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Elements of Children’s Social FunctioningAugust 15, 2005
The most consistent predictor of children’s social development through the early school years turns out to be the sensitivity of maternal behavior across the infant, toddler, and preschool years. Recent research by UW-Madison education professor Deborah Lowe Vandell and colleagues in the NICHD and Early Child Care Research Network shows that early family and child care factors predict a child’s social adaptation in school. Children’s social and behavioral competenciesand problemsin the early grades are important indicators of both early and later school success. But half of the nation’s kindergarten teachers reported that most of the children in their class lacked competencies in working independently, following directions, and peer relations, according to a recent survey.
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