Studies indicate the educational needs of highly gifted students are best met through accelerated learning. It is difficult to recognize very young children that are suited for an accelerated curriculum because younger students frequently lack school records or portfolios used to identify gifted students. This study examined the accuracy of cognitive ability and achievement tests in predicting academic achievement by the end of second grade, correlating test results and final grade averages collected from sixteen children ages five to six who entered a public school program for high-ability learners in kindergarten. A multiple regression analysis indicated the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence produced the highest mean IQ score and a strong correlation with reading achievement. The Wechsler Individual Achievement Test contributed in small part to the prediction of academic achievement. The Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test and the Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test-Second Edition had negative correlations with final grade averages, indicating they are not predictors of academic achievement for these students.

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The goal of this project was to develop a reading readiness program which could be implemented into a given kindergarten curriculum. The focus of the paper was to identify the basic, skills necessary for successful reading and to list activities that the classroom teacher could use to increase a child's level of ability in each area. The seven basic skills identified as necessary pre-reading skills were; language development, listening skills, visual discrimination, visual memory, auditory discrimination, auditory memory and perceptual motor development. Over all goals for the project were also developed. Each of the seven areas discussed included; objectives, activities and assessment inventories. Recommendations for the project were discussed In terms of possible other approaches toward reading readiness.

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The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between prekindergarten classroom quality indicators and student achievement at the prekindergarten level. Pre-existing data on prekindergarten classroom quality measures and student achievement was utilized. Quality indicators were assessed using the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS) (Pianta, La Paro, & Hamre, 2008) and student achievement was measured by the end of year results on the Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening (PALS) (Invernizzi, Meier, Swank, & Juel, 2004) and the Bracken School Readiness Assessment end of year results (Bracken, 2007). A quantitative ex post facto correlational research design was employed to identify relationships between program quality and student achievement among the prekindergarten classrooms. An ex post facto design was chosen because the circumstances of conducting the research did not allow for an experiment. The classrooms in this study site were rated overall as high in quality. The findings indicate that quality in classrooms established by high scores in the Emotional Support and Classroom Organizational domains, paired with scores in the middle to high range in the Instructional Support domain have no statistical correlation between high achievement related to PALS and Bracken scores, with the exception of one subgroup. For students that receive Public Assistance, there was a statistical significance in their end results for PALS and Bracken, indicating a positive relationship between classroom quality and student achievement. It is vitally important to develop prekindergarten programs that can be easily replicated. Replicating successful programs would save time, money, and effort. Practitioners can increase and standardize structural quality factors such as length of day, credentialing requirements of staff, and the maintenance of an organized system of in-service training and systematic curriculum oversight, while ensuring the presence of process quality, This focus will create prekindergarten programs that offer the most at risk students the highest quality possible.

Synopsis of the thesis in Englis Surname and firstname: Bc. Pejchalová Zuzana Department: psychologie PdF UK Praha Title of thesis: Osvojování kresby dětmi předškolního věku (3, 4 - 5letými) Thesis title in English: Learning to draw in preschoolers (3, 4 and 5 years old) Supervisor: PhDr. Miroslav Klusák, CSc. Number of pages: 63 Number of attachments: 30 Number of used literature: 14 Keywords: Drawing in kindergarten Graphmotor Group drawing Guided drawing Freehand drawing Summary in English Diploma thesis is focused on learning to draw in preschoolers. It describes individual art-education parts of the daily program in which children in kindergarten draw. It gives closer characteristics of what children draw within each part, as well as of the educational targets enforced by the teacher. Finally, it focuses on the individual differences in children's learning.

The subject of the thesis is a research focused on the part of dynamic spatial memory. In the research there have been made simple scenarios, which were carried out by a selected group of four year old children. Objective of the work is to determine the extent of dynamic spatial memory in the sample of four year old children on the basis of obtained theoretical knowledge. Furthermore, to determine the quality of dynamic spatial memory in four year old children and find extent of remembering instructions (mixed communication). Based on the research findings to contribute to the improvement of professional competence kindergarten teachers working in the field of cognitive processes, without which mathematical thinking could not be developed properly. The expected outcome of the thesis is the preparation of documents designated for kindergarten teachers, which would provide them with an instructive view of examined issue. The content of work is also notification of possible cause dissonance theory and resulting analyses and proposals of corrective measures that belong to kindergarten teacher competence.

Final work - Abstract Surname and Name: Bc. Trčková Dagmar Title of the thesis: Comparison of the requirements for the professional competence and job description of directors of kindergartens in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic Type of thesis: Diploma thesis Name of faculty: Pedagogická fakulta Univerzity Karlovy v Praze Name of university department: School Management Centre Supervisor: PhDr. Václav Trojan, PhD. Level of professional qualification: Management of education Year of submission of the thesis: 2014 Number of pages: 72 Keywords: Comparison, Kindergarten, Professional Competence, Job Description, Director, Founder

This thesis clarifies the role that preschool education plays in the successful inclusion of culturally disadvantaged children into mainstream education. The theoretical part characterizes the conditions of present preschool education with regard to the specifics of families from socially and culturally disadvantaged backgrounds. The research part is aimed at identifying the views and attitudes of parents and teaching staff on the issue and monitoring the progress in the development of children during the educational process in kindergarten.

The Master Degree Thesis focuses on the issue of pre-reading literacy and ways of its possible development in childhood. Its starting point is the fact that time devoted to reading aloud to children as well as encouraging them in playing with books is vital for their development and should be an inseparable part of a language learning process. The Thesis points at the imporant role of parents as well as kindergarten teachers in the process. Project "Every Czech Reads to Kids" is introduced. The aim of the last chapter is to show the educational process in the field of pre-reading literacy in particular Czech kindergartens. Role of parents is discussed, too.