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2018

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Developing Social And Emotional Skills In Early Childhood Instruction: A Delphi Study, Tess Breen Dec 2018

Developing Social And Emotional Skills In Early Childhood Instruction: A Delphi Study, Tess Breen

Tess Breen

ABSTRACT
Developing Social and Emotional Skills in Early Childhood Instruction: A Delphi Study
by Tess Breen
Purpose: The purpose of this Delphi study was to explore social and emotional learning in early childhood instruction with an emphasis on identifying the methods expert early childhood teachers use to support and promote the development of empathy and emotion regulation, to have the teachers rate the impact of these methods, and to identify the specific activities used to implement the six most highly rated methods.  
Methodology: This study utilized the Delphi method which is an iterative process used to collect and distill the …

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Pre-K Effectiveness At A Large Scale, Timothy J. Bartik, Brad J. Hershbein May 2018

Pre-K Effectiveness At A Large Scale, Timothy J. Bartik, Brad J. Hershbein

Brad J. Hershbein

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Pre-K Effectiveness At A Large Scale, Timothy J. Bartik, Brad Hershbein May 2018

Pre-K Effectiveness At A Large Scale, Timothy J. Bartik, Brad Hershbein

Brad J. Hershbein

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Pre-K In The Public Schools: Evidence From Within U.S. States, Timothy J. Bartik, Brad J. Hershbein May 2018

Pre-K In The Public Schools: Evidence From Within U.S. States, Timothy J. Bartik, Brad J. Hershbein

Brad J. Hershbein

In the past 15 years, four-year-olds’ enrollment in state-funded pre-kindergarten in the United States has doubled, and advocates have pushed for further expansion. Although research has shown that pre-K programs can have important benefits, most existing studies have focused on small or state-specific programs that may not generalize to other areas or contexts. The uniqueness of our paper is its scope: our data cover the last two decades, span nearly all states, and allow for intrastate variation. For the average state program, we find no evidence of effects on the average student’s test scores, assignment to special education, or grade …

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Pre-K Effectiveness At A Large Scale, Timothy J. Bartik, Brad J. Hershbein May 2018

Pre-K Effectiveness At A Large Scale, Timothy J. Bartik, Brad J. Hershbein

Timothy J. Bartik

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Pre-K Effectiveness At A Large Scale, Timothy J. Bartik, Brad Hershbein May 2018

Pre-K Effectiveness At A Large Scale, Timothy J. Bartik, Brad Hershbein

Timothy J. Bartik

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Pre-K In The Public Schools: Evidence From Within U.S. States, Timothy J. Bartik, Brad J. Hershbein May 2018

Pre-K In The Public Schools: Evidence From Within U.S. States, Timothy J. Bartik, Brad J. Hershbein

Timothy J. Bartik

In the past 15 years, four-year-olds’ enrollment in state-funded pre-kindergarten in the United States has doubled, and advocates have pushed for further expansion. Although research has shown that pre-K programs can have important benefits, most existing studies have focused on small or state-specific programs that may not generalize to other areas or contexts. The uniqueness of our paper is its scope: our data cover the last two decades, span nearly all states, and allow for intrastate variation. For the average state program, we find no evidence of effects on the average student’s test scores, assignment to special education, or grade …

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