ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ABECEDARIAN
From Late Latin abecedarius, from the letters a, b, c, d.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ABECEDARIAN»
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Abecedarian: The Ideas, the Approach, and the Findings
This is a history and practical guide about The Abecedarian Project, an early education experiment launched in 1971 and then replicated in multiple other studies.
Craig T. Ramey, Joseph Sparling, Sharon L. Ramey, 2012
2
Kissing Legalese Goodbye: Legal Practitioner's
Abecedarian ...
Contains two titles in one volume -- each designed to aidthe lawyer in speaking and writing.
3
Lorrha-Stowe Missal and the Hours of Bangor
In an abecedarian Hymn, this last line usually is after the last letter of the
alphabet, and the first letter of the verse begins the word that is the subject or
object of the Hymn. For example, the last verse of the abecedarian Hymn of St.
Patrick by St.
Maelruain and Elizabeth Dowling, 2008
4
Wingbeats: Exercises and Practice in Poetry
The abecedarian form—a 26-line poem with the first letter of each line in
alphabetical order—has always been magic for me. There is something about
having the whalebone corset of the alphabet on an otherwise empty page that
excites my ...
Scott (Editor), David Meischen, 2012
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Handbook of Child Psychology, Child Psychology in Practice
Effects of a home-school intervention were examined in a randomized study of
the Abecedarian Project, an early intervention program beginning in infancy (
Ramey, Dorval, & Baker-Ward, 1983; the infancy/preschool phase of the
Abecedarian ...
William Damon, Richard M. Lerner, K. Ann Renninger, 2006
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Neighborhood and Life Chances: How Place Matters in Modern ...
Another highly touted ''model'' intervention was the Abecedarian program. The
Abecedarian program, which began in 1972 and served a sample of low-income,
mostly African American women from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, was even ...
Harriet B. Newburger, Eugenie L. Birch, Susan M. Wachter, 2011
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Path to Prosperity: Hamilton Project Ideas on Income ...
Abecedarian cost more than other early childhood programs in large part
because of differences in program duration. While most of these other programs
serve children for just a few hours a day for one or two years, under the
Abecedarian ...
Jason Furman, Jason E. Bordoff, 2008
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Targeting Investments in Children: Fighting Poverty When ...
Early IQ scores of Abecedarian and control-group children averaged about 1
standard deviation below the mean, as might be expected for children from very
economically disadvantaged backgrounds. By the time the Abecedarian children
...
Phillip B. Levine, David J. Zimmerman, 2010
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Environmental Effects on Cognitive Abilities
The Abecedarian and Milwaukee programs appear to have had a more enduring
impact on the IQ performance of treated individuals than did the Perry Preschool
Project. Subjects treated in the Perry Preschool no longer showed a significant ...
Robert J. Sternberg, Elena L. Grigorenko, 2014
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Handbook of Early Literacy Research
Programs such as the Carolina Abecedarian Project (Campbell & Ramey, 1994;
Ramey & Campbell, 1991) were full-day programs that ran 5 days a week and
included a follow-up program. Scaling up interventions such as the Abecedarian
...
Susan B. Neuman, David K. Dickinson, 2011
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ABECEDARIAN»
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Edward Gorey's The Gashlycrumb Tinies is not exactly a children's abecedarian book (“A is for Amy who fell down the stairs,” the slim tome ... «Weld for Birmingham, Jul 15»
Kerry Arabena: the unfinished business with Australia's First Peoples
Invest in outreach family support services, implement abecedarian programs for under stimulated children, look at international evidence and ... «The Mandarin, Jun 15»
Is kindergarten too late?
Another long-term early childhood study, the Carolina Abecedarian Project - better known as ABC - provided cognitive stimulation, training in ... «The Straits Times, Jun 15»
Why It Doesn't Make Sense to Double Early Head Start's Funding
Created during the 1990s, Early Head Start was inspired by the findings of the Carolina Abecedarian Project. The Abecedarian Project, in a ... «Daily Signal, Jun 15»
Nobel laureate James Heckman joins USC Schaeffer Center
The first project between Heckman and his colleagues at Schaeffer Center extends a cost-benefit analysis of the Abecedarian Project, regarded ... «USC News, Jun 15»
More Art to See This Week
The plaster half-moons and triangles stacked in the center of “Abecedarian,” Rachelle Rojany's exhibition at Commonwealth and Council, are ... «LA Weekly, Jun 15»
Playing With Ornette
... abecedarian music rules, the substitution of visual relationships for intervallic ones, and misapplied and inaccurate information regarding the ... «Deadspin, Jun 15»
Counterpoint: High-quality preschool pays off well into adulthood
The Carolina Abecedarian project reports that when its participants reached the age of 21, 36 percent of those graduating from the ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jun 15»
How Do We Get More People to Have Good Lives?
Similar, but not identical, benefits were enjoyed by participants in the Carolina Abecedarian Project, which followed 101 low income, low-IQ ... «New York Times, Jun 15»
Children urged to be seen, and heard
The project, based on the evidence-based Abecedarian Approach, will roll out in three phases over the next year. The first will focus on ... «Mornington Peninsula News, May 15»
