article defines and describes teaching strategies used in homeschooling. It reviews several research and other literature sources from the homeschool community. It finds four themes from relevant research that inform the practices and seven major strategies used in the home-based education. Recommendations are made to parents who choose…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Home Schooling, Teaching Methods, Parents as Teachers
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National Association of Early Childhood Specialists in State Departments of Education. – 1992
A series of eight videoconferences was designed to help educational professionals improve schools by applying knowledge gained from research. During the videoconference programs, which are transmitted by satellite to facilities with receiving capacity, viewers can interact by telephone with the program presenters. Each program covers a specific…
Descriptors: Child Development, Childhood Needs, Curriculum Evaluation, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Cassidy, Jack; Sanders, Jana – 2002
This chapter is part of a book that recounts the year's work at the Early Childhood Development Center (ECDC) at Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi. Rather than an "elitist" laboratory school for the children of university faculty, the ECDC is a collaboration between the Corpus Christi Independent School District and the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Child Development, Child Development Centers
Montague, Nicole S.; Marroquin, Christine; Lucido, Frank – 2002
This chapter is part of a book that recounts the year's work at the Early Childhood Development Center (ECDC) at Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi. Rather than an "elitist" laboratory school for the children of university faculty, the ECDC is a collaboration between the Corpus Christi Independent School District and the…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Child Development, Child Development Centers, College School Cooperation
Rodriguez, Stephen; Williams, Morgan – 2002
This chapter is part of a book that recounts the year's work at the Early Childhood Development Center (ECDC) at Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi. Rather than an "elitist" laboratory school for the children of university faculty, the dual-language ECDC is a collaboration between the Corpus Christi Independent School District and…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Bilingual Education, Child Development, Child Development Centers
McDonald, JoAnn Montes; McDonald, Robert B. – 2002
This chapter is a part of a book that recounts the year's work at the Early Childhood Development Center (ECDC) at Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi. Rather than an "elitist" laboratory school for the children of university faculty, the dual-language ECDC is a collaboration between the Corpus Christi Independent School District…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Child Development, Child Development Centers, College School Cooperation
Cassidy, Jack, Ed.; Garrett, Sherrye D., Ed. – 2002
This yearbook recounts the work in 2001 at the Early Childhood Development Center (ECDC) at Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi. Rather than an "elitist" laboratory school for the children of university faculty, the ECDC is a collaboration between the Corpus Christi Independent School District and the university, with an enrollment…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Child Development, Child Development Centers, Childrens Literature