Effects of a Full-Day Preschool Program on 4-Year-Old Children

dc.creator	Yves Herry
dc.creator	Claire Maltais
dc.creator	Katherine Thompson
dc.date	2007-01-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-12T11:16:49Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-12T11:16:49Z
dc.identifier	1524-5039
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/a2782d1a99e54d3fb6f68cde8e1d87ea
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/25882
dc.description	This study explored the effects of a full-day preschool program on 4-year-old children. The study compared the development of a group of children (N = 403) who attended the preschool program on a half-day basis during the 1999-2000 school year (the last year the half-day program was in place) with the development of a group of children (N = 418) who attended the program on a full-day basis during the 2000-2001 school year (the inaugural year of the full-day program). The instruments used in this study assessed language, academic learning, prosocial behavior, conduct problems, and motor skills, as well as the degree to which parents were satisfied with their children’s preschool programs. The results suggest that the full-day preschool program had a positive effect on children’s language and academic learning as well as on parental satisfaction with the programming but that the full-day program did not affect prosocial behavior and conduct problems.
dc.language	English
dc.language	Chinese
dc.language	Spanish
dc.publisher	ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education, University of Illinois
dc.relation	http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v9n2/herry.html
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1524-5039
dc.source	Early Childhood Research & Practice, Vol 9, Iss 2 (2007)
dc.subject	Early Childhood Education
dc.subject	Full-Day Preschool
dc.subject	Child Outcomes
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Effects of a Full-Day Preschool Program on 4-Year-Old Children
dc.type	article