Teachers' limited skills in facilitating conversations and managing classrooms was the second most salient implementation barrier¶
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q2 i? The Skills domain was the second most coded barrier, endorsed by 71.88% of coaches, reflecting difficulties scaffolding conversations and managing small groups. → Tricia A. Zucker 2021
Evidence¶
Tricia A. Zucker 2021¶
Tricia A. Zucker, Erin Jacbos & Sonia Q. Cabell (2021). Exploring Barriers to Early Childhood Teachers' Implementation of a Supplemental Academic Language Curriculum. Early Education and Development. https://doi.org/10.1080/10409289.2020.1839288
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Qualitative coding of focus groups, interviews, and open-ended surveys plus coach rankings showed teachers lacked skills to facilitate multiple-turn conversations with scaffolding and to manage small groups while other children worked at centers.
"The Skill domain was the second most coded in our data, with 53 qualitative responses and 71.88% of coaches ranking it as a salient barrier."
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Teachers' limited skills in facilitating conversations and managing classrooms was the second most salient implementation barrier |
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Teachers' limited skills in facilitating conversations and managing classrooms was the second most salient implementation barrier |
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2021 |
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by process:wiki-ingest on 2026-09-27 |
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