From Neurons to Neighborhoods The Science of Early Childhood Development (2000) / Chapter Skim
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Pane! to Review the Status of Basic Research on School-Age Children, Committee on Child Development Research and Public Policy This report reviews the research and examines the physical health and cognitive development of 6- to 12-year-old children as well as their surroundings, including school and home environment, ecocultural setting, and family and peer relationships.
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The report examines fundamental concepts for setting diagnostic criteria in general, reviews and updates the diagnostic criteria for fetal alcohol syndrome and related conditions, explores research findings and problems associated with epidemiology and surveillance, and describes an integrated multidisciplinary approach to research on prevention and treatment. From Generation to Generation: The Health and WelI-Being of Children in Immigrant Families (1998)
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This report addresses the implications of this evidence for what we teach, how we teach it, and how we assess what children learn. Improving Schooling for Language-Minority Children: A Research Agendas (1997)
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RELATED REPORTS 539 Learning from Experience: Evaluating Early Childhood Demonstration Programs ~ 1982)
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Pane! on Selection and Placement of Students in Programs for the Mentally Retarded, Committee on Child Development Research and Public Policy This report addresses the issue of the overrepresentation of minorities and males in special education classes.
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It explores in detail how literacy can be fostered from birth through kindergarten and the primary grades, including evaluation of philosophies, systems, and materials commonly used to teach reading. The report makes recommendations that address the identification of groups of children at risk, effective instruction for the preschool and early grades, effective approaches to dialects and bilingualism, the importance of these findings for the professional development of teachers, and gaps that remain in the understanding of how children learn to read.
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542 APPENDIX A Risking the Future: Adolescent Sexuality, Pregnancy, undo Childbearing (1987)
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Pane! on Child Care Policy Who Cares for America's Children?
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Pane! on Employer Policies and Working Families This report examines the changes in work and family structures that coincide with the dramatic increase in the number of dual-earner and singleadult families.
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. For clarity, let us consider a case in which a child will receive either the new experimental approach to day care (call it E)
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