The research was conducted at 9 teacher education institutions in Croatia in 2001 and 2005, before and after the reforms prompted by the Croatian Ministry of Science, Education and Sport with the goal to adjust Croatian higher education to the Bologna process. Both quantitative and qualitative changes were obtained in the study subjects that prepared students for teaching physical education. Th...

Genetic and environmental influences on early reading and spelling at the end of kindergarten and Grade 1 were compared across three twin samples tested in the United States, Australia, and Scandinavia. Proportions of variance due to genetic influences on kindergarten reading were estimated at .84 in Australia, .68 in the U.S., and .33 in Scandinavia. The effects of shared environment on kinder...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the energy and macronutrient intake at home and at all-day in the kindergarten programs in children aged 2 to 6 and to investigate differences in consumption and intake between children at public and private kindergartens. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study of 362 preschool children from Caxias do Sul, Brazil. Nutritional status was assessed in terms of weight to h...

OBJECTIVES Many adults mention past incidences of verbal abuse by the teacher as the most overwhelming negative experience in their lives. The present study examined (1) the course and stability of verbal abuse by the teacher from kindergarten through grade 4 and (2) the link between verbal abuse by the teacher and children's behavioral, emotional, and academic adjustment. DESIGN Participants...

OBJECTIVE Children can be the only persons present in an emergency situation. Aim of the study was to evaluate the effects of a first aid course for 4-5-year-old kindergarten children given by a first aid instructor and kindergarten teachers. METHODS A mixed methods approach using both quantitative and qualitative methods was used to investigate the effects of teaching first aid in the kinder...

background: early dental caries in childhood is one of the health problems. this survey was carried out to determine the prevalence of dental caries and its contributing factors among 3-6 year old children in varamin, iran kindergartens. methods: in this cross-sectional study, 838 children aged 3-6 years from varamin kindergartens were selected by census and examined for dental caries using who...

OBJECTIVE To examine the relationship between early impulsive behavior, rated by kindergarten teachers, and self-reported gambling in sixth grade. DESIGN Prospective longitudinal study. SETTING The 1999 kindergarten cohort of the Montreal Longitudinal Preschool Study in Canada. PARTICIPANTS Written parental consent was obtained for 181 of the 377 children from intact families at kindergar...

States have accumulated considerable experience in operating publicly sponsored pre-kindergarten programs. In spite of this extensive experience, only fragmentary accounts exist of how these pre-kindergarten (pre-k) programs handle issues such as program intensity, location, staffing, and population served. These issues are addressed by the National Center for Early Development and Learning’s M...