Type of day-care and preschool intellectual development in disadvantaged children |
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| Authors: | M Burchinal M Lee C Ramey |
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| Institution: | Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center, UNCCH, Chapel Hill 27599. |
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| Abstract: | Levels and patterns of intellectual development of 3 groups of socioeconomically disadvantaged children were compared. The groups consisted of (1) children who were randomly assigned to receive extensive university-based intervention group day-care, (2) children whose parents placed them in community day-care centers for varying amounts of time, or (3) children whose parents chose little to no center-based day-care for their children. Two repeated-measures analyses of variance were performed to identify possible day-care effects on IQ level and on patterns of infant and preschool cognitive development. The results suggest that quality community day-care, as well as intervention day-care, may positively change both the level and pattern of preschool intellectual development of socioeconomically disadvantaged children. |
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