{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2993797667","doi":null,"title":"Assessing the effectiveness of a pre-kindergarten preparation class","display_name":"Assessing the effectiveness of a pre-kindergarten preparation class","publication_year":2017,"publication_date":"2017-08-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2993797667","mag":"2993797667"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:ttu-ir.tdl.org:2346/73160","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/2346/73160","pdf_url":"https://ttu-ir.tdl.org/bitstreams/a3c0e6d3-a736-4746-82b2-baaca594360c/download","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306402519","display_name":"ThinkTech (Texas Tech University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I12315562","host_organization_name":"Texas Tech University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I12315562"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"Dissertation"},"volume":null,"type":"dissertation","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":[],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"green","oa_url":"https://ttu-ir.tdl.org/bitstreams/a3c0e6d3-a736-4746-82b2-baaca594360c/download","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5062086034","display_name":"Andrea Christine Parker","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Andrea Christine Parker","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":0,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5062086034"],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":null,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":2,"citation_normalized_percentile":null,"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10589","display_name":"Early Childhood Education and Development","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3304","display_name":"Education"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10589","display_name":"Early Childhood Education and Development","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3304","display_name":"Education"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11676","display_name":"Parental Involvement in Education","score":0.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3304","display_name":"Education"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11998","display_name":"Youth Development and Social Support","score":0.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3204","display_name":"Developmental and Educational Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/school-readiness","display_name":"school readiness","score":0.9750000238418579},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/summer-school","display_name":"summer school","score":0.7390000224113464},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/transition-to-school","display_name":"transition to school","score":0.8460000157356262},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/low-income-children","display_name":"low-income children","score":0.9710000157356262},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/early-literacy","display_name":"early literacy","score":0.4819999933242798},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/language-skills","display_name":"language skills","score":0.8149999976158142},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/teacher-and-parent-perceptions","display_name":"teacher and parent perceptions","score":0.5649999976158142}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777212361","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5127848","display_name":"Class (philosophy)","level":2,"score":0.6104174256324768},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C145420912","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q853077","display_name":"Mathematics education","level":1,"score":0.5366904735565186},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.38603129982948303},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.3062613606452942},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.16092035174369812}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"pmh:oai:ttu-ir.tdl.org:2346/73160","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/2346/73160","pdf_url":"https://ttu-ir.tdl.org/bitstreams/a3c0e6d3-a736-4746-82b2-baaca594360c/download","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306402519","display_name":"ThinkTech (Texas Tech University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I12315562","host_organization_name":"Texas Tech University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I12315562"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"Dissertation"},{"id":"mag:2993797667","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://ttu-ir.tdl.org/handle/2346/73160","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":null}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:ttu-ir.tdl.org:2346/73160","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/2346/73160","pdf_url":"https://ttu-ir.tdl.org/bitstreams/a3c0e6d3-a736-4746-82b2-baaca594360c/download","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306402519","display_name":"ThinkTech (Texas Tech University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I12315562","host_organization_name":"Texas Tech University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I12315562"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"Dissertation"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.975600004196167,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/4","display_name":"Quality education"},{"score":0.4000000059604645,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/3","display_name":"Good health and well-being"}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":true,"grobid_xml":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W2993797667.