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EJ458104 PS520060
Title: Differential Effects of Three Preschool Models on Inner-City 4-Year-Olds.Author(s): Marcon, Rebecca A.
Source: Early Childhood Research Quarterly, v7 n4 p517-30 Dec 1992
Publication Date: 1992
ISSN: 0885-2006
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJJUN1993
Identified
three preschool models operating in an urban school district. Compared
the mastery of basic skills and the social, motor, language, and
adaptive development of 295 children who attended the preschools.
Found that children in preschools that allowed child-initiated learning
demonstrated the greatest mastery of basic skills. (MM)
Descriptors: *Basic Skills; *Child Development; *Classroom Techniques;
Comparative Analysis; Educational Philosophy; *Preschool Children;
Preschool Education; Program Evaluation; *Skill Development; Teaching
Methods; *Urban Schools
Identifiers: *Student Initiated Activities
