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Egertson, Harriet A. – 1987
The curriculum now being taught in many kindergartens is profoundly different from what it was two decades ago. The kindergarten classroom, once conceived of as a play- and group adjustment-oriented setting, may now also be a classroom with an "academic" approach, characterized by direct teaching of discrete skills with specific…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education, Grade Repetition