ERIC Number: EJ1180001
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
Pages: 17
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ISSN: ISSN-1088-8691
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The Dog That Didn't Bark: Preschool Education and Middle-School Attitudes in Tulsa
Phillips, Deborah A.; Anderson, Sara; Gormley, William T., Jr.
Applied Developmental Science, v22 n3 p200-216 2018
To examine associations between participation in Tulsa's preschool programs and a set of middle-school attitudes, we used propensity score weighting to compare the Tulsa Public Schools (TPS) pre-K participants and, separately, the Community Action Project (CAP) Head Start participants to students who had attended neither TPS pre-K nor Head Start as 4-year olds. In the context of very few significant findings, positive associations were found between pre-K participation (in both the TPS pre-K and CAP Head Start programs) and the students' attitudes about grit as assessed with the goal-setting subscale. Head Start participation was also associated with more cautionary views of risky sexual behavior. The results are discussed with regard to prevailing hypotheses guiding research on long-term pre-K impacts, measurement challenges, and expectations of pre-K education.
Descriptors: Correlation, Preschool Education, Middle School Students, Comparative Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Disadvantaged Youth, Goal Orientation, Personality Traits, Risk, Sexuality, Health Behavior, Outcomes of Education, Online Surveys, Factor Analysis, Regression (Statistics)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Preschool Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Oklahoma (Tulsa)
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