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EJ446312 PS519541
Title: Characterizing Early Childhood Education Programs for Poor and Middle-Class Children.Author(s): Stipek, Debora; And Others
Source: Early Childhood Research Quarterly, v7 n1 p1-19 Mar 1992
Publication Date: 1992
ISSN: 0885-2006
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143); Test/questionnaires (160)
Journal Announcement: CIJOCT1992
Preschool
and kindergarten programs for poor and middle-class children fell
into three types: (1) didactic programs, which stressed academic
skills and had relatively negative social environments; (2) child-centered
programs, which deemphasized academic skills and had positive social
environments; and (3) intermediate programs, which fell between
the two extremes. (GLR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement; Asian Americans; Blacks; Classroom
Observation Techniques; Comparative Analysis; *Early Childhood Education;
*Economically Disadvantaged; *Kindergarten; *Middle Class Students;
Minority Group Children; *Preschool Children; Social Differences;
Social Environment; Teacher Attitudes; Teaching Methods
Identifiers: African Americans; Latinos; *Program Characteristics;
*Social Context
