The Bracken Basic Concept Scale This scale assesses 258 concepts in 11 categorical areas (color, letter identification, numbers/counting, comparison, shapes, direction/position, social-emotional, size, textural/material, quantity, and time/sequenc Continue Reading...
Kindergarten Classroom Management The most effective classroom environment is one in which there is a sense of trust, advocacy for the student, engaging learning activities, and a sense of regular adventure. Students should be encouraged to actualiz Continue Reading...
Preschool and Kindergarten Success The Influence of Preschool Participation on Educational Outcomes in Kindergarten Increasingly, young children in the U.S. are attending and participating in preschool programs. Parents as well as others perceive Continue Reading...
Head Start Program Improvement Efforts for Families to Show More Parental Engagement and Involvement with Children's Education. Description of the local problem (The local problem that prompted the study is clearly defined and is discussed in terms Continue Reading...
Ethnic/racial and socioeconomic factors would not be considered. Children would not need referral from any social services agency. This would eliminate the stigmatizing that accompanies enrollment in current programs, including Head Start. Referenc Continue Reading...
Physical Activity Sociological Aspects of Physical Activity Sociological Aspects of Physical Activity of Children Sociological Aspects of Physical Activity of Children Sociological Aspects of Physical Activity of Children Physical activity patte Continue Reading...
First, Spanish sounds different from English in terms of vowel sounds, sentence stress, and timing. (Shoebottom, 2007, Spanish). In addition, Spanish speakers can confront grammar problems when learning English, "although Spanish is a much more heav Continue Reading...
Social Development in Early Childhood and Future Academic Success Teachers have long reported a positive correlation between a child's social/emotional development and academic success. The purpose of this paper is to review four articles that rep Continue Reading...
space to fill in key points under each heading. You should fill in 1-2 sentences in the lines provided in red to summarize main points in each section where space is provided. When you complete the study guide, submit it through the unit's study gui Continue Reading...
Psychological test or assessment method. "The Substance Abuse Questionnaire -- Adult Probation III Brief Description of the Test The recent release of one of the youngest convicted child murders in our nation's history, Lionel Tate, now an adult, i Continue Reading...
English Methods K-2 Teaching English in Grades K-2 There are four components of instruction in English language learning for children in the primary grades. The purpose of this paper is to discuss each of these components -- phonemic awareness, pho Continue Reading...
Gap: Early Childhood Intervention and the Development of the Disabled Child Children with special needs include those who have disabilities, developmental delays, are gifted/talented, and are at risk of future developmental problems. Early interven Continue Reading...
Solutions to incorporating fluency instruction in the classroom include repeated reading, auditory modeling, direct instruction, text segmenting, supported reading, and use of easy reading materials. Young readers may not always know what fluent rea Continue Reading...
For this reason, it is critical to ascertain the causes of word reading difficulties in order to identify these problems and provide appropriate instruction as early as possible. (Allor, 2002, p. 47) Spear-Swerling & Sternberg note that the fun Continue Reading...
The achievement gap also may ultimately negatively affect the U.S. As it may cause the nation to become less competitive in the increasingly global communities (What is the…, 2009). In addition, research indicates that the achievement gap cont Continue Reading...
Educational Leadership in Latino Students Flow of Information: Introduction/Preliminary Lit Analysis Status of Performance of Latino Students Why Study Latinos? Why the Latino Performance is Low? How to change the situation? Los Angeles Specif Continue Reading...
A behavior resulting from injury or disease behavior resulting from experience behavior resulting from disease or drugs biologically determined behavior Evidence that learning has occurred is seen in published research studies changes in thinking Continue Reading...
Home School vs. Public School Home schooling was once reserved for homebound students due to a number of reasons, such as rural locations, or physical conditions. Religion has also been a major reason for home schooling. Today, however, many parents Continue Reading...
K-12 Curriculum and Instruction: Changing Paradigms in the 21st Century This is not your grandfathers' economy or his educational paradigm however; today's curriculum still appears as such and therein lays a very significant and challenging problem Continue Reading...
