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Fidelity Of Implementation, Teacher Perspectives And Child Outcomes Of A Literacy Intervention In A Head Start Program: A Mixed Methods Study, Dawn Davis
College of Education and Human Sciences: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
The success of early childhood interventions have been influenced by the degree to which they were implemented with fidelity (e.g., Davidson, Fields & Yang, 2009; Dusenbury, Brannigan, Falco, & Hansen, 2003; Elliot & Mihalic, 2004), meaning “the degree to which teachers and other program providers implement programs as intended by the program developers” (Mellard & Johnson, 2008, p. 240). This study examines relations among implementation fidelity, teacher characteristics, their perceptions, and child literacy outcomes within a preschool literacy intervention using a mixed methods design.
This study examines child literacy outcome data from 247 preschool children and fidelity, perceptions and demographic …
Growing Ideas - Word Play All Day - Early Literacy In Action, University Of Maine Center For Community Inclusion And Disability Studies
Growing Ideas - Word Play All Day - Early Literacy In Action, University Of Maine Center For Community Inclusion And Disability Studies
Early Childhood Resources
Early literacy is one term used to describe the stage of literacy development occurring before children are able to read and write. From infancy, children begin to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that influence lifelong reading and writing behaviors. These early literacy experiences help children discover the purposes of, and relationships between, speech and print.