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Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting

Boston, MA—March 29 - April 1, 2007

This page lists only Mathematica staff. For a full listing of all presenters, click on the abstracts below or go to the SRCD website.

Date/Time Topic   Presenter/Author(s)
Thursday, March 29      
12:30-2:15 p.m. "Associations Between Parenting and Children's Cognition in Latino Families: Variations by Nativity and English Proficiency"   Jerry West
2:30-4:15 p.m. "Strategies for Supporting Quality in Kith and Kin Child Care: Findings from the Early Head Start Enhanced Home Visiting Evaluation"   Diane Paulsell, Patricia Del Grosso, and Cassandra Rowand
Friday, March 30      
8:30-10:15 a.m. Learning Outside of Elementary School: A Longitudinal Look at Extracurricular Participation and Achievement   Duncan Chaplin, Discussant
2:30-4:15 p.m. Early Head Start Study Children at Age 5: How and for Whom are Early Childhood Programs Having Effects? (Poster Symposium)   John M. Love, Co-Chair
  "Impacts of Early Head Start at the End of the Program (Age 3) and Two Years Later When Children Were in Prekindergarten" Abstract   John M. Love, Cheri Vogel, Ellen E. Kisker, Jill Constantine, Welmoet van Kammen, and Jerry West
  "Age 3 Mediators of Early Head Start Impacts and Prekindergarten Outcomes" Abstract   Ellen E. Kisker
  "Influences of Early In-Home and Out-of-Home Environments on Child Functioning at Kindergarten Entry" Abstract   Ellen E. Kisker
  "Outcomes for Children in Families at Highest Risk at Ages 3 and 5" Abstract   Ellen E. Kisker
  "The Impact of Home-Based Programs on Children and Families in Early Head Start" Abstract   John M. Love, Ellen E. Kisker, and Cheri Vogel
  "Impacts of Early Head Start on African American Children at Ages 3 and 5" Abstract   John M. Love, Cheri Vogel, and Ellen E. Kisker
Saturday, March 31      
12:30-2:15 p.m. "Curricular Reform and the Move to Universal Preschool in Mexico: Implications for Coverage and Quality"   Julieta Lugo-Gil
  "The Effects of Preschool Curriculum Interventions on Children's School Readiness: Findings from a Multisite Evaluation Study"   John M. Love, Sarah Avellar, and Steve Glazerman
4:30-6:15 p.m. Perspectives on Early Childhood Educator Professional Development Research: State of the Field and Next Steps   Kimberly Boller, Chair
Sunday, April 1      
8:30-10:15 a.m. Influence of Home Learning Environments on Children's Literacy Development: Evidence from Three National Studies   Louisa Banks Tarullo, Chair
  "K-5 Reading Achievement Trajectories and Children's Home Environment: Head Start Graduates in the ECLS-K" Abstract   Jerry West, Louisa Banks Tarullo, and Nikki L. Aikens
10:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. "Influences of Child-Specific Expenditures and Parental Support of Learning on the Cognitive Development of Immigrant Children"   Julieta Lugo-Gil
       
Poster Sessions
   
Thursday, March 29      
12:00-1:45 p.m. "The Fathering Effect: Minority Fathers' Contributions to Their Young Children's Development" Abstract   Jerry West
  "Can Shorter Be Okay: Simulating Alternative Stopping Rules for Standardized Assessments for Preschoolers"   Sally M. Atkins-Burnett, Susan Sprachman, Steve Glazerman, Sarah Avellar, and Miriam Loewenberg
Friday, March 30      
8:00-9:45 a.m. "Stability of Maternal Employment and Child Care Arrangements in Relation to Cognitive Development in Low-Income Children"   Julieta Lugo-Gil
10:00-11:45 a.m. "An Examination of Expenditures on Children and Informal Contributions in Low-Income, Ethnically Diverse and Immigrant Families"   Julieta Lugo-Gil
Saturday, March 31      
8:00-9:45 a.m. "Tangled Adversity and Early Academic Achievement: Understanding Effects from School-Level Poverty and Minority Segregation" Abstract   Nikki L. Aikens

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