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Direct linkDowdall, Nicholas; Murray, Lynne; Skeen, Sarah; Marlow, Marguerite; De Pascalis, Leonardo; Gardner, Frances; Tomlinson, Mark; Cooper, Peter J. – Child Development, 2021
This study evaluated the impact of a parenting intervention on children's cognitive and socioemotional development in a group of caregivers and their 21-to-28-month-old children in a low-income South African township. A randomized controlled trial compared an experimental group (n = 70) receiving training in dialogic book-sharing (8 weekly group…
Descriptors: Reading Aloud to Others, Books, Parenting Skills, Intervention
Melissa Derby – Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, 2021
This paper reports on findings from a study that explored the efficacy of a home-based literacy intervention in advancing preschool children's foundational literacy skills. A secondary line of enquiry in the study sought to determine the effects of the intervention on the family literacy practices, in particular, the way in which families engaged…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, Instructional Effectiveness
Karla M. Zaccor – Journal of Children's Literature, 2023
In schools similar to the one in this study, where over 75 percent of the students were non-White, students come to their classrooms having lived experiences with racism, and yet, in many classrooms, racism is never discussed or it is relegated to the past. This means, in many classrooms, there are White teachers who are unwilling or unable to…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Grade 6, Middle School Students, Cultural Differences
Whyte, Belinda; Davies, Maree; Wilson, Aaron – set: Research Information for Teachers, 2022
The purpose of this study was to investigate the nature and understanding of online talk in a New Zealand primary-school context. This research consisted of a small-scale case study of the #NZReadaloud, a pre-existing literacy programme, over 6 weeks in mid-2020. A private online group on the education platform Edmodo was established where 14…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Computer Mediated Communication, Foreign Countries, Case Studies
Kaiser, Irmtraud – Language Learning and Development, 2022
The present study analyses 3- to 6-year-old children's dialect-standard repertoires in an Austrian-Bavarian sociolinguistic setting and investigates how far individual repertoires can be explained by input and sociodemographic factors. Adults' linguistic repertoires in the area typically comprise a certain spectrum on the dialect-standard…
Descriptors: Dialects, Standard Spoken Usage, Gender Differences, Age Differences
Download full textWhat Works Clearinghouse, 2022
Based on recent research and in collaboration with expert panelists, the What Works Clearinghouse™ (WWC) has provided practical recommendations for preschool educators to use to help prepare young children benefit from learning opportunities they will encounter in school. The "Preparing Young Children for School Practice Guide" details…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Preschool Education, School Readiness, Evidence Based Practice
Burchinal, Margaret R.; Krowka, Sarah; Newman-Gonchar, Rebecca; Jayanthi, Madhavi; Gersten, Russell; Wavell, Samantha; Lyskawa, Julia; Haymond, Kelly; Bierman, Karen; Gonzalez, Jorge E.; McClelland, Megan M.; Nelson, Kimberly; Pentimonti, Jill; Purpura, David J.; Sachs, Jason; Sarama, Julie; Schlesinger-Devlin, Elizabeth; Washington, Julie; Rosen, Emily – What Works Clearinghouse, 2022
By learning social-emotional, executive function, mathematics, and literacy skills in preschool, children are likely to be better prepared for the higher expectations and more formal curriculum in elementary school. Ensuring that all children are well prepared for elementary school is a priority for parents, caregivers, guardians, and policy…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Preschool Education, School Readiness, Evidence Based Practice
Alotaibi, Khalid M. – Online Submission, 2022
Saudi EFL students experience similar difficulties as other language learners do when learning English. One of the most crucial disciplines of foreign language (FL) method study is the employment of reading strategies by speakers of EFL. Students who actively employ their reading comprehension techniques are able to comprehend and remember more of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Reading Skills, Reading Strategies
Witzleben, Megan – CEA Forum, 2019
During Charles Dickens's lifetime, education publications such as "The Union Sixth Reader" already shared methods for teaching his works. "The Union Sixth Reader" gives evidence to educational concerns surrounding the best uses of language, as though Dickens's turns of phrase could empower students. Today, educators may not…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Teaching Methods, Fiction, Cultural Awareness
Segal, Adam – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The following doctoral project emphasizes the importance of reading aloud to children beginning at birth. This project focuses on multiple aspects of reading aloud activities, such as the benefits children receive and the bi-directional benefits (e.g. attachment) received. However, the main focus is specifically on the parental benefits of reading…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Reading Aloud to Others, Childrens Literature, Birth
Carlile, Meghan – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Reading aloud is an important instructional activity for helping young children learn early literacy skills and develop content knowledge. When teachers ask questions during a read aloud, they can help students notice and think more deeply about information in the book. Despite the benefits of read alouds, some teachers do not engage students in…
Descriptors: Reading Aloud to Others, Reading Instruction, Planning, Questioning Techniques
Duncan, Sam – Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 2018
Reading aloud receives a great deal of attention as something done with children and as a potential teaching tool, but less is known about the oral reading that we, as adults, may do for various purposes across our everyday lives. This article explores one element of a two-year project recording and analysing contemporary adult reading aloud…
Descriptors: Reading Aloud to Others, Adults, Foreign Countries, Observation
Baker, Doris Luft; Santoro, Lana; Biancarosa, Gina; Baker, Scott K.; Fien, Hank; Otterstedt, Janet – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2020
We examine the effects of a read aloud replication intervention designed to improve the vocabulary, comprehension, and expository and narrative language outcomes of first grade students. Thirty-nine first-grade classrooms from 12 schools were randomly assigned to a treatment (n=19) or comparison condition (n=20). Teachers in the treatment…
Descriptors: Intervention, Grade 1, Elementary School Students, Vocabulary Development
Keenan, Harper; Hot Mess, Lil Miss – Curriculum Inquiry, 2020
In recent years, a programme for young children called Drag Queen Story Hour (DQSH) has risen to simultaneous popularity and controversy. This article, written collaboratively by an education scholar and a drag queen involved in organizing DQSH, contextualizes the programme within the landscape of gender in education as well as within the world of…
Descriptors: Gender Issues, LGBTQ People, Early Childhood Education, Play
Meng, Christine – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2020
The present study examined the dyadic nature of fathers' and mothers' reported frequency of storybook reading by testing (1) the longitudinal association in parents' frequency of storybook reading when their children were 10.47 months old and 52.95 months old, (2) the interdependence between both parents' reported frequency of storybook reading,…
Descriptors: Story Reading, Parents, Incidence, Infants
