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Peer reviewedBurchinal, Margaret; Howes, Carollee; Kontos, Susan – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2002
Used data from a family child care study and a licensing study to identify dimensions best predicting global day care quality in over 300 child care homes. Found that caregiver training most consistently predicted global quality. Found no reliable association between care quality and child-caregiver ratio or age-weighted group size recommendations…
Descriptors: Caregiver Training, Day Care, Family Day Care, Predictor Variables
Peer reviewedClarke-Stewart, K. Alison; Vandell, Deborah Lowe; Burchinal, Margaret; O'Brien, Marion; McCartney, Kathleen – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2002
Used data from NICHD Study of Early Child Care to assess whether regulable features of child care homes affected children's development. Found caregivers' education and recency of training related to learning environment and caregiving sensitivity. More positive caregiving related to compliance with age-weighted group-size cut-offs. Caregiver…
Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Caregiver Training, Child Development, Day Care Effects
