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EJ436452 PS518944
Title: Parent and Teacher Attitudes about Early Academics.Author(s): Rescorla, Leslie
Source: New Directions for Child Development, n53 p13-19 Fall 1991
Publication Date: 1991
ISSN: 0195-2269
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJAPR1992
The Educational
Attitude Scale was administered to 371 mothers and 23 teachers from
22 schools to determine what they thought about the value of early
academics for prekindergartners. Parents had significantly higher
expectations, and placed more value on early skill experiences,
than did teachers. (SH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development; *Early Childhood Education;
Early Experience; Educational Environment; *Mother Attitudes; *Preschool
Curriculum; Preschool Education; School Readiness; Social Experience;
*Teacher Attitudes
Identifiers: Academic Environments Project; Academically Oriented
Preschool Program; Educational Attitudes Scale; Learning Skills
