幼儿教育质量将影响其未来成长
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If you thought that the quality of the child care your toddler(学步的小孩) got wouldn't matter when he or she was a teenager, think again. A new longitudinal study(纵向研究) of more than 1,300 children has found that it does matter, more than a decade after the children have transitioned from child care to elementary school. The study, the first to document long-term effects of routine, nonrelative care in a large sample of children from economically diverse(不同的,变化多的) families, extends the findings of previous research on the topic.

The research represents the latest installment1 of the Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development, which was carried out under the auspices2 of(由……赞助或主办) the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). The study appears in the May/June 2010 issue of the journal Child Development.

The researchers sought to determine if early child care quality, quantity, and type predict children's achievement and behavior problems at age 15. They looked at children born in 10 cities across the United States from the children's birth in 1991 until they turned 15, measuring quality, hours, and type of care during the early years; collecting results of standardized3 tests of achievement; and obtaining reports from teens, their families, and their schools. The children were from diverse backgrounds, including middle-class as well as low-income homes and two-parent as well as single-parent families.

The study found that the effects of early child care at age 15, while small, are comparable in size to those previously4 observed in early childhood and elementary school. Specifically, teens who attended programs with higher-quality care during early childhood scored higher on tests of cognitive5(认知的,认识的) and academic achievement than teens who attended programs with lower-quality care. Furthermore, teens who spent more hours in early child care during the first four-and-a-half years of their lives reported more risk-taking and greater impulsivity6(冲动性) than teens who spent fewer hours in care.

The researchers also found that teens who participated in higher-quality child care programs had fewer behavior problems—including rule-breaking, arguing, and hanging out with(与……出去玩) peers(平辈,同事) who get in trouble—than teens who had attended poor-quality child care.

"This evidence of long-term effects of early child care quality is noteworthy(显著的,值得注意的) because it occurred in a large economically and geographically7 diverse group of children who took part in routine nonrelative child care in their communities," notes Deborah Lowe Vandell, professor and chair of education at the University of California, Irvine, who is the lead author of the report.

"These findings suggest that the quality of early child care experiences can have long-lasting, albeit8(即使,虽然) small, effects on middle-class and affluent9 children, as well as those who are economically disadvantaged."



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1 installment 96TxL     
n.(instalment)分期付款;(连载的)一期
参考例句:
  • I shall soon pay the last installment of my debt.不久我将偿付我的最后一期债款。
  • He likes to buy things on the installment plan.他喜欢用分期付款法购买货物。
2 auspices do0yG     
n.资助,赞助
参考例句:
  • The association is under the auspices of Word Bank.这个组织是在世界银行的赞助下办的。
  • The examination was held under the auspices of the government.这次考试是由政府主办的。
3 standardized 8hHzgs     
adj.标准化的
参考例句:
  • We use standardized tests to measure scholastic achievement. 我们用标准化考试来衡量学生的学业成绩。
  • The parts of an automobile are standardized. 汽车零件是标准化了的。
4 previously bkzzzC     
adv.以前,先前(地)
参考例句:
  • The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
  • Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿,解释原先发生了什么。
5 cognitive Uqwz0     
adj.认知的,认识的,有感知的
参考例句:
  • As children grow older,their cognitive processes become sharper.孩子们越长越大,他们的认知过程变得更为敏锐。
  • The cognitive psychologist is like the tinker who wants to know how a clock works.认知心理学者倒很像一个需要通晓钟表如何运转的钟表修理匠。
6 impulsivity 366e0e8718e17eec944eb3135c2ab4f2     
认知的熟虑性?冲动性
参考例句:
  • Fortifying executive function and restraining impulsivity are possible with active interventions. 积极干预可能有助加强执行功能和抑制冲动性。
7 geographically mg6xa     
adv.地理学上,在地理上,地理方面
参考例句:
  • Geographically, the UK is on the periphery of Europe. 从地理位置上讲,英国处于欧洲边缘。 来自辞典例句
  • All these events, however geographically remote, urgently affected Western financial centers. 所有这些事件,无论发生在地理上如何遥远的地方,都对西方金融中心产生紧迫的影响。 来自名作英译部分
8 albeit axiz0     
conj.即使;纵使;虽然
参考例句:
  • Albeit fictional,she seemed to have resolved the problem.虽然是虚构的,但是在她看来好象是解决了问题。
  • Albeit he has failed twice,he is not discouraged.虽然失败了两次,但他并没有气馁。
9 affluent 9xVze     
adj.富裕的,富有的,丰富的,富饶的
参考例句:
  • He hails from an affluent background.他出身于一个富有的家庭。
  • His parents were very affluent.他的父母很富裕。
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