The Relationship of High Quality Day Care to Middle-Class Three-Year-Olds' Language Performance.

Ackerman-Ross, Susan; Khanna, Prabha

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Publication Date: 1989

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The Relationship of High Quality Day Care to Middle-Class Three-Year-Olds' Language Performance.

Ackerman-Ross, Susan; Khanna, Prabha

Early Childhood Research Quarterly, v4 n1 p97-116 Mar 1989

Compared day care and home-reared children's language performance. Results showed home and day care children did not differ on IQ or dependent language measures. IQ was strongest predictor of language performance; birth order was next strongest. Fathers' language activity time and parent educational level related to language performance. (Author/BB)

Descriptors: Birth Order, Comparative Analysis, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Educational Quality, Family Environment, Fathers, Intelligence Quotient, Language Proficiency, Middle Class, Parent Background, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Role, Predictor Variables, Preschool Children

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Language: English

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