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Maxwell, Kelly; Ritchie, Sharon; Bredekamp, Sue; Zimmerman, Tracy – FPG Child Development Institute, 2009
Four foundations for young children's development appear to underlie children's competence and predict success in school from pre-kindergarten through third grade--self-regulation, representation, memory, and attachment. If teachers united what they know about child development with quality educational practices, what would school be like for…
Descriptors: Young Children, Educational Practices, Memory, Misconceptions
Winton, Pam, Ed.; Buyssee, Virginia, Ed.; Hambrick, Catherine, Ed. – FPG Child Development Institute, 2006
Although the FPG Child Development Institute's primary mission is to generate new knowledge, this research is in the service of a higher goal: child and family well being. This goal is distilled in their tag line: "Advancing knowledge, enhancing lives." This phrase is not just a tag line--it encapsulates 40 years of striving to be an…
Descriptors: Well Being, Social Change, Child Development, Institutional Mission