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EJ394085 PS516758
Title: An Assessment of the All-Day Kindergarten Movement.Author(s): Olsen, Deborah; Zigler, Edward
Source: Early Childhood Research Quarterly, v4 n2 p167-86 Jun 1989
Publication Date: 1989
Language: English
Document Type: Information Analysis (070); Journal articles (080); Opinion papers (120)
Journal Announcement: CIJDEC1989
Offers a review
of the literature suggesting that the enthusiasm for a longer, more
academically oriented kindergarten day may have outstripped empirical
support for the movement. Proposes an alternative in which a half-day
of kindergarten is combined with an optional half-day of day care.
(PCB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement; Day Care; *Early Childhood Education;
*Kindergarten; *Outcomes of Education
Identifiers: *Academically Oriented Preschool Program; *Full Day
Programs
