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Early Childhood Education in Three Countries

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Austin, Gilbert R.; And Others – International Journal of Early Childhood, 1976

Compares and contrasts early childhood education in Sweden, Belgium, and the Netherlands. Aspects discussed briefly include age of entry into school, funding for preschool education, educational approaches in the preschool, adult/child ratios, instructional methods, and attitudes toward compensatory education. (JMB)

Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Early Admission, Early Childhood Education

Cognitive Results Based on Different Ages of Entry to School: A Comparative Study.

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Austin, Gilbert R.; Postlethwaite, T. Neville

This review is a secondary analysis of work done by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA). It concerns the subject areas of mathematics, reading comprehension, and science. The main thrust of this analysis was to look for a possible relationship between age of entry into pre-formal school education…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Comparative Education, Early Admission