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Download full textLi, Weilin; Duncan, Greg J.; Magnuson, Katherine; Schindler, Holly S.; Yoshikawa, Hirokazu; Leak, Jimmy – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2020
This paper uses meta-analytic techniques to estimate the separate effects of the starting age, program duration, and persistence of impacts of early childhood education programs on children's cognitive and achievement outcomes. It concentrates on studies published before the wide scale penetration of state-pre-K programs. Specifically, data are…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, School Entrance Age, Time, Program Effectiveness
Rubin, Rosalyn – 1970
This study investigated the relative effects of kindergarten experience for boys and girls, based on considerable evidence that there is a developmental difference between the sexes around 5. Emphasis is in the areas of language and readiness skills, which are traditionally not evaluated until the end of kindergarten. Groups of 93 boys and 89…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Early Childhood Education, Early Experience, Kindergarten
Nurss, Joanne R. – 1987
A consideration of readiness for kindergarten must take into account the kindergarten program and the teacher's expectations of the child. This digest first examines kindergarten teachers' expectations for children's social, behavioral, sensory-motor, cognitive, and language abilities upon entrance to kindergarten. The issue of kindergarten…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Early Childhood Education, Kindergarten, Kindergarten Children
Peer reviewedde Lemos, Marion M. – Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 1977
The appropriate age for starting school is discussed in relation to the ideas of Piaget, Hunt, and Moore. (SB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages, Early Childhood Education, Educational Theories
de Cos, Patricia L. – 1997
In response to California Legislation that would change the cut-off for the minimum 5-year entrance age from December 2 to September 1, this paper reviews the literature discussing the appropriate age for beginning school. The review includes a brief history of kindergarten and its place in California law; discusses the possible impact of the…
Descriptors: Age Grade Placement, Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages, Early Childhood Education
