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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Bekman, Sevda; Aksu-Koc, Ayhan; Erguvanli-Taylan, Eser – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2011
This study reports on the evaluation of a "summer pre-school model" as an intervention measure. A 10-week program was designed to increase the school readiness of Turkish children from disadvantaged and multilingual environments by supporting their cognitive and linguistic skills during the summer prior to the start of school. The intervention…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Intervention, Multilingualism, Numeracy
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Kocak, Aylon; Bekman, Sevda – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2004
This study aimed to investigate the experiences of mothers participating in MOCEP in Istanbul, through a qualitative research methodology. Overall effectiveness of the programme, its implementation and how the mothers benefited were the main concerns. The study was carried out with 20 mothers. Individual and focus interviews, participant…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Mothers, Participant Observation, Parent Child Relationship
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Bekman, Sevda – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2002
This 4-year longitudinal study compared characteristics of different day care contexts and the home environment of young children in Turkey and their effects on child outcomes. Findings indicated that custodial and educational day care differed in quality. Short- and long-term child outcomes suggested that educational settings supported child…
Descriptors: Child Care, Child Care Centers, Child Care Effects, Child Development