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Achieving high school graduation: Citizen Schools' youth outcomes in Boston Findings from an evaluation of the seventh year of a longitudinal investigation into the influence of participation in Citizen Schools' 8th Grade Academy on students' later academic achievement, based on data for 448 participants from Boston, Massachusetts followed from high school selection to high school graduation |
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Advantages of gardening as a form of physical activity in an after-school program A study of the relationship between participation in a Cooperative Extension Service after school gardening program and the self-reported physical activity levels of children, based on data from 31 children in third through fifth grade in Oklahoma |
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Alberta Aboriginal Head Start in Urban and Northern Communities: Longitudinal study pilot phase A pilot longitudinal evaluation study in one Alberta Head Start (AHS) site to assess outcomes for participants compared to age-matched non-AHS peers on literacy, achievement in school, prosocial skills and receptive vocabulary, the feasibility of the longitudinal method used, and its applicability to future longitudinal evaluative studies of AHS programs in Alberta, based on data from 48 children at one school in a small rural off-reserve aboriginal community northwest of Edmonton, Alberta |
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Analysis of a mentoring program to change attitudes related to turnover of special needs teachers A qualitative study of teachers' reasons for turnover, perceptions of successful program components, ideas for program implementation, and feedback on a pilot teacher mentoring program from semi-structured interviews with 5 newly-hired teachers in a preschool for autistic students in the 2008-2009 school year |
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Analyzing social experiments as implemented: A reexamination of the evidence from the High Scope Perry Preschool Program A reanalysis of data from the Perry Preschool Project, a longitudinal experimental study of the impact of a preschool education and home visitation intervention on over 715 measured outcome variables of disadvantaged children in preschool, based on data from participants from age 3 through age 40 |
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Antecedents and correlates of the popular-aggressive phenomenon in elementary school A study of the relationship between popular-aggressive behavior in grades 3 through 6 and cognitive functioning, maternal sensitivity, and participation in child care through age 4.5 from a secondary analysis of data from 1022 children |
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Arizona Head Start State Collaboration Office: 2010 needs assessment An examination of Arizona Head Start State Collaboration Office activities, based on surveys of key stakeholders and grantees and an analysis of secondary data |
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Assessing children's needs A discussion of select issues central to assessment in early care and education that includes conventional testing as a complement of informal assessment practices and a case study of one teacher's efforts to coordinate the results of multiple assessments for planning decisions |
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Assessing the effectiveness of Tennessee's pre-kindergarten program: Second annual report A longitudinal evaluation of Tennessee's prekindergarten program, based on an analysis of children's assessments conducted during the 2005-2006 school years that compared children who participated in the prekindergarten program from 1998-1999 through 2005-2006 with those who did not |
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Assessing the effectiveness of Tennessee's pre-kindergarten program: Third interim report A longitudinal evaluation of Tennessee's prekindergarten program, based on an analysis of children's assessments conducted during the 2007-2008 school years that compared children who participated in the prekindergarten program from 1998-1999 through 2007-2008 with those who did not |
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Assessment of quality preschool programming A study of the associations between classroom quality and both children's behavioral and language development, based on data collected from a random sample of 126 children from 50 South Carolina preschools |
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Assessments of learning-related skills and interpersonal skills constructs within early childhood environments in Singapore A validity study of learning related and interpersonal skills constructs of two instruments based on 21 teacher ratings of 117 3- through 6-year-olds in Singapore |
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Associations among family environment, sustained attention, and school readiness for low-income children A study of sustained attention as a mediator of the relationship between family environment and school readiness, based on data from 1,046 low income children, with family environment data collected at 3-years-old and both attention and school readiness data collected at 5-years of age |
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'At a school like this': Implementing policy in a kindergarten reading program A case study of the influence of early literacy policy on the practice of a teacher over the period of one year |
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Basic factors that affect general academic motivation levels of candidate preschool teachers An investigation of personal and familial factors associated with both intrinsic and extrinsic motivation levels of preservice early care and education teachers, based on data from 285 students in Turkey at Selcuk University Faculty of Vocational Education in the 2007-2008 academic year |
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Being confined within?: Constructions of the good childhood and outdoor play in early childhood education and care settings in Ireland An examination of the outdoor experiences of children in early childhood education and care settings in Ireland in the context of competing discourses of autonomy versus safety, based on in-depth observations, interviews with children, parent diaries, and interviews with significant adults in 4 early childhood education and care settings in a large urban center |
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Beyond the ABC's and 123's: The effect of social competence on early academic achievement An examination of the relationship between social competence at school entry and math and reading scores at the end of first grade based on a secondary analysis of data from 10,919 children |
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Beyond work-family balance: Are family-friendly organizations more attractive? A study of 4 distinct effects of family friendly practices (FFP) namely, on-site child care, generous personal leaves, flexible scheduling, and telecommuting, as well as candidates' desires for role segmentation and corporate reputation on organizational attractiveness, from 5 scenarios presented to 110 subjects in a Canadian university continuing education management class |
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Bridging the leadership divide: Aligning preschool and primary education A qualitative study of administrator opinions of California's initiatives to align prekindergarten with elementary, secondary, and higher education (P-3 and P-16) from interviews of preschool directors and elementary principals at four elementary schools in Southern California |
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The business of caring: Women's self-employment and the marketization of care A qualitative study of the working conditions, pay, and levels of satisfaction of care workers who are self-employed, based on interviews with 20 female domestic cleaners or child care providers in a large city in Alberta in the summer of 2004 |
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The case for inclusion: A study of the development of inclusive preschool programs for children with disabilities A qualitative study of strategies and barriers in the implementation and maintenance of inclusive preschool programs in California, based on interviews with representatives of 4 local education agencies in Northern, Southern, and in the Central Valley, California |
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A case study examination of culturally relevant pedagogical practices for English-language learners in a pre-kindergarten classroom setting A qualitative study of culturally relevant pedagogy (CRP) in a prekindergarten classroom for English-language learners and an investigation of the ways 2 teachers promote academic success, cultural competence and critical consciousness, based on documentation from and observations of a classroom in Georgia |
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Case study of a successful rural Early Reading First implementation A case study of the implementation of an Early Reading Frist program in rural Twiggs County |
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Challenging ethnocentric literacy practices: (Re)positioning home literacies in a Head Start classroom An account of select observed classroom literacy activities, designed to relate to the home literacy environments of minority children, over the course of one academic year in the classroom taught by 2 participants in Freirean culture circle professional development activities |
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The changing landscape of afterschool programs An account of changes in the provision of out of school time services, with a focus on the types of programs available, access and use of programs, and unmet demand for specific services |
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