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Prentice, Norman M.; Bieri, James – American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 1970
For this followup study an attempt was made to retest all 136 children evaluated in the Austin, Texas Day Care Program nine months earlier but only 95 children were available. Subjects were Negro and Mexican-American. The original study indicated that significantly higher scores were earned on tests of intellectual performance as a function of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Day Care, Disadvantaged Youth, Followup Studies
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Belsky, Jay; Steinberg, Laurence D. – Child Development, 1978
A review of the research on the effects of day care shows that high-quality, center-based day care: (1) has neither salutary nor deleterious effects on children's intellectual development; (2) is not disruptive of children's emotional bond with their mothers; and (3) increases children's interaction, both positive and negative, with their peers.…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Intellectual Development
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Zeskind, Philip Sanford; Ramey, Craig T. – Child Development, 1978
Infants from low socioeconomic status families were randomly assigned to either an instructional day care program designed to prevent socioculturally caused mental retardation or to a nonintervention control group. The effects of these environments were then compared for fetally malnourished infants in terms of later intellectual functioning and…
Descriptors: Day Care, Infants, Intellectual Development, Intervention
Gordon, Ira J.; And Others – 1972
Games through which parents, family day-care centers, and large day-care centers can provide learning opportunities for children are presented. The primary aim of these activities is to encourage intellectual and language development. The sections of the book, which are not arranged by age, are as follows: Sorting and Matching Games, Building an…
Descriptors: Child Development, Childrens Games, Day Care, Intellectual Development
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Foster, Florence P. – Young Children, 1972
Article deals with the interrelatedness of the food program, intellectual development, and curriculum activities of young children through the long day at the child care center. (Editor)
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Curriculum, Day Care, Day Care Centers
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Belsky, Jay; Steinberg, Laurence D. – Children Today, 1979
Reviews research on intellectual, emotional, and social development of children in day care. (RH)
Descriptors: Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Early Experience, Emotional Development
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Lein, Laura – Urban and Social Change Review, 1979
Particularly important in the decision about child care for their children is the parents' philosophy about early childhood care and education, which establishes the criteria by which parents evaluate and select child care. This paper is a discussion of these criteria and the ways parents apply them. (Author/EB)
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Day Care, Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education
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Doyle, Anna-Beth – Developmental Psychology, 1975
This study compared the intellectual development, attachment to mother, peer interaction, and physical health of day care and maternal home care children. The results indicate that very young children who experience high quality group day care differ little from home-reared children. (JMB)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Child Development, Comparative Analysis, Day Care
Guidubaldi, John; Cleminshaw, Helen – 1983
To determine whether support systems ameliorated the impact of divorce on family stress and child adjustment, the present study examined the availability to divorced families of various support systems, including the extended family, church, work, and community groups. Specifically, the study addressed the impact of parental support systems on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Children, Day Care
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Caldwell, Bettye M. – Children Today, 1972
Accumulating evidence suggested that during the first 3 years a child needs a certain amount and quality of experience for an optimal rate of intellectual development. (Author)
Descriptors: Cultural Enrichment, Day Care, Early Experience, Emotional Development
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Stevens, Joseph H., Jr. – Young Children, 1981
Reviews and discusses the implications of Carew's (1980) research on the influence of young children's everyday experiences on their intellectual development. (RH)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Experiential Learning
Park, Kyung Ja; Honig, Alice Sterling – 1991
This study examined (1) the effects of onset of timing for early nonparental care patterns on later child development, and (2) the effects of length of daily enrollment in care on later cognitive attainment and socioemotional behaviors. Preschool teachers rated 105 middle-class children on the Preschool Behavior Questionnaire (PBQ) and the…
Descriptors: Aggression, Child Development, Cognitive Ability, Day Care
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OECD Observer, 1980
Discusses the status of preschool education in the industrialized nations today. The results of three studies show that preschool students demonstrate rapid gains in I. Q., and children who experience preschool programs do not have to repeat classes as often as those children who do not attend. (SA)
Descriptors: Day Care, Developed Nations, Early Childhood Education, Employed Women
Campbell, Frances; Ramey, Craig – 1977
This paper, part of an evaluation of the early intervention project at the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center, deals primarily with results of the Bayley Mental Development Index (MDI). The MDI was administered to experimental and control infants from lower socioeconomic background at 6, 12 and 18 months of age. Results (discussed in…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Infants
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Martin, Sandra L.; And Others – American Journal of Public Health, 1990
Preschoolers at high risk for intellectual impairment were enrolled in an educational day care program. Repeated testing, with a control group, demonstrated that such a program could lessen the incidence of retardation. (DM)
Descriptors: Control Groups, Day Care, Economically Disadvantaged, Enrichment Activities
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