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A General Systems Approach to Modifying Risk for Retarded Development.
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Ramey, Craig T.; Gowen, Jean W. – Early Child Development and Care, 1984
Discusses results obtained from a longitudinal experiment in early education designed to prevent mild mental retardation in high-risk families. Indicates that risk frequently becomes manifest deficits by the second year of life but that systematic and intense early education can prevent that occurrence. (AS)
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Cognitive Development, Day Care, Disadvantaged
The Ecology of Peer Relations.
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Kelly, Barbara – Early Child Development and Care, 1996
Claims that children's peer relations are significant in their social, cognitive, and moral development, and are correlated to later problems in social adjustment. Includes a brief historical perspective on the subject, and explores direct and indirect influences. Claims that peer relations develop within ecological frameworks, and identifies the…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Caregiver Child Relationship, Children, Cognitive Development
Family and Child Characteristics, Child-Rearing Factors, and Cognitive Competence of Young Children.
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Driessen, Geert W. J. M. – Early Child Development and Care, 2003
A model of family, child, and parental childrearing characteristics was developed and tested for predicting the cognitive competence in a sample of 10,774 six-year-olds from The Netherlands. Results of LISREL analyses showed that parent education level played a central role in explaining differences in children's cognitive competence. Family…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Cognitive Development, Competence, Dutch