Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ649894
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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Early Child Care and Children's Development Prior to School Entry: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care.
American Educational Research Journal, v39 n1 p133-64 Spr 2002
Examined effects of early child care on children's functioning at the age of 4.5 years in the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care, a prospective study of more than 1,000 children. Findings show the importance and relative independence of quantity, quality, and type of child care for children's development just before the start of formal schooling. (SLD)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Note: Study from the National Institutes of Child Health and Development Early Child Care Research Network.
