The aims of this research were to identify the ways in which parents may most constructively support their children's musical development, and to ascertain whether styles of parent-teacher and parent-pupil interaction would influence the extent to which parents engage in different types of supportive behaviours. A model of parent involvement as…

Mexican-American mothers of first grade children participated in an educational program in which they learned to teach their children question-asking behaviors. This particular target behavior was selected because previous research and observation indicated that Mexican-American children asked few, if any questions. It was hypothesized that…

This book for parents and child care providers describes a program for home-based, early childhood education that does not use formal, disciplined instruction. The program uses the technique of "incidental teaching," which emphasizes learning activities that occur while children participate in typical daily activities, such as eating,…