Education in Africa: What are we learning?

DK Evans, A Mendez Acosta - Journal of African Economies, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Countries across Africa continue to face major challenges in education. In this review, we
examine 145 recent empirical studies (from 2014 onward) on how to increase access to and …

Cultural adaptation of parent-implemented early communication interventions: A scoping review

M Albin, S Micsinszki, M Phoenix - American Journal of Speech-Language …, 2022 - ASHA
Purpose: Parent-implemented early communication interventions are commonly delivered to
culturally and linguistically diverse families. Although there is evidence from fields such as …

Restricted access: How the internet can be used to promote reading and learning

L Derksen, C Michaud-Leclerc, PCL Souza - Journal of Development …, 2022 - Elsevier
Can schools use the internet to promote reading and learning? We provided Wikipedia
access to randomly-selected students in Malawian boarding secondary schools. Students …

[PDF][PDF] Kegiatan Literasi Awal Orang Tua pada Anak Usia Dini

R Karima, F Kurniawati - Al-Athfal: Jurnal Pendidikan Anak, 2020 - core.ac.uk
Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan tujuan untuk mengetahui kegiatan-kegiatan literasi awal
yang dilakukan oleh orang tua, anggota keluarga, dan pengasuh di rumah. Metode …

Sociocultural factors affecting vocabulary development in young South African children

F Southwood, MJ White, H Brookes, M Pascoe… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Sociocultural influences on the development of child language skills have been widely
studied, but the majority of the research findings were generated in Northern contexts. The …

Home-based shared book reading interventions and children's language skills: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

C Barone, E Chambuleyron, R Vonnak… - Educational Research …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Over the past 2 decades, a growing number of randomised controlled trials have assessed
the impact on children's language skills of interventions encouraging parents to read books …

Intervention research to improve language-learning opportunities and address the inequities of the word gap

D Walker, JJ Carta - Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract In this Special Issue we focus on highlighting intervention research addressing
inequities in early language-learning experience that may place some children at a …

[PDF][PDF] Big sisters

P Jakiela, O Ozier, LCH Fernald, H Knauer - 2020 - pjakiela.github.io
We model household investments in young children when parents and older siblings share
caregiving responsibilities and investments by older siblings contribute to young children's …

[PDF][PDF] Should Governments and Donors Prioritize Investments in Foundational Literacy and Numeracy?

DK Evans, S Hares - 2021 - cgdev.org
Students around the world lack foundational literacy and numeracy (FLN) skills at striking
rates. This essay examines the potential channels by which FLN investments and skills …

Home‑rearing environment and preschoolers' academic and behavioral competence: The indirect role of children's screen time

H Xie, S Wang, C Liu, H Ouyang - Humanities and Social Sciences …, 2024 - nature.com
The home-rearing environment (HRE) is significantly related to preschoolers' academic and
behavioral development. Children's screen time has become an increasingly important …