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Factors That Contribute To Challenging Behaviors With Early Childhood Students, Jennifer N. Robinson
Factors That Contribute To Challenging Behaviors With Early Childhood Students, Jennifer N. Robinson
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There has been an increasing number of students being referred to mental health services due to behavioral problems they exhibit at school. Behavioral and social concerns impede academic success for the individual child as well as their classroom peers. Many factors can contribute to challenging behaviors in early childhood students within rural and high-poverty communities, an elementary school in the South-Atlantic region of the United States is experiencing some of those factors. The purpose of this qualitative research study is to investigate some of the possible factors which contribute to challenging behaviors and how those factors impact academic achievement. The …
Exploration Of Young Children And Families Use Of Technology In A Rural School District, Kim Dickert-Wallace
Exploration Of Young Children And Families Use Of Technology In A Rural School District, Kim Dickert-Wallace
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This dissertation explores the use of mobile technology with young children ages 2 to 5 in a small rural school district in southwestern Pennsylvania. Grounded in an understanding that family-child relationships are central to children’s development and school readiness, this study seeks to understand the ways families engage with children around technology use, how young children use technology, and how these habits compare to national data. The data also led to ways the school district might support families and young children using mobile technology in developmentally appropriate ways. Thirteen families that live in the Mountain Valley School district completed the …
Preschool Enrollment And Elementary School Achievement In An East Tennessee School District, Derek Voiles
Preschool Enrollment And Elementary School Achievement In An East Tennessee School District, Derek Voiles
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The purpose of this study was to determine if a significant difference in achievement scores exists among students based on whether or not they attended preschool as measured by standardized achievement reading-language arts and math scores on the Tennessee Comprehensive Achievement Program assessment for fourth grade students in a single East Tennessee school district. The variables of grade level and preschool attendance were considered. The population consisted of fourth grade students during the 2014-2015 school year. Data were gathered from the Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program achievement test scores obtained from the 2014-2015 school year and from the school district’s preschool …