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Peer reviewedBredekamp, Sue – Young Children, 1990
This response to the articles by Brewer and Uphoff on transitional programs in this issue addresses two questions: (1) Do transition classes protect children? (2) Do transition classes assist in school improvement? (BG)
Descriptors: Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Educational Improvement, Grade 1, Kindergarten
Peer reviewedO'Brien, Leigh M. – Childhood Education, 1997
Discusses problems associated with accepting assumptions about the universal applicability of developmentally appropriate practices. Questions the need to separate the "developmental" from the "academic." Encourages early childhood educators to reassess issues pertaining to inclusion, exclusion, process vs. product, cultural…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Influences, Culturally Relevant Education, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Peer reviewedSchweinhart, Lawrence J.; Weikart, David P. – Elementary School Journal, 1988
Presents evidence that high-quality early childhood programs can partially offset negative effects of childhood poverty and produce modest but definite benefits in children's education and early adult socioeconomic experience. Contrasts different types of early childhood programs and favors those focusing on child-initiated learning. (RH)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education
Peer reviewedKatz, Lilian G. – Young Children, 1994
Many drug abuse prevention programs and materials, such as the "Smart Choices" newsletter for kindergartners, are developmentally inappropriate for young children. Successful preventive measures need to address the mixed messages that society itself gives to children about alcohol and other drugs and present developmentally appropriate instruction…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Alcohol Education, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education
Peer reviewedMcLeod, Nancy S.; Wright, Cheryl – Early Childhood Education Journal, 1996
Proposes using a developmentally appropriate practice framework to determine if a sexual abuse prevention program takes into consideration the unique learning abilities of preschool children. Reviews definition of and statistics related to sexual abuse. Compares appropriate and inappropriate teaching practices in child sexual abuse prevention…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Abuse, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Individual Development
Peer reviewedBrewer, Jo Ann – Young Children, 1990
Discusses the maturationist, behaviorist, and cognitive interactionist views of transitional programs. Research on transitional programs and possible effects of such programs on kindergarten and first grade classes is discussed. (BG)
Descriptors: Behaviorism, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Educational Theories, Elementary School Students
Download full textSwick, Kevin J., Ed.; Castle, Kathryn, Ed. – 1985
Various components of quality early childhood programs are detailed in the papers contained in this book. In the opening chapter, Mildred Dickerson and Martha Ross assess the current status of child care in the United States. Milly Cowles, in a chapter on curriculum, outlines the essential components of effective early childhood programs. Mac…
Descriptors: Competence, Curriculum Development, Day Care, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Peer reviewedWhite, K. R.; And Others – Early Education and Development, 1994
Clarifies details of research design and procedures in response to critiques of six longitudinal comparative studies from the Early Intervention Research Institute. The institute's investigations examined the effects and costs of early intervention for children with disabilities. (BB)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education
Woolner, Rosestelle B., Ed. – 1987
Speakers at the Lipman Research Institute's inaugural symposium examined research and issues related to appropriate programs for 4-year-olds. David Weikart described the Perry Preschool Project, an ongoing study begun in 1962 of 123 black youths at risk of failing, and the High/Scope Preschool Curriculum Study. Jane Stallings covered short-term…
Descriptors: Black Youth, Cognitive Development, Compensatory Education, Conferences
