The effects of full-day everyday kindergarten on academic achievement and self-esteem
type: CreativeWork
description: The trend to expand the traditional half-day kindergarten program into full-day programs has been the focus of debate and controversy. This controversy has focused on the following: (1) What is an appropriate length of a program day for the kindergarten child? (2) What are the academic and psychosocial effects of a full-day kindergarten program on five-year-old children?
abstract: The trend to expand the traditional half-day kindergarten program into full-day programs has been the focus of debate and controversy. This controversy has focused on the following: (1) What is an appropriate length of a program day for the kindergarten child? (2) What are the academic and psychosocial effects of a full-day kindergarten program on five-year-old children?
author: Fields, David Leonard
language: eng
keywords: Education, Early Childhood, Education, Elementary, Education, Educational Psychology
date published: 2011-05-07T12:43:14Z
date modified: 2026-07-22T22:25:16Z
provider: University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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value: http://hdl.handle.net/2142/20578