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EJ359904 PS515247
Title: After-School Child Care in an Elementary School: Social Development and Continuity and Complementarity of Programs.Author(s): Howes, Carollee; And Others
Source: Elementary School Journal, v88 n1 p93-103 Sep 1987
Publication Date: 1987
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJJAN1988
Target Audience: Researchers; Practitioners
A study assessed
the social experiences and social development of kindergarten children
enrolled in an after-school program. Subjects were these children
and children attending only the morning kindergarten program. Study
results indicated that both groups of children selected as friends
the children in the after-school program and that programs were
both complementary and continuous . (NH)
Descriptors: *After School Programs; Elementary Education; Friendship;
*Kindergarten Children; *School Age Day Care; *Social Development;
Sociometric Techniques
Identifiers: Continuity; *Full Day Programs; *Half Day Programs
