We used the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study--Kindergarten Cohort (ECLS-K) data to examine how important mathematics readiness levels are to subsequent achievement growth and the efficacy of instruction and engagement in producing such growth. The ECLS-K selected a nationally representative sample of kindergartners in fall 1998 and is following…

Developed by the Women's NETWORK, a group representing women serving in state legislatures in the United States, this report examines how the private sector is involved in promoting learning readiness at the preschool level. The report begins with an introduction and a discussion of the importance of learning readiness as a national goal. The…

This document is comprised of two reports, the first detailing findings of a 1997 Oregon survey to determine the status of the state's current kindergarten children and their developmental readiness for school, and the second providing county data from the survey. Surveys were mailed to 1,141 public school kindergarten teachers and 245 private…

This brief report cites data that indicate the need for increased efforts to achieve the first of six National Education Goals proposed by the President and the Governors in 1990. The first goal states that "By the year 2000, all children in America will start school ready to learn." The grade given to goal 1 is "incomplete"…

This study was designed to assess possible interactive aspects of family size and learning patterns of preschool lower-SES black children. (Author)

This 8-item test is intended to help adult basic education teachers obtain a quick assessment of the prereading skills that their beginning adult readers have already mastered. The individual items of the test are designed to assess the following: ability to write one's own name; left-to-right orientation; perceptual hearing; sound-letter and…

The staff of the Early Childhood Curriculum and Evaluation Project of the Mississippi State Department of Education developed the Kindergarten Inventory of Developing Social Competency (KIDSC) in 1986 as a means of evaluating the state's program goals in the area of self-concept. Positive results from field testing indicated the usefulness of the…

It is concluded that teacher academic expectancies for children entering school are influenced strongly by test scores and classroom behavior, and that such effects may be either realistic or prejudiced. (Author/MLP)

Presents a visual method for displaying the interrelationships between Piaget's work related to children's intellectual development and curriculum development based on an analysis of the processes of scientific inquiry. (PB)

This document describes the design and implementation of a screening procedure for a first grade readiness class which was receiving inappropriate referrals. The class was intended to serve normal children between kindergarten and first grade who seemed to need an extra year of maturation. Because students who exhibited discipline, emotional and…

THE PURPOSE OF THIS HANDBOOK IS TO HELP TEACHERS BECOME EFFECTIVE USERS OF PROGRAMS. IT PRESENTS CHARACTERISTICS, GUIDELINES FOR TEACHING, AND CRITERIA FOR DETERMINING EFFECTIVE PROGRAMS IN THE TEXT. A FILMSTRIP BY THE SAME TITLE, GIVING FIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF A PROGRAM MAY BE USED WITH THE HANDBOOK. A SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF 70 ITEMS, A LIST OF…

THE PROCESS OF INSTRUCTION WOULD BENEFIT FROM BEING ORGANIZED IN TERMS OF BEHAVIORAL PSYCHOLOGY. FIRST, THE PROCESS OF TASK ANALYSIS SHOULD DIVIDE THE FINAL OBJECTIVE INTO A SERIES OF SUBTOPICS OR RELATED TASKS. PERHAPS DIFFERENT TEACHING PROCEDURES WILL BE NEEDED TO MASTER DIFFERENT SUBTOPICS OF THE FINAL OBJECTIVE. SECOND, AN ASSESSMENT SHOULD…

Contained in this monograph is a review and synthesis of developmental psychology and learning theory, with major emphasis upon applications of the developmental perspective to environmental education curriculum and instruction. Based upon a summary of the work of Piaget and his followers, a learning readiness axis is proposed. Also examined are…

THIS EXPERIMENT WAS CONCERNED WITH ASSESSING THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SKILL IN SERIATING AND VARIOUS MEASURES YIELDED BY THE METROPOLITAN READING READINESS TEST (RRT). ANOTHER OBJECTIVE WAS TO EVALUATE THE EXTENT TO WHICH SKILL IN SERIATING IS ASSOCIATED WITH SOCIAL CLASS, SEX, AND RACE. THE AUTHORS CONSTRUCTED A SERIATION TEST WITH AN ESTIMATED…

A screening survey of 272 first grade pupils, for the purpose of detection and remediation of special learning problems was conducted. Purposes were to: (1) screen out pupils with potential learning and school adjustment problems, (2) prevent the amplification of these problems and (3) suggest, to teachers, proper techniques and methods of…