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100 children go to school: Connections and disconnections in literacy development in the year prior to school and the first year of school
Hill, Susan, 1998
(3 vols.). Canberra: Australia Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs.

An investigation into the correlation between the acquisition of emergent literacy skills and the early experiences of children in school settings, based on a sample of 100 children from five locations in Australia

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The Be A Star community-based after-school program: Developing resiliency factors in high-risk preadolescent youth
Pierce, Lois H., 1998
Journal of Community Psychology, 26(2), 175-183

A description of the Be a Star community-based after-school program and an evaluation of its effectiveness in helping children develop decision making skills, feelings of personal competence, cultural awareness, and refusal skills

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Child care caregiver sensitivity and attachment
Howes, Carollee, 1998
Social Development, 7(1), 25-36

An overview of three studies measuring the impact of child care caregivers' sensitivity on children's attachment security

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Children's exposure to everyday stressors in day care settings: A descriptive study
Fleury, Sheri A., 1998
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Houston, Houston, TX

A descriptive study of child stressors in a child care environment

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Community child care inclusion: The development of two children
Hanline, Mary Frances, 1998
International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 45(4), 469-488

An analysis of the progression of children with severe disabilities within a child care setting using a play-based curriculum

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Comparing developmental outcomes for children in care with those for other children in Canada
Flynn, Robert J., 1998
Children & Society, 12(3), 228-233

A study of the test-retest reliability and convergent validity of single items from the Assessment and Action Record, including comparison of the developmental outcomes of 43 children cared for by the Canadian child welfare agency and those of an approximate comparison group of 1600 children from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth

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A comparison of the effect of the type of classroom and service characteristics on toddlers with disabilities
Bruder, Mary Beth, 1998
Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 18(1), 26-37

A study of the effects of early intervention services, in a segregated versus inclusive classroom, on the developmental outcomes of toddlers

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Daycare, child and family influences on preschoolers' social behaviors in a peer play setting
DiLalla, Lisabeth F., 1998
Child Study Journal, 28(3), 223-244

A study on the impact of previous child care experiences on preschoolers’ temperament and social behavior

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Early child care and self-control, compliance, and problem behavior at twenty-four and thirty-six months
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 1998
Child Development, 69(4), 1145-1170

A study into factors of family and child care experiences as predictors of self-control, compliance and problem behavior in children

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An ecological perspective on the voluntary book use of 2- and 3-year olds in day care
Gillespie, Catherine W., 1998
Early Education and Development, 9(3), 283-306

A study of voluntary book use in preschool settings where book rotation and the number of books available had occurred among a sample of 74 children and their teachers

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The effects of daycare reconsidered
Norberg, Karen, 1998
(NBER Working Paper Series No. 6769). Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research.

A study of the effects of child health at birth, mother ratings of child development, and child temperament on the timing of post-birth maternal labor force entry, based on mothers and their children in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979

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The effects of developmentally appropriate preschool experience on at-risk children's logical-mathematical skills
Moon, Chunghee, 1998
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

A study of the effects of developmentally appropriate high-quality preschool providing hands-on activities and a play-based curriculum on the logical-mathematical skills of at-risk children, with a control group of 160 children and a treatment group of 106 children between the ages of four and five

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Effects of differing levels of inclusion on preschoolers with disabilities
Mills, Paulette E., 1998
Exceptional Children, 65(1), 79-90

A comparative study of the effects of three different types of preschool inclusion programs (special education only, integrated special education, and mainstream placements) on the cognitive and language development of preschool children with special needs

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The effects of the home instruction programs for preschooler youngsters (HIPPY) on children's school performance at the end of the program and one year later
Baker, Amy J.L., 1998
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 13(4), 571-588

A study of the Home Instruction Program for Preschooler Children, a costless two year family-oriented home-based early childhood intervention administered to low-income children; the study included assessments of the children’s cognitive skills, adaptation to the classroom, and standardized test achievement at the end of the program

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The effects of Smart Start child care on kindergarten entry skills
Maxwell, Kelly, 1998
Chapel Hill, NC: Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center.

An examination of the effects of Smart Start-funded programs on the cognitive, language, and social skills of children entering kindergarten in Orange County, California, emphasizing the impact of family income, based on results from the Kindergarten Teacher Checklist rating scale on a group of 39 kindergarteners who attended a Smart Start funded program and a group of 272 children who attended other child care programs or received no center-based care

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Extension-supported school-age care programs benefit youth
Locklear, Eddie L., 1998
Journal of Extension, 36(3)

An examination of the impact of out-of-school time care programs on children in grades K-8 attending public schools in North Carolina, data was collected regarding student’s academic performance, attendance, and tardiness

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Facilitating the transition to first grade: The nature of transition and research on factors affecting it
Entwisle, Doris R., 1998
Elementary School Journal, 98(4), 351-364

A study on the transition to the first grade and its importance using data from the Beginning School Study

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Gender segregation in young children's conflict behavior in child care settings
Sims, Margaret, 1998
Child Study Journal, 28(1), 1-16

A study of the gender segregated behaviors of three year-olds, and these behaviors unintended reinforcement through the interactions of boys and girls in the center-based child care setting; observation data were collected at seven centers in Perth, Australia and targeted 50 children, 25 boys and 25 girls

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Georgia's lottery-funded prekindergarten: Is it working in rural Georgia?
Kimball, Elizabeth Jenkins, 1998
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro

A study of the preparedness of students in Georgia’s lottery-funded PreK program in Georgia in relation to students from alternative types of preschool programs or no preschool; the data was collected through survey of 94 teachers of various types of pre-kindergarten programs in 12 school districts serving 1600 children

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Grandparents' and parents' views about their family and children's adjustment to kindergarten
Teichman, Yona, 1998
Educational Gerontology, 24(2), 115-128

A study examining how certain characteristics of parents, maternal, and paternal grandparents might affect children's transition to kindergarten

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Head Start goes to school: Head Start-Public School Transition Project: 1992-1997: Final evaluation report
Mulholland, Lori, 1998
Tempe, AZ: Morrison Institute for Public Policy.

An analysis of the Arizona Transition Project’s, a comprehensive and collaborative effort of the Head Start-Public School Transition Project: 1992-1997, impact on Head Start children and their families during the transition to formal schooling

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Healthy environments, healthy children: Children in families: A report on the 1997 Panel Study of Income Dynamics, Child Development Supplement
Hofferth, Sandra L., 1998
Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, Institute for Social Research.

A summary of the results of the Child Development Study, a supplemental study to the Panel Study of Income Dynamics

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Home literacy: Opportunity, instruction, cooperation and social-emotional quality predicting early reading achievement
Leseman, Paul P. M., 1998
Reading Research Quarterly, 33(3), 294-318

An analysis of the relationship between home literacy and school achievement among multiethnic, partly bilingual families with 4-year-old children living in the urban areas in the Netherlands

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I have a new friend in me: The effect of a multicultural/anti-bias curriculum on the development of social cognition in preschoolers
Rosenzweig, Jill E., 1998
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Arizona, Tucson

An observational study of an anti-bias early childhood program at the Tucson Jewish Community Center and its role in reproducing or restructuring the social order existing in the wider society, specifically regarding issues of race, gender, class, and physical or mental disabilities

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The influence of researcher-teacher collaboration on the effectiveness of the early learning of four year olds in schools in England
Mould, Claire, 1998
European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 6(1), 19-35

A study of the importance of the relationship between teachers and children on the emotional well being and effective early learning ability of the four year old child in Birmingham, England

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