The 4-H study of positive youth development: Report of the findings from the first four waves of data collection: 2002-2003, 2003-2004, 2004-2005, and 2005-2006
A longitudinal investigation of the theory of Positive Youth Development (PYD) and its promotion of the "Five Cs"--competence, confidence, character, caring, and connection--in youth, based on data on 3,342 students from 33 states assessed from grades five through eight
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Building their futures: How Early Head Start programs are enhancing the lives of infants and toddlers in low-income families: Volume I. Technical report
An evaluation of the effectiveness of Early Head Start programs in improving children's outcomes, based on a national assessment of 3,000 children at 17 sites
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Early gender differences in self-regulation and academic achievement
An exploration of gender differences in children’s abilities to self-regulate their behavior and their discrepancies in academic achievement, and an inquiry into the correlation between direct measures versus teacher ratings of students' behavior, based on a sample of 268 kindergarteners from 87 classrooms in 12 schools in a public school district in southeast Michigan
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Effects five years later: The Michigan School Readiness Program evaluation through age 10
A study examining the effectiveness of the Michigan School Readiness Program on language, early literacy and early math skills in children entering kindergarten through the third grade, and presenting results from all five years, including follow up data from the fourth grade year
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The Evaluation of Enhanced Academic Instruction in After-School Programs: Findings after the first year of implementation
Impacts after the first year of implementation of the Evaluation of Enhanced Academic Instruction in After-School Programs, a two-year intervention and random assignment evaluation of structured math and reading instruction in after school programs for children in second through fifth grade, on student reading and math proficiency and academic performance
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Family advocates' perspectives on the early academic success of children born to low-income adolescent mothers
A qualitative study focusing on family influences on the academic success of first-grade children born to 139 low-income adolescent mothers
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Michigan Great Start Readiness Program evaluation 2012: High school graduation and grade retention findings
A comparison of the high school graduation rates, grade retention, and high school achievement test scores of 338 participants and 257 matched nonparticipants from the 1995-1996 year of the Great Start Readiness Program, Michigan's publicly-funded preschool program for at risk 4-year-olds
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An old and a new question on the effects of early education for children from low income families
An evaluation of the long term effects and performance of children enrolled in a Head Start Program in Montgomery County
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The relationship between software design and children's engagement
An examination of the effects of praise and reinforcement on young children in a computer learning setting using a sorting game designed to simulate two interaction styles
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The state of preschool: 2005 state preschool yearbook
An annual review of access, quality, and resources in state funded preschool programs for children aged 3 and 4, in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, during the 2003-2004 program year
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A structured observation of behavioral self-regulation and its contribution to kindergarten outcomes
An assessment of the predictive validity of the Head-Toes-Knees-Shoulders (HTKS) task through a longitudinal study of the correlations between children's HTKS scores and measures of their behavioral regulation, classroom functioning, and math, reading, and vocabulary scores before and in kindergarten, based on data collected from 343 children from Oregon and Michigan
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