This online journal article is a longitudinal study of 1,214 children and 888 adolescents. The longitudinal study was done to research the children’s relationship between early child care and adolescent functioning. It was experienced that children in center-type care were linked to higher class rank and had a higher academic standing. Higher quality child care predicted higher academic grades. Fewer hours in child care was related to behavior problems in kindergarten. The studies suggest long-term benefits of higher quality child care and parental guidance are the most important measures for a child’s academic status in the future.
The article focuses on the effect of early childcare for children and the outcome it has on their academic achievement their last year of high school. The research done was to determine if the quality of childcare affects the children academic standing as adolescents their last …show more content…
In the United States, about fifty percent of the children experience regular nonparent child care. The research done in this article through the Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development was a longitudinal study and it was done by an assorted of economically diverse families. A longitudinal study is an observational research method in which data is gathered for the same subjects repeatedly over a period of time. Longitudinal research projects can extend over years or even decades. This article began their longitudinal study in the early nineteen nineties and it included 1,214 children participating. At the hospitals throughout ten different locations in the United States, participants were selected after giving birth and screened for eligibility. The mothers were recruited and 26% of the mother did not have a high school diploma, 21% had income less than the poverty level, and 22% were from a minority
The article focuses on the effect of early childcare for children and the outcome it has on their academic achievement their last year of high school. The research done was to determine if the quality of childcare affects the children academic standing as adolescents their last …show more content…
In the United States, about fifty percent of the children experience regular nonparent child care. The research done in this article through the Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development was a longitudinal study and it was done by an assorted of economically diverse families. A longitudinal study is an observational research method in which data is gathered for the same subjects repeatedly over a period of time. Longitudinal research projects can extend over years or even decades. This article began their longitudinal study in the early nineteen nineties and it included 1,214 children participating. At the hospitals throughout ten different locations in the United States, participants were selected after giving birth and screened for eligibility. The mothers were recruited and 26% of the mother did not have a high school diploma, 21% had income less than the poverty level, and 22% were from a minority