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EJ443501 PS519456
Title: Thresholds of Quality: Implications for the Social Development of Children in Center-Based Child Care.Author(s): Howes, Carollee; And Others
Source: Child Development, v63 n2 p449-60 Apr 1992
Publication Date: 1992
ISSN: 0009-3920
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJAUG1992
Examined thresholds
for two aspects of child care: adult-child ratio and group size.
Investigated associations among different levels of these variables
and with quality of care and children's social development. Findings
suggest that meeting licensing standards for ratios and groups has
a positive effect on ratings of the quality of care provided for
children. (GLR)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior; *Class Size; Cognitive Development;
*Day Care Centers; Early Childhood Education; Educational Quality;
Interpersonal Competence; Peer Relationship; *Preschool Children;
*Social Development; *Teacher Student Ratio
Identifiers: *Federal Interagency Day Care Requirements; *Quality
Indicators; Thresholds
