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EJ450531 PS519670
Title: Observed Activities and Stress Behaviors of Children in Developmentally Appropriate and Inappropriate Kindergarten Classrooms.Author(s): Burts, Diane C.; And Others
Source: Early Childhood Research Quarterly, v7 n2 p297-318 Jun 1992
Publication Date: 1992
Notes: Special Issue: Research on Kindergarten.
ISSN: 0885-2006
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJJAN1993
Children in
developmentally inappropriate kindergarten classrooms exhibited
more stress than children in developmentally appropriate classrooms.
In inappropriate classrooms, African Americans exhibited more stress
than whites during most class activities. Low-SES and African-American
children were less involved in appropriate activities than were
high-SES and white children. (BC)
Descriptors: *Class Activities; Kindergarten; *Kindergarten Children;
Primary Education; *Racial Differences; *Sex Differences; *Socioeconomic
Status; *Stress Variables
Identifiers: Child Behavior; *Developmentally Appropriate Programs
