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EJ595706 PS529775
Title: Experiences in After-School Programs and Children's Adjustment in First-Grade Classrooms.Author(s): Pierce, Kim M.; Hamm, Jill V.; Vandell, Deborah Lowe
Source: Child Development, v70 n3 p756-67 May-Jun 1999
Publication Date: 1999
ISSN: 0009-3920
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJMAY2000
Related children's
experience in after-school programs to first grade performance.
Found that staff positivity was associated with fewer boys' behavior
problems, whereas staff negativity was related to boys' poorer reading/math
grades. Program flexibility was associated with better boys' social
skills. More frequent negative peer interactions in the programs
were related to more behavior problems and poorer social skills.
(Author/KB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement; *After School Programs; Behavior
Problems; *Children; *Elementary School Students; Grade 1; Grades
(Scholastic); Interpersonal Relationship; Males; Peer Relationship;
Primary Education; Sex Differences; *Student Adjustment
Identifiers: Program Characteristics; *Staff Attitudes; Staff Characteristics
