Instructional Approaches in Kindergarten: What Works for Whom?

This study used ECLS-K 1998–1999 data to evaluate whether specific kindergarten teaching practices predicted school-year learning gains differently, depending on children’s ethnicity, SES, and fall test scores. Exploratory factor analyses guided the creation of four literacy and five math instruction composites from teachers’ reports of their teaching practices. The composites differentiated teaching activities that were child-centered versus...