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The affective bond between preschool aged children and mentors
Moffatt, Michael J., 1997
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, New School University, New York

A study on the effects of mentoring relationships on preschool age children’s behavior within the context of Head Start programs

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An analysis of parental attitudes toward child care arrangements in urban Chinese families
Zheng, Fuming, 1997
International Journal of Sociology of the Family, 27(2), 69-78

A study of the relationship between parental attitudes and parenting practices based on child care arrangements in the People’s Republic of China

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Anti-bias support-supervision group for early educators: An ethnographic investigation
Meyer, Tamar, August 1997
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo

An ethnography of an Anti-Bias Support Group involving three administrators and seven early educators from four child care centers implementing an anti-bias curriculum

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Child care in the first year of life
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 1997
Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 43(3), 340-360

An analysis of the hours, type, and stability of child care used in infants' first year of life based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care

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Child care in Massachusetts: Where the supply is and isn't
Queralt, Magaly, 1997
(Special Report No. CRW17). Wellesley, MA: Wellesley College, Center for Research on Women

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Child care in the pioneer partnerships: 1994 and 1996
Maxwell, Kelly, 1997
Chapel Hill, NC: Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center.

An evaluation of North Carolina?s Smart Start pioneer partnerships in 1994 and 1996, building on the earlier Effects of Smart Start on the Quality of Preschool Child Care evaluation, focusing on services provided, teacher education and training, and overall quality

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Children's experiences in center-based child care as a function of teacher background and adult:child ratio
Howes, Carollee, 1997
Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 43(3), 404-425

An examination of child care quality in relation to adult: child ratio and teacher education, using the Cost, Quality and Outcome (CQO) and Florida Quality Improvement study datasets

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Children's experiences in family child care and relative care as a function of family income and ethnicity
Kontos, Susan, 1997
Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 43(3), 386-403

A study of the role of family variables like ethnicity and income in the choice between family or relative child care arrangements, and the relationship between family variables and child care provider behavior and quality

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A comparison of the academic achievement and social development of identified at-risk participants in a prekindergarten program to those of non-participants
Frank, Susan K., 1997
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Wilmington College, New Castle, DE

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A computing experience to motivate children to complex performances
Howland, Jane, 1997
Journal of Computing in Childhood Education, 8(4), 291-311

A study of the motivating factors that emerged in investigating second grade children’s use of a computer program called KidSim, a prototype tool kit that provided the children the ability to create and manipulate rule-based simulations

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Contextual factors influencing the sociability of preschool children with disabilities in integrated and segregated classrooms
Sontag, Joanne C., 1997
Exceptional Children, 63(3), 389-404

An examination of the effect of classroom environments on the social competency of preschool children with special needs, comparing the effects of integrated classrooms with the effects of segregated classrooms

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Dimensions of quality: Teachers' beliefs and practices in Texas public prekindergartens
Kelly, Katherine Taddie, 1997
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of North Texas, Denton

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Econometric Analysis
Greene, William H., 1997
(3rd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall

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The effect of school-age child care on stress and resiliency
Waksman, Janet Seigel, 1997
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology, Boston

A study of the relationship between school-age children’s after school child care and stress in children through analyzing life events stress, type of after-school child care, time in child care, and outcome measures of externalizing behavior, anxiety, and depression; questionnaires were completed by 206 first through fourth graders and their parents

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The effects of Smart Start on the quality of preschool child care
Bryant, Donna M., 1997
Chapel Hill, NC: Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center.

A study of the effects of a broad-based community initiative, Smart Start, to improve the quality of preschool child care between 1994 and 1996

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Employment of parents receiving subsidized child care in Dade County, Florida
Griesinger, Harriet, 1997
(Wellesley College Working Paper 98-03). Wellesley, MA: Wellesley College, Department of Economics

A study of employment patterns for low income workers receiving subsidized child care from the Work and Gain Economic Self sufficiency (WAGES) program in Dade County, Florida

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Even Start: Facilitating transitions to kindergarten
United States. Department of Education. Planning and Evaluation Service, 1997
Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Planning and Evaluation Service.

A study describing the transition-to-school strategies implemented by the Even Start Family Literacy Program, identifying the most successful of these strategies, and providing data and recommendations to improve the design of transition strategies, based on data collected on Even Start projects operating in 1993-1994 and from site visits to five projects showing promising transition strategies

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An exploratory study of Child Care Resource and Referral (CCR&R) policies and their delivery of services to families, child care providers, and the community
Lin, Hsin-Hui, 1997
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Wisconsin--Madison

A dissertation focusing on Child Care Resource and Referral (CCR&R) policies using a survey conducted by the National Care Resource and Referral Agencies between 1994 and 1995

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Factors influencing parents' perceptions of child care services: Implications for public policy formulation
Curtis, Carla M., 1997
Journal of Black Studies, 27(6), 768-782

The results of policy research determining low income, black parents’ perceptions of publicly supported child care services conducted in Washington, D.C.

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The fairing of anti-bias curriculum: A survey inquiry of change in early childhood pedagogy
Gann, Cory, 1997
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA

A survey study of the impact of anti-bias curriculum theory on the practice and professional development of early childhood educators in NAEYC accredited and Head Start early childhood centers

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Familial factors associated with the characteristics of nonmaternal care for infants
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 1997
Journal of Marriage and the Family, 59(2), 389-408

An analysis of the familial, social, economic, and psychological factors associated with child care type and quality for infants, using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care

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Family empowerment: One outcome of cooperative preschool education
Dunlap, Katherine M., 1997
Child Welfare, 76(4), 501-518

A review of a naturalistic study examining a cooperative preschool program's effect on parents as well as young children, focusing on family empowerment as one specific outcome of program participation

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Family preservation and support services: A missed opportunity for kinship care
Danzy, Julia, 1997
Child Welfare, 76(1), 31-44

A review of the historical significance of kinship care and family preservation programs in African American families

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Fathers and ''others'' as infant-care providers: Predictors of parents' emotional well-being and marital satisfaction
Vandell, Deborah L., 1997
Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 43(3), 361-385

A study on the influence of infant care arrangements on parental emotional and marital well-being

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Head Start and social work
Frankel, Arthur, 1997
Families in Society, 78(2), 172-184

A discussion of the Head Program and the lack of social workers in the program, including reasons for this occurrence and recommendations for its rectification, as well as discussion of the history of Head Start and its current operation, particularly the program’s social service component

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