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Using Preschool to Close the Socioeconomic Math Achievement Gap [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Socioeconomic status (SES) heavily influences students’ academic performance, creating an achievement gap in core subjects like reading and mathematics. This thesis will describe the socioeconomic achievement gap as it relates to mathematics specifically,
King, Sydney
core   +1 more source

Contribution of reactive and proactive control to children's working memory performance:Insight from item recall durations in response sequence planning [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The present study addressed whether developmental improvement in working memory span task performance relies upon a growing ability to proactively plan response sequences during childhood.
Chevalier, Nicolas   +4 more
core   +3 more sources

How can welfare regime and production regime theories explain differences in schools’ ability grouping policies? A comparative study using the PISA school survey

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research evidence is mixed on the consequences of ability grouping policies, but most research has found an overrepresentation of disadvantaged social demographics in low‐ability groups. However, researchers have neglected to explain why ability grouping policies vary between countries.
Monica Reichenberg   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Genealogies of governmentality: producing and managing young children and their education [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Genealogies, or histories of the present, create critical spaces to remind us of the non-necessity of that which we consider necessary to our lives (Burchell 1993).
Ailwood, Joanne
core   +2 more sources

Economic sustainability in Swedish preschools - Preschool teachers and preschools as politicaleconomic actors

open access: yesUtbildning & Demokrati – tidskrift för didaktik och utbildningspolitk, 2018
The aim of this article is to scrutinize education for sustainability (EfS) in Swedish preschools, and especially how preschool teachers have articulated their work with economic sustainability objectives in practice. In this study we used an action-research methodology, and six preschool teachers from three preschools participated in the study.
Eva Ärlemalm-Hagsér   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Emotional experiences and stigma among families benefiting from Barcelona's shock plan against school segregation and for inclusion and equal opportunities and educational success

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the emotional experiences and processes of stigmatisation encountered by families benefiting from the Shock Plan Against Segregation and for Inclusion, Equal Opportunities and Educational Success (SP), implemented in Barcelona.
Andrea Jover   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

An improved cohesive hierarchical clustering for indoor air quality monitoring in smart gymnasium with healthy sport areas

open access: yesAlexandria Engineering Journal
With the rise of healthy lifestyles, sports arenas have become important exercise venues for people. However, indoor air quality issues are becoming increasingly prominent, posing a potential threat to the health of athletes.
Long Liu, Fenghe Zheng
doaj   +1 more source

Young children learning in Gaelic: Investigating children's learning experiences in Gaelic-medium pre-school. Research Briefing 6E. Stirling [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Gaelic-medium (GM) education is an important part of current efforts to re-vitalise the language in Scotland. Beginning Gaelic-medium education in preschool is seen as a crucial entry point, enhancing the numbers entering GM primary education and ...
McLeod, Wilson   +2 more
core  

Affiliative Subgroups in Preschool Classrooms: Integrating Constructs and Methods from Social Ethology and Sociometric Traditions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Recent studies of school-age children and adolescents have used social network analyses to characterize selection and socialization aspects of peer groups.
Daniel, João R.   +3 more
core   +3 more sources

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