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Williford, Amanda P.; LoCasale-Crouch, Jennifer; Whittaker, Jessica Vick; DeCoster, Jamie; Hartz, Karyn A.; Carter, Lauren M.; Wolcott, Catherine Sanger; Hatfield, Bridget E. – Child Development, 2017
A randomized controlled trial was used to examine the impact of an attachment-based, teacher-child, dyadic intervention (Banking Time) to improve children's externalizing behavior. Participants included 183 teachers and 470 preschool children (3-4 years of age). Classrooms were randomly assigned to Banking Time, child time, or business as usual…
Descriptors: Randomized Controlled Trials, Attachment Behavior, Teacher Student Relationship, Student Behavior
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Votruba-Drzal, Elizabeth; Li-Grining, Christine P.; Maldonado-Carreno, Carolina – Child Development, 2008
Children's kindergarten experiences are increasingly taking place in full- versus part-day programs, yet important questions remain about whether there are significant and meaningful benefits to full-day kindergarten. Using the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study's Kindergarten Cohort (N= 13,776), this study takes a developmental approach to…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Mathematics Skills, Grade 5, Child Development
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Spiker, Donna; And Others – Child Development, 1993
Compared dyads of mothers and low-birthweight infants who participated in a comprehensive early intervention program during the infant's first three years with dyads who received pediatric follow-up. Intervention group mothers had higher ratings than follow-up mothers on quality of assistance. Intervention children had higher ratings on…
Descriptors: Birth Weight, Comparative Analysis, Early Intervention, Longitudinal Studies