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Opening the Classroom Door: Can AI Improve Understanding of Pre-K Experiences
This study explores the feasibility of AI models in identifying instructional groupings and academic content in pre-K classroom video recordings to understand classroom activities. The research team interviewed teachers, instructional coaches,…
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Developing an AI-Supported Approach to Identify Instructional Groupings in Early Childhood Education Classrooms
This technical white paper examines the feasibility of using AI-supported approaches to automatically identify instructional groupings (e.g., small group, whole group) in pre-K classroom video recordings. The research team developed…
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Developing an AI Model to Identify Math and Literacy Instruction in Early Childhood Education Classrooms
This technical white paper explores the feasibility of using AI and classroom video to automatically detect math and literacy instructional moments in pre-K settings. Building on SRI’s existing models, originally…
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Using the Reimagining Instructional Coaching Framework in the Development of Pre-K Classroom Observation Tools
SRI Education conducted a formative evaluation to examine a new observational tool’s alignment with the Reimagining Instructional Coaching framework.
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Observing Classrooms Through a Digital Lens: Examining the Reliability and Feasibility of Video Observations in Pre-kindergarten Classrooms
The Early Childhood Classroom Observation (ECCO) study was designed to better understand how video recordings can support high-quality measurement of pre-kindergarten classrooms, using two common measures of early learning programs,…
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Success in Action: Four Stories of Early Childhood Instructional Coaching
Effective instructional coaching has long demonstrated positive impacts on teacher practices and early learning outcomes. This case study report highlights stories of four systems (Alabama, AppleTree, Maine, and Washington) that…
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Reimagining Instructional Coaching: Developing Observation Tools to Support Instructional Coaching in Pre-K Classrooms
Instructional coaching can improve teaching quality in early learning classrooms. SRI Education, in collaboration with Substantial and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, created a Target Product Profile detailing the…