EJ510543
PS523895
Title: Quality of the Literacy Environment in Day Care and Children's
Development.Author(s): Dunn, Loraine; And Others
Source: Journal of Research in Childhood Education, v9 n1 p24-34 Fall-Win 1994
Publication Date: 1994
ISSN: 0256-8543
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJJAN1996
Explored the
environment for literacy in day-care centers, its relationship with
traditional measures of day-care quality, and its influence on children's
cognitive and language development. Observations in 30 community-based
day-care classrooms revealed relatively impoverished literacy environments.
Found that both day-care quality and environment can significantly
affect children's language development. (AA)
Descriptors: *Classroom Environment; Cognitive Development; *Day
Care; *Day Care Effects; Educational Quality; Language Acquisition;
*Literacy; Outcomes of Education; Predictor Variables; *Preschool
Children; Program Effectiveness
Identifiers: Caregiving Practices; *Child Care and Development
