Child outcome standards in pre-k programs: What are standards; what is needed to make them work?
An overview of child outcome standards in Prekindergarten programs, how they relate to the standards movement in K-12 education, and what conditions are necessary to ensure their effectiveness
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Early literacy: New issues and new challenges
A policy brief on early literacy standards, instructional strategies, assessment and professional development needs
Fact Sheets & Briefs
A framework for early literacy instruction: Aligning standards to developmental accomplishments and student behaviors
A presentation of a framework for Early Literacy instruction through the alignnment of standards to developmental accomplishments and student behaviors
Reports & Papers
High quality preschool programs: What would Vygotsky say?
An examination of the quality of preschool education in Russia using the Vygotskian approach, which uses the three constructs of Cultural Historical Theory of Development, play as a leading activity during preschool, and the concept of amplification
Reports & Papers
Make-believe play versus academic skills: A Vygotskian approach to today’s dilemma of early childhood education
A theoretical discussion, with a focus on the Vygotskian approach, of the roles of play and academic learning in preschool classrooms
Reports & Papers
Measuring the quality of environmental supports for young children's social and emotional competence
An inventory of current measures of environmental supports for social and emotional competence (ESSEC) in child care and early education programs, and a recommendation of measurable indicators of the quality of ESSEC for children in early childhood programs
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Prekindergarten benchmarks for language and literacy: Progress made and challenges to be met
An examination of achievement measures for the acquisition of language and literacy skills of prekindergarteners
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Promoting children's social and emotional development through high-quality preschool
A compilation of data on the relationship between social and emotional development and high-quality preschool program participation in children
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Promoting children's social and emotional development through preschool
A policy report discussing preschool children's socioemotional development, the role it plays in school readiness, and characteristics needed for preschool programs to enhance children's development
Other
Scaffolding emergent writing in the zone of proximal development
A journal article on an emergent writing technique, with a case study investigating its impact on kindergartners
Reports & Papers
Scaffolding self-regulated learning in young children: Lessons from Tools of the Mind
A description of the theoretical foundation of the Tools of the Mind curriculum, an illustration of the implementation of these principles using examples of instructional strategies from the curriculum, and a discussion of the curriculum's impact on the development of self regulation and executive functions in young children and their academic achievement
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Tools of the Mind: A case study of implementing the Vygotskian approach in American early childhood and primary classrooms
A description of the development and piloting of Tools of the Mind, a Vygotskian-based curriculum
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Uniquely preschool
A discussion of methods and activities through which early childhood teachers can foster the development of self-regulation in preschoolers
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Vygotskian perspectives on teaching and learning early literacy
An examination of L. S. Vygotsky's cultural historical theory as it relates to literacy development in young children, with a description of instructional strategies based on his views
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