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Horstschräer, Julia; Muehler, Grit – Education Economics, 2014
Fixed cutoff dates regulating school entry create disadvantages for children who are young relative to their classmates. Early and late school enrollment, though, might mitigate these disadvantages. In this paper, we analyze in a first step which factors determine school entry, if entrance screenings allow for early and late enrollment. Second, we…
Descriptors: School Entrance Age, Child Development, Disadvantaged, Screening Tests
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Hendler, Susan; Nakelski, Maria – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2008
The kindergarten teachers in the Levittown School District implement an extended day to enhance academic and social development of their students. A description of the literacy and motor skills cluster program and specific examples of a thematic instructional unit are included. Teachers receive professional development and training and are…
Descriptors: Teacher Collaboration, Kindergarten, Psychomotor Skills, Academic Achievement
Public Policy Forum, 2009
This report is the latest in a series of reports investigating the link between high quality early childhood education and economic development. Longitudinal research from national experts indicates that high quality early childhood programs are likely to impart significant social, academic, and economic benefits to the children who participate,…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Young Children, Kindergarten
Stukat, Karl-Gustav – 1971
The purpose of this descriptive summary was to report on a Swedish preschool curriculum evaluation project. The study had as its purpose to evaluate the existing preschool program by comparing 130 preschool children with 130 home-based children on a number of variables relating to preschool objectives. This evaluation was carried out when the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Objectives, Emotional Development
Mueller, E. Jane; Romeo, Dominic – 1976
Described is a program for autistic children, and presented are educational case studies of 13 children (6-9 years old). The program is explained to provide individualized instruction based on assessment using the Peabody Individual Achievement Test, B. Ruttenberg and E. Wolf's Vocalization and Expressive Speech Development Scale, L. Lee's…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Autism, Case Studies, Elementary Education
Wehman, Paul; Bates, Paul – Rehabilitation Literature, 1978
The paper analyzes the expectations and potential of a comprehensive education curriculum for the severely and profoundly handicapped. (CL)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Communication (Thought Transfer), Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education
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Gunter, Nancy C.; LaBarba, Richard C. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1980
This article provides a literature review on the consequences of adolescent childbearing on postnatal infant development. (DB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Development, Emotional Development
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Baker, Paula C.; And Others – 1993
This handbook is a guide and reference document for those researching the child data files of the 1986-1990 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, sponsored by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It describes the child data collection procedures, the nature of the child sample, the child data files available, and the specifics of the child assessments…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Problems, Children, Cognitive Development
Hodges, Walter L.; And Others – 1967
This 3-year study investigated the effectiveness of a 1-year diagnostic preschool curriculum for improving the regular school adjustment and achievement of 142 five-year-old psychosocially disadvantaged Appalachian children. During each year approximately 15 children were placed into either an experimental preschool, a kindergarten contrast, or an…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Curriculum Development, Disadvantaged Youth
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Bradley, Robert H.; Corwyn, Robert F.; Burchinal, Margaret; McAdoo, Harriette Pipes; Coll, Cynthia Garcia – Child Development, 2001
Examined frequency with which children were exposed to various parental actions, materials, events, and conditions as part of their home environments, and how these exposures related to well-being. Found the most consistent relations between learning stimulation and children's developmental status, with relations for parental responsiveness and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Behavior Problems, Child Development
United Cerebral Palsy of the Bluegrass, Inc., Lexington, KY. – 1973
The Lexington Development Scale was designed to be used by the teacher as an instrument for assessing developmentally handicapped children, as an aid in helping parents to better understand their child, as a basis for curriculum planning for the total class and especially for the individual child, as a means for evaluating the progress of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Rating Scales, Child Development, Cognitive Development