Student Learning Communities as Builders of Collective Efficacy

Abstract

Using the evidence from teacher professional learning communities, we explore the ways in which students can collaborate and build their collective efficacy.     

Prereading Deficits in Children in Foster Care

Reading skills are core competencies in children's readiness to learn and may be particularly important for children in foster care, who are at risk for academic difficulties and higher rates of special education placement. In this study, prereading skills (phonological awareness, alphabetic knowledge, and oral language ability) and kindergarten performance of 63 children in foster care were examined just prior to and during the fall of kindergarten. The children exhibited prereading deficits with average prereading scores that fell at the 30(th) to 40(th) percentile. Variations in prereading skills (particularly phonological awareness) predicted kindergarten teacher ratings of early literacy skills in a multivariate path analysis. These findings highlight the need for interventions focused on prereading skills for children in foster care.     

Correction to: Half a Century of Stereotyping Associations Between Gender and Intellectual Ability in Films

Sex Roles - The original version of the article unfortunately contained errors.