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EJ393130 UD514358
Title: Beyond Metaphor: The Efficacy of Early Childhood Education.Author(s): Haskins, Ron
Source: American Psychologist, v44 n2 p274-82 Feb 1989
Publication Date: 1989
Notes: Special issue with the title "Children and Their Development: Knowledge Base, Research Agenda, and Social Policy Application."
Language: English
Document Type: Information Analysis (070); Journal articles (080); Reports--Evaluative (142)
Journal Announcement: CIJNOV1989
Reviews evidence
from preschool education programs to determine what impacts quality
programs can have on poor children's intellectual and social competence.
Reviews evidence from Head Start to determine whether preschool
programs of national scope have produced the same effects as those
produced by model programs. (Author/BJV)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement; *Child Development; Child Psychology;
Children; *Developmental Psychology; *Early Childhood Education;
Economically Disadvantaged; Interpersonal Competence; *Low Income
Groups; *Outcomes of Education; Poverty; *Preschool Children; Program
Development; Program Effectiveness; Program Evaluation; Psychological
Studies; Public Policy
Identifiers: *Project Head Start
