EJ467475 PS520595
Title: Proximal and Distal Features of Day Care Quality and Children's
Development.Author(s): Dunn, Loraine
Source: Early Childhood Research Quarterly, v8 n2 p167-92 Jun 1993
Publication Date: 1993
ISSN: 0885-2006
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJDEC1993
Examined the
efficacy of assessing proximal factors in day care, such as children's
experiences, and distal factors, such as caregiver characteristics,
in predicting children's development. Proximal and distal quality
were equally effective predictors. The validity of the National
Association for the Education of Young Children's guidelines on
developmentally appropriate practice as a measure of proximal quality
was tentatively supported. (MM)
Descriptors: *Child Development; *Day Care; *Educational Quality;
Evaluation Methods; *Predictor Variables; *Preschool Children; Preschool
Education
Identifiers: Day Care Effects; National Association Educ of Young
Children
