Study: Child care impacts language

[Harold F. Schiffman]

Study: Child care impacts language

CHAPEL HILL -- Children in low-quality child care have less advanced
language development that progresses at a slower rate than the language
development of children in high-quality care despite having similar family
environments, according to new research from the Frank Porter Graham Child
Development Institute and the School of Education at UNC. This new
research examines how the quality of child care affects the development of
specific language components. It will appear in the March issue of the
Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology.

Researchers collected data from three child care sites and evaluated each
on quality indicators known in the field as the "iron triangle" -- the
number of children per class, the teachers' education levels and the
child-to-caregiver ratio. In every measurement used, children in
higher-quality child care significantly outperformed those receiving the
lowest quality care. And the quality made a greater difference over time,
as children in higher-quality care acquired key markers more rapidly than
the children in lowest quality care.

http://www.heraldsun.com/orange/10-825200.cfm

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