Understanding Heterogeneity in the Impact of Public Preschool Programs     

Tyler W. Watts  Jade M. Jenkins  Kenneth A. Dodge  Robert C. Carr  Maria Sauval  Yu Bai  Maya Escueta  Jennifer Duer  Helen Ladd  Clara Muschkin  Ellen Peisner-Feinberg  Elizabeth Ananat 《Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development》2023,88(1):7-182

We examine the North Carolina Pre-K (NC Pre-K) program to test the hypothesis that observed variation in effects resulting from exposure to the program can be attributed to interactions with other environmental factors that occur before, during, or after the pre-k year. We examine student outcomes in 5th grade and test interaction effects between NC's level of investment in public pre-k and moderating factors. Our main sample includes the population of children born in North Carolina between 1987 and 2005 who later attended a public school in that state, had valid achievement data in 5th grade, and could be matched by administrative record review (n = 1,207,576; 58% White non-Hispanic, 29% Black non-Hispanic, 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial and Other race/ethnicity). Analyses were based on a natural experiment leveraging variation in county-level funding for NC Pre-K across NC counties during each of the years the state scaled up the program. Exposure to NC Pre-K funding was defined as the per-4-year-old-child state allocation of funds to a county in a year. Regression models included child-level and county-level covariates and county and year fixed effects. Estimates indicate that a child's exposure to higher NC Pre-K funding was positively associated with that child's academic achievement 6 years later. We found no effect on special education placement or grade retention. NC Pre-K funding effects on achievement were positive for all subgroups tested, and statistically significant for most. However, they were larger for children exposed to more disadvantaged environments either before or after the pre-k experience, consistent with a compensatory model where pre-k provides a buffer against the adverse effects of prior negative environmental experiences and protection against the effects of future adverse experiences. In addition, the effect of NC Pre-K funding on achievement remained positive across most environments, supporting an additive effects model. In contrast, few findings supported a dynamic complementarity model. Instrumental variables analyses incorporating a child's NC Pre-K enrollment status indicate that program attendance increased average 5th grade achievement by approximately 20% of a standard deviation, and impacts were largest for children who were Hispanic or whose mothers had less than a high school education. Implications for the future of pre-k scale-up and developmental theory are discussed.  相似文献   

STUDENT RELIGION IN ACTION     

Clara F. Chassell M.A. 《Religious education (Chicago, Ill.)》2013,108(6):415-418

The purpose of this column is to keep religious educators abreast of the relevant significant research in the general field of psychology. Its implications for methods and materials in religious education are clear. Religious educators may well take advantage of every new finding in scientific research.

Each abstract or group is preceded by an evaluation and interpretative comment, which aims to guide the reader in understanding the research reported.

All of these abstracts are from PSYCHOLOGICAL ABSTRACTS, and used by permission of that periodical. The abstract number is Volume 28, Numbers 11‐12, November‐December, 1954.  相似文献   

Redefining Access: Embracing multimodality,memorability and shared experience in Museums     

Alison F. Eardley  Clara Mineiro  Joselia Neves  Peter Ride 《Curator: The Museum Journal》2016,59(3):263-286

The authors discuss the principles of “access for all” in museums, both physical and intellectual access. They explore this question of multisensory processing in neurologically typical individuals, and case studies of two Portuguese museums that experimented with implementation of an “access for all” approach to the presentation of their permanent collections. The study was designed with three phases: addressing architectural barriers to access, preparation of accessible information about space and objects, and testing of alternative formats to convey this information to learn how to meet diverse needs in different ways. Set in the context of research on multisensory learning, this article discusses why an access for all principle is a majority issue as well as a moral and legal concept. It discusses two case studies where an “access for all” museological approach has been applied to access to the collections, with differing success. The discussion focuses on how an “access for all” approach could enhance learning, long‐term memorability and the ‘cultural value’ of a museum experience for all visitors.  相似文献   

‘Will I learn what I want to learn?’ Usable representations, ‘students’ and OECD assessment production     

Riyad A. Shahjahan  Clara Morgan  David J. Nguyen 《Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education》2015,36(5):700-711

Amid growing debates around international assessment tools in educational policy, few have critically examined how students themselves are cast in policy tool production processes and discourse. Drawing on Stuart Hall's concept of representation, we show how higher education (HE) ‘students’ are constructed, fixed and normalized by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) Assessment of Higher Education Learning Outcomes (AHELO) initiative. Based on an analysis of AHELO texts, we argue that the OECD, during the early stages of test production, fixes and circulates the meaning of ‘students’ as represented objects. We identify and analyze two distinct representational practices at work in AHELO texts: classifying and organizing, and marking. We posit that by fixing images of the student as an object of learning and as a consumer–investor subject, the OECD creates ‘usable’ representations of ‘students’ to claim jurisdiction over teaching and learning in HE and to justify intervention through standardized testing.  相似文献   

BIOGRAPHY     

Clara G. Stratemeyer 《The Educational forum》2013,77(1)

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Some New Tests in Religious Education     

Clara Frances Chassell∗ Ph. D. 《Religious education (Chicago, Ill.)》2013,108(6):318-336

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Bilingualism and phonological awareness: the case of bilingual (French–Occitan) children     

Angélique Laurent  Clara Martinot 《Reading and writing》2010,23(3-4):435-452

The present study investigated the development of linguistic awareness in children exposed to the early learning of a second language in Grades 3–5 of primary school, i.e. between the ages of 8 and 10. The aim was to determine whether this bilingual experience enhanced the development of phonological awareness in beginning readers in a bilingual French-regional language school programme compared with a population of monolingual children receiving traditional education. More specifically, in light of research promoting the hypothesis of a “bilingual advantage”, we set out to determine exactly how long children need to be exposed to a second language before bilingualism starts to influence the development of their phonological awareness. Tasks designed to assess phonological awareness were administered to more than a hundred children. Results suggest that children who have undergone a bilingual school programme display a more highly developed phonological awareness than their monolingual peers from age 9 onwards, i.e. in Grade 4. These results are discussed in the light of ongoing research on bilingualism, bilingual education and threshold theory.  相似文献   

Vertrouwensartscentrum—antwerpen: Confidential doctor center of Antwerp     

R. Clara  M. Michiels  A. Lampo  D. Smet  M. Van Puyvelde 《Child abuse & neglect》1982,6(2):233-237

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The development of the language of emotions: conditions of emotional arousal     

R N Wolman  W C Lewis  M King 《Child development》1971,42(4):1288-1293

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Bridging the Skills Gap: Innovations in Africa and Asia     

Clara Morgan 《比较教育学》2018,54(2):276-278

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