Developed for early childhood professionals, parents, policymakers,
and educators of all ages, the CECR Update will bring you hot-off-the-press
research findings on early childhood development and policy.
The Center for Early Childhood Research invites
you to read its latest newsletter, the
Winter 2005 CECR Update.
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Highlights of this issue include:
- Recent research shows that infants are able to understand the
intentions behind the actions of others
- Another look at babies: visual processing abilities enable infants
to make predictions about moving objects
- CECR and Erikson Institute co-sponsor an April 15 symposium on
behavior problems in preschoolers
Please read the previous issues of Update:
Highlights of the Fall 2004 Issue:
- A groundbreaking study of how teachers and students use gesture during instruction
- Another look at learning: students perform better after a night's sleep
- CECR and Erikson Instituted co-sponsor an October 22 symposium on Autism Spectrum Disorders
Highlights of the Winter 2004 Issue:
- An inside look at how doulas help young mothers before and after birth
- A new study explores mother monkeys' motivation to care for their offspring
- Chicago's Fussy Baby Network provides services to infants and their families
Highlights of the Fall
2002 Issue:
- A look behind the scenes as a landmark collaborative study of language acquisition begins
- CECR awards dissertation scholarships and post-doc fellowships to five
young early childhood researchers
- May symposium featuring Heidi Feldman and Jack Shonkoff illuminated developmental pathways
- Renowned pediatrician and researcher, Mel Levine, set to speak at CECR
November 2002 symposium
Highlights of the Fall 2001 Issue:
- Teachers' use of language and quantitative concepts promotes these skills in three- and four-year-olds
- Tennessee classroom-size experiment reveals that students in smaller classroooms from kindergarten through
third grade outperform others on ninth grade math tests
- Two Center faculty received prestigious awards from the American Psychological Association
- Comments on the news coverage of a recent child care study