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W2993797667.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":39,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W216405035","https://openalex.org/W560603686","https://openalex.org/W1562303665","https://openalex.org/W1963996579","https://openalex.org/W1966192673","https://openalex.org/W1969273748","https://openalex.org/W1974828111","https://openalex.org/W1989909631","https://openalex.org/W1998191912","https://openalex.org/W2007177889","https://openalex.org/W2008457198","https://openalex.org/W2013062131","https://openalex.org/W2017257524","https://openalex.org/W2041443840","https://openalex.org/W2043137568","https://openalex.org/W2043764961","https://openalex.org/W2050391504","https://openalex.org/W2075631829","https://openalex.org/W2082626534","https://openalex.org/W2092101172","https://openalex.org/W2095936324","https://openalex.org/W2101388524","https://openalex.org/W2121410521","https://openalex.org/W2132172481","https://openalex.org/W2133036192","https://openalex.org/W2135731612","https://openalex.org/W2158153693","https://openalex.org/W2158760574","https://openalex.org/W2165650393","https://openalex.org/W2313101160","https://openalex.org/W2329395632","https://openalex.org/W2481019447","https://openalex.org/W2499566841","https://openalex.org/W2507386423","https://openalex.org/W2776716130","https://openalex.org/W2885102414","https://openalex.org/W2899108003","https://openalex.org/W2952876820","https://openalex.org/W3217456081"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W7218654707","https://openalex.org/W4205722369","https://openalex.org/W2401845908","https://openalex.org/W4399741534","https://openalex.org/W4402038927","https://openalex.org/W2753331064","https://openalex.org/W2465745458","https://openalex.org/W4388287993","https://openalex.org/W2171779906","https://openalex.org/W2279924082"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"A":[0,101],"successful":[1],"transition":[2,22,272,361],"to":[3,46,68,212,273,334,354,362],"formal":[4],"education":[5],"is":[6],"associated":[7],"with":[8,26,178,207,239,251,299],"academic":[9,164],"achievement.":[10],"School":[11,122],"readiness":[12,116],"programs":[13,41],"may":[14,42],"be":[15,43],"effective":[16,268,357],"in":[17,48,74,219,269,325,370],"preparing":[18],"children":[19,47,69,107,148,204,253,298,301,352],"for":[20,64,153,159,226,350],"this":[21,52,344],"by":[23,33,166],"familiarizing":[24],"them":[25,333],"the":[27,56,88,112,120,132,135,143,151,155,171,197,208,231,240,259,262,271,277,283,287,292,303,313,318,321,338,363],"classroom":[28,241],"environment":[29,209,365],"and":[30,32,36,84,92,97,126,161,188,191,210,214,236,243,246,254,289,366],"routine,":[31],"facilitating":[34,270],"language":[35],"early":[37],"literacy":[38],"skills.":[39],"Such":[40],"especially":[44],"beneficial":[45],"low-income":[49,72],"neighborhoods.":[50],"In":[51,342],"study,":[53],"I":[54],"evaluate":[55],"effectiveness":[57],"of":[58,94,134,157,196,291],"a":[59,71,129],"two-week":[60,346],"summer":[61,198,263,293,347],"school":[62,115,144,244,348,364],"preparation":[63,265],"pre-kindergarten":[65,99,147,168,355],"program":[66,113,232,297,322],"offered":[67],"from":[70,108],"neighborhood":[73,109,340],"their":[75,167,203,222,237],"local":[76],"elementary":[77],"schools.":[78,110],"\\n":[79,184,275],"Participants":[80],"include":[81],"18":[82],"three":[83],"four-year-olds":[85],"who":[86,180],"attended":[87],"program,":[89],"17":[90],"parents":[91,127,190,238],"caregivers":[93],"these":[95],"children,":[96,327],"2":[98],"teachers.":[100],"comparison":[102],"group":[103],"included":[104],"165":[105],"nonprogram":[106],"Among":[111],"participants,":[114],"was":[117,224,267,356],"measured":[118],"using":[119],"Bracken":[121],"Readiness":[123,156],"Assessment":[124],"(BSRA)":[125],"completed":[128],"survey":[130],"at":[131,358],"end":[133,290],"course.":[136],"The":[137],"teachers":[138,192],"were":[139,149,176,205,217,310],"also":[140],"interviewed.":[141],"During":[142],"year,":[145],"all":[146],"administered":[150],"Center":[152],"Improving":[154],"Children":[158],"Learning":[160],"Education":[162],"(CIRCLE)":[163],"assessment":[165],"teacher":[169],"during":[170,302],"fall":[172,304],"semester.":[173],"Program":[174],"participants":[175],"compared":[177],"those":[179],"did":[181,330],"not":[182,331],"participate.":[183],"Based":[185],"on":[186,282],"surveys":[187],"interviews,":[189],"reported":[193,201,229],"positive":[194],"benefits":[195],"camp.":[199],"Parents":[200],"that":[202,215,221,230,247,261,320],"familiar":[206],"ready":[211],"learn":[213],"they":[216,248],"relieved":[218],"knowing":[220],"child":[223],"prepared":[225],"school.":[227,274],"Teachers":[228],"helped":[233],"familiarize":[234],"students":[235],"experience":[242],"expectations,":[245],"developed":[249],"bonds":[250],"both":[252],"parents.":[255],"These":[256,315],"findings":[257,316],"support":[258,317],"conclusion":[260,319],"pre-k":[264],"camp":[266],"For":[276],"quantitative":[278],"measures,":[279],"children\u2019s":[280],"scores":[281],"BRSA":[284],"increased":[285],"between":[286,312],"beginning":[288],"program.":[294],"When":[295],"comparing":[296],"non-program":[300],"semester":[305],"CIRCLE":[306],"assessment,":[307],"no":[308],"differences":[309],"found":[311],"groups.":[314],"promoted":[323],"school-readiness":[324,368],"individual":[326],"though":[328],"it":[329],"boost":[332],"performance":[335],"levels":[336],"beyond":[337],"other":[339],"children.":[341,371],"summary,":[343],"brief":[345],"intervention":[349],"disadvantaged":[351],"prior":[353],"helping":[359],"families":[360],"promoting":[367],"skills":[369]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":2}],"updated_date":"2026-11-04T10:54:05.112534","created_date":"2019-12-13T00:00:00"}