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Download full textNummedal, Susan G.; Stern, Carolyn – 1971
To determine the continuing impact of Head Start experience, this follow-up study compared (1) the behavior of children who had Full Year Head Start (FYHS) experience under three different types of agencies, and (2) within each agency, where possible, the behavior of children who did not have FYHS experience. Subjects were 102 FYHS children and 39…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Observation Techniques, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis
Peer reviewedKontos, Susan J. – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1991
Studied the relationship of family background and child care quality to preschoolers' cognitive, language, and social development. Concluded that family background variables were significant predictors of children's cognitive and language development, and that child care quality variables significantly predicted social adjustment and were a…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Day Care Centers, Educational Quality, Family Characteristics
Breland, Hunter M. – 1977
The hypothesis that the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) score decline is a result of changing American family sizes and configurations is explored. This possible explanation of declining SAT scores had been offered by Robert B. Zajonc in an article discussing the relation between family configuration and cognitive development. Since a number of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Birth Order, Cognitive Development, College Bound Students
