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The Promise of Preschool in Africa: A Randomized Impact Evaluation of Early Childhood Development in Rural Mozambique [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This report presents initial results of a community based preschool program implemented by Save the Children in the Gaza Province of ...
Sebastian Martinez   +2 more
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Exploring Parent's Needs for Children-Centered AI to Support Preschoolers' Interactive Storytelling and Reading Activities [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv
Interactive storytelling is vital for preschooler development. While children's interactive partners have traditionally been their parents and teachers, recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have sparked a surge of AI-based storytelling and reading technologies.
arxiv  

Serious Play to Encourage Socialization between Unfamiliar Children Facilitated by a LEGO Robot [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv
Socialization is an essential development skill for preschool children. In collaboration with the LEGO Group, we developed Robert Robot, a simplified robot, which enables socialization between children and facilitates shared experiences when meeting for the first time.
arxiv  

On the relative role of different age groups during epidemics associated with the respiratory syncytial virus [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2017
Background: While RSV circulation results in high burden of hospitalization, particularly among infants, young children and the elderly, little is known about the role of different age groups in propagating annual RSV epidemics in the community. Methods: During a communicable disease outbreak, some subpopulations may play a disproportionate role ...
arxiv  

Preschool and maternal labour market outcomes: evidence from a regression discontinuity design [PDF]

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Expanding preschool education has the dual goals of improving child outcomes and work incentives for mothers. This paper provides evidence on the second, identifying the impact of preschool attendance on maternal labor market outcomes in Argentina.
Patrick J. McEwan   +2 more
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Young children learning in Gaelic: Investigating children's learning experiences in Gaelic-medium pre-school. Research Briefing 6E. Stirling [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Gaelic-medium (GM) education is an important part of current efforts to re-vitalise the language in Scotland. Beginning Gaelic-medium education in preschool is seen as a crucial entry point, enhancing the numbers entering GM primary education and ...
McLeod, Wilson   +2 more
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Who Said What? An Automated Approach to Analyzing Speech in Preschool Classrooms [PDF]

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Young children spend substantial portions of their waking hours in noisy preschool classrooms. In these environments, children's vocal interactions with teachers are critical contributors to their language outcomes, but manually transcribing these interactions is prohibitive.
arxiv   +1 more source

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