Math in a child's world: Policy and practical challenges for preschool mathematics
An examination of challenges to incorporating math into early childhood curricula and programs in California, based on discussions at 2 regional events and on in-depth interviews with event participants, preschool administrators, and early childhood coordinators in 21 Orange County school districts
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State policies that promote early childhood mathematics
A study by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) on state standards of early childhood mathematical education, educational level and professional development recommended for educators, curriculum and testing requirements
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Effects of a pre-kindergarten mathematics intervention: A randomized experiment
An evaluation of the effect of the implementation of the Pre-K Mathematics curriculum and the DLM Express software package on the mathematical knowledge of low-income children in Head Start and public preschool classrooms in greater San Francisco and Buffalo, based on a study of 20 experimental and 20 control-group classrooms
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Enhancing young children's mathematical knowledge through a pre-kindergarten mathematics intervention
A study which implemented a specialized mathematics intervention in the classrooms of pre-kindergarteners from different socioeconomic backgrounds to improve their math skills
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PBS KIDS Mathematics Transmedia Suites in preschool homes: A report to the CPB-PBS Ready to Learn Initiative
An evaluation of three mathematics transmedia gaming suites, which are videos and computer games linked to established children's educational shows and characters, that examines preschool children's gains in mathematics skills and knowledge and parents' awareness and support of mathematics learning, based on pre- and post-intervention assessments and questionnaires from 46 intervention and 45 comparison children and their parents
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Scaling up the implementation of a pre-kindergarten mathematics curriculum: Teaching for understanding with trajectories and technologies
A study of the impact of scaling up a Technology-enhanced, Research-based, Instruction, Assessment, and professional Development (TRIAD) prekindergarten mathematics curriculum on teachers’ knowledge, beliefs, and practices, parents’ knowledge, beliefs, and practices and on children’s mathematical knowledge with 209 children from an ethnically diverse population of low-income families in 26 randomly selected public preschool and Head Start classrooms in New York and California
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Young children can add and subtract by predicting and checking
A study evaluating preschool children's understanding of counting by exposing them to arithmetic-related tasks involving prediction
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The Evaluation of Enhanced Academic Instruction in After-School Programs: Findings after the first year of implementation
Impacts after the first year of implementation of the Evaluation of Enhanced Academic Instruction in After-School Programs, a two-year intervention and random assignment evaluation of structured math and reading instruction in after school programs for children in second through fifth grade, on student reading and math proficiency and academic performance
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The Evaluation of Enhanced Academic Instruction in After-School Programs: Final report
Impacts after the second year of implementation of the Evaluation of Enhanced Academic Instruction in After-School Programs, a two-year intervention and random assignment evaluation of structured math and reading instruction in after school programs for children in second through fifth grade, on student reading and math proficiency and academic performance in programs that participated for both years
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Effects of participation in the Fifth Dimension on far transfer
A study of the transfer of skills gained from participation in the Fifth Dimension, an after-school computer club for elementary school students, to reading and math achievement
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The Exploratorium's XTech program: Engaging STEM experiences for middle school youth: Summative evaluation report
An evaluation of an out of school time program to introduce students to the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) fields, based on information for 131 middle-school aged participants from the San Francisco Bay Area, California
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Evaluation of California's After School Learning and Safe Neighborhoods Partnerships program: 1999-2001
A report summarizing local, statewide reading and math outcome, matched-pair comparison, longitudinal, and cost benefit evaluations of California's After School Learning and Safe Neighborhoods Partnerships Program.
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Evaluation of The Electric Company Summer Learning Program
A study of the implementation of The Electric Company Summer Learning Program, a transmedia curriculum for summer programs with a focus on math and literacy skills, and of the relationship of participation in the program to teaching outcomes and to children's math and literacy outcomes, based on surveys from and interviews with 152 6- to 8-year-old children and 16 teachers at 12 summer programs
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Head Start: An outcome study on literacy and mathematical skills among Latino Head Start children
A study assessing the impact of a California Head Start program on Latino preschool children's literacy and mathematical skills development
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The First 5 LA Universal Preschool Child Outcomes Study: Children's progress during the 2010-2011 LAUP year
A study of changes in the socioemotional development and the language, literacy, and math skills of both English proficient students and English language learners in the Los Angeles Universal Preschool program during the 2010-2011 program year, based on assessments administered to 675 children in fall 2010 and spring 2011
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Family socioeconomic status and consistent environmental stimulation in early childhood
A study of the relationship between both math and reading achievement and growth and both family socioeconomic status and environmental stimulation at home, in preschool, in child care, and in 1st-grade classrooms, from a secondary analysis of data on 1,364 children
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Instruction in Spanish in pre-kindergarten classrooms and child outcomes for English language learners
An examination of the relationship between the language, reading, and math skills of English language learners and both the proportion of instruction in Spanish and observed quality of teacher-child interactions, based on data from 357 Spanish-speaking 4-year-old children who attended state-funded pre-kindergarten programs in 11 states
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Evaluation of the 4-H Science Initiative: Year 2 implementation study
An evaluation of 4-H Science, an initiative to increase 4-H science, technology, engineering, and applied math program offerings, that examines state-level implementation of 4-H Science and characteristics of successful 4-H Science programs, based on interviews with state and county 4-H leaders
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Effects of a measurement and planning system on kindergartners' cognitive development and educational programming
A study of the impact of a measurement and planning system, which provided to teachers assessment information and learning activities, on 838 kindergarten children’s basic skill acquisition in math, reading, and science, and additionally on their cognitive development, school promotion, and referral to special education
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Effects of preschool curriculum programs on school readiness: Report from the Preschool Curriculum Evaluation Research initiative
The final report from the Preschool Curriculum Evaluation Research initiative, which conducted multi-site experimental evaluations of 14 preschool curricula's impacts on child outcomes (including behavior and early language, literacy, and math skills) at the end of preschool and in kindergarten, and on preschool classroom outcomes (including classroom quality, teacher-child interactions, and instructional practices)
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Who is ahead and who is behind?: Gaps in school readiness and student achievement in the early grades for California's children
The first component of a multicomponent study of preschool education in California, which focuses on whether students were meeting the state's early elementary math and English-language arts standards and how increased access to high-quality preschool programs can close achievement gaps, based on state- and local-level school readiness and achievement
data, as well as on previous studies of the benefits of high-quality
preschool programs
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Preschoolers' use of count information to judge relative quantity
A two-part study of preschool children's use of count information in making quantity judgments, based on one sample of 35 children 3 through 5 years old, and a second sample of 54 children 3 and 4 years old
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Number-concept acquisition and general vocabulary development
A first study of the relationship between number-word knowledge and general vocabulary and a second study of the relationship between number-word knowledge and both general and expressive vocabulary, based on data from a total of 59 children, ages 30- through 60-months, and a third study of the relationship between method used for analysis and results, based on a reanalysis of the data with simulated data using the methods from the first two studies and an alternative method
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Children's progress during the 2011-2012 LAUP year
Findings from a study of children's developmental progress from fall to spring in the Los Angeles Universal Preschool (LAUP) program, based on fall and spring assessments for a representative sample of 586 children
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Examining the relationship between LA's BEST program attendance and academic achievement of LA's BEST students
A study of the relationship of different levels of participation in LA's BEST, an after school program for urban elementary school children in Los Angeles County that aims to enhance children's intellectual, social, and emotional development, to students' academic achievement
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