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Searched on Exact phrase of EXPECTATION in the index terms;.
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- First-Time Mothers’ Expectations of Parenthood: What Happens When Optimistic Expectations are Not Matched by Later Experiences?
By Kevin Durkin, Kate Harwood, Neil McLean; 2007
Description: This study explored whether new parents have overly optimistic expectations about parenthood and whether this influences their adjustment to this role. Contains 74 references. REHS0127 First-time Developmental...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=34253 (100.00%)
- Confronting the “Big Lie”: The Need to Reframe Expectations of After-School Programs
By Robert Halpern; 2006
Description: This paper analyzes the expectation that after-school programs help boost academic achievement and calls for an urgent need to abandon that expectation. Contains 37 references. REQU0239 Confronting 2006...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=33172 (100.00%)
- State Strategies to Embed Early Learning Guidelines in Early Childhood Professional Development Systems
By National Child Care Information Center; 2004
Description: This report illustrates some of the strategies States are employing to link their early learning guidelines (ELGs) with their professional development activities and systems. Strategies are highlighted...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=29032 (100.00%)
- Reasoning about Containment Events in Very Young Infants.
By Renee Baillargeon, Susan J. Hespos; 2001
Description: Four experiments examined very young infants' expectations about containment events. Found that 2- to 3.5-month-olds recognized that objects could be lowered inside a container with an open but not a closed...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=26765 (100.00%)
- Children's Probability Intuitions: Understanding the Expected Value of Complex Gambles.
By Anne Schlottmann; 2001
Description: Examined how 6- to 9-year-olds and adults judged expected value of complex gambles in which alternative outcomes had different prizes. Even youngest regarded probability as an abstract rather than physical...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=26752 (100.00%)
- The Role of Maternal Affect Mirroring on Social Expectancies in Three-Month-Old Infants.
By Maria Legerstee, Jean Varghese; 2001
Description: Assessed the role of maternal affect mirroring on development of prosocial behaviors and social expectancies in 2- to 3-month-olds. Found that infants whose mothers ranked high on affect mirroring (attention...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=25761 (100.00%)
- Common Sense Parenting of Toddlers and Preschoolers. A Girls and Boys Town Program.
By Bridget A. Barnes, Steven M. York; 2001
Description: Teaching Your Child Self-Control'; (14) 'All Together Now! Enhancing Family Life'; (15) 'It's Just Routine! Toilet Training, Trips, Bedtime, and Meals'; and (16) 'Putting It All Together: Your Own Parenting...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=25502 (100.00%)
- The Effectiveness of Early Childhood Inclusion (Parents' Perspectives).
By Kyle T. Brown; April 25,, 2001
Description: This research examined the effectiveness of early childhood inclusion from the perspective of parents. Parents were interviewed separately. (Contains 23 references.) ED451898 effectiveness 2001 April 25,,...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=25110 (100.00%)
- What Is the Penny Buying for South Carolina? Child Development Programs for Four-Year-Olds: Student and Program Characteristics, Longitudinal Study of Academic Achievement, and Current Parent Perceptions
By South Carolina Department of Education, Evaluation Section, Office of Research; December 2002
Description: This report examined the effects of the Education Improvement Act, an education reform initiative enacted by the South Carolina General Assembly to recognize and foster superior student performance, identify...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=24567 (100.00%)
- Parents' Expectations Values and Choice of Child Care: Connections to Culture.
By Sarah Wise; 2002
Description: Effects of differences between home and child care were studied focusing on expectations and values of caregivers and of parents of toddlers in Australia from Vietnamese, Somali, and Anglo-Australian backgrounds....
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=24283 (100.00%)
- How Do Children Spend Their Time ? Children's Activities, School Achievement, and Well-Being
By Population Reference Bureau, Inc.; August 2000
Description: This briefing paper describes research findings on factors linked to children's school achievement and emotional adjustment. ED453934 RECD0139 How Research on Today's Issues, No. 11 2000 August 2000
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=23268 (100.00%)