Jordan / Edwards Development in the Preschool Years

Birth to Age Five
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4832-6122-5
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 280 Seiten, Web PDF

Development in the Preschool Years: Birth to Age Five reports a prospective longitudinal analysis of influences on development in the years from birth to age five. While speculation on the ways in which young children grow tends to be in terms of generalities, this volume emphasizes the role of empirical data in such discourse, and attempts to relate observations to an antecedent set o f quantitative findings. At a more particular level, the investigation considers six aspects of development: motor, intellectual, language, somatic, social, and physical development. The book is organized into three parts. The first part contains chapters that review of the corpus of longitudinal studies, specific approaches, and recent research; and describe the methods used to generate and analyze the data. The second part provides multivariate regression analyses of the data in six domains while the third part presents a discussion of the findings. The fundamental intent of this investigation is to make a contribution to policy formation for the early years of life.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jordan, Thomas E.

Edwards, Allen J.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;Development in the Preschool Years: Birth to Age Five;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Table of Contents;8
5;Dedication;6
6;Preface;12
7;Chapter 1. Old Man River's Children;16
7.1;Introduction;16
7.2;The River and the People;17
7.3;The Metropolitan Area;19
8;Chapter 2. Longitudinal Studies;22
8.1;Terminology;24
8.2;Retrospective Study;26
8.3;Prospective Study;28
8.4;Case Studies and Small Sample Studies;34
8.5;Contemporary Design;35
8.6;Archival Studies;36
9;Chapter 3.Procedures;42
9.1;Introduction;42
9.2;The Cohort;43
9.3;Variables;49
9.4;Gathering and Processing Data;57
9.5;Data Subsets;61
9.6;Data Analysis;62
10;Chapter 4. Motor Development;66
10.1;Introduction;66
10.2;Motor Development;67
10.3;Hypotheses;69
10.4;Measures;69
10.5;Results;70
10.6;Discussion;89
11;Chapter 5. Intellectual Development;96
11.1;Introduction;96
11.2;Intellectual Development;97
11.3;Hypotheses;98
11.4;Measures;99
11.5;Results;102
11.6;Discussion;125
12;Chapter 6. Language Development;132
12.1;Introduction;132
12.2;Language Development;133
12.3;Hypotheses;135
12.4;Measures;136
12.5;Results;138
12.6;Discussion;154
13;Chapter 7. Somatic Development;166
13.1;Introduction;166
13.2;Somatic Development;167
13.3;Hypotheses;168
13.4;Measures;168
13.5;Results;170
13.6;Discussion;177
14;Chapter 8. Social Development;184
14.1;Introduction;184
14.2;Social Development;185
14.3;Hypotheses;186
14.4;Measures;187
14.5;Results;187
14.6;Discussion;195
15;Chapter 9. Physical Development;200
15.1;Introduction;200
15.2;Measures;200
15.3;Physical Development;202
15.4;Hypotheses;203
15.5;Results—Height;204
15.6;Results—Weight;214
15.7;Discussion;232
16;Chapter 10. Discussion;242
16.1;Regression Models and Variance;242
16.2;Stages of Development;245
16.3;Comparative Influences;249
16.4;Influences on Child Development;253
17;Bibliography;262
18;Author Index;274
19;Subject Index;280