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EJ307259 PS512945
Title: Effect of Quality of Day Care Environment on Children'sLanguage Development.
Author(s): McCartney, Kathleen
Source: Developmental Psychology, v20 n2 p244-60 Mar 1984
Publication Date: 1984
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJFEB1985
Target Audience: Researchers
Hypothesizes that the amount of verbal interaction with caregivers
would be a salient index of center quality, in that it would be a
particularly important determinant of language skill. Three sets of
measures were used to assess quality of the day care environment:
children's language development, family background, and home
environment.(Author/AS)
Descriptors: Child Caregivers; Cognitive Development; *Day Care;
*Day Care Centers; Early Childhood Education; Family
Characteristics; Family Environment; Language Acquisition;
*Language Skills; *Program Effectiveness; *Verbal Communication;
*Young Children
