The Effects of a Kindergarten-First Grade Looping Program on Academic Achievement and Self-Esteem
Description:
The purpose of this study was to determine if academic achievement and academic self-esteem can be linked to the non-traditional organizational pattern of looping in kindergarten and first grade classes. Looping is defined as one teacher remaining with the same students for two or more years. Using a control group-experimental group design where the experimental group participated in the looping program and the control group did not, and applying the statistical procedure of multivariate analys…
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Date:
December 2002
Creator:
Murphy, Doris Jo