This study concluded that day-care has a "sleeper effect". During the preschool years, the cognitive abilities of children in day-care did not differ from those of other children. But, by the time children were in grade 2, the day-care children were doing better than other children on tests of cognitive abilities. How long do you think the day-care advantage will last? Should the researchers continue to follow these children through elementary school and beyond?
The daycare advantages might not last long. Children change and the outside factors, like peers, are a big influence. Children might do good in school until grade 6 or so but once they get into higher classes, they might start dropping down because of peers influence. The researchers should follow the children through high school and such because children change attitudes within only years. They might catch bad habits or something might happen in their families, or any other external factors.
Different factors come into play and reality takes its role.Belief, outlooks on life, attitudes, etc. keep changing as one moves through life's stages.
I think the effects of day-care will be diluted as time passes. Influences present at this time will talk over. If day-care continues through elementary school, it would have a greater effect. But when you are in grade 5, I think that day-care at age 3 would have little effect. Motivation, reinforcement, intelligence, parental influences etc. will be more crutial to look at. We might want to carry out this research to confirm how llong this effect really lasts. It might be for example that it has an effect in grade two and if that effect is present at that time, other things will cause greater achievement. So later there will be no day-care effect but if it was present at a critical point, other things combine and influence achievement, if that makes any sense at all.
I think the effects of day-care will be diluted as time passes. Influences present at this time will talk over. If day-care continues through elementary school, it would have a greater effect. But when you are in grade 5, I think that day-care at age 3 would have little effect. Motivation, reinforcement, intelligence, parental influences etc. will be more crutial to look at. We might want to carry out this research to confirm how llong this effect really lasts. It might be for example that it has an effect in grade two and if that effect is present at that time, other things will cause greater achievement. So later there will be no day-care effect but if it was present at a critical point, other things combine and influence achievement, if that makes any sense at all.
Also, every subject is an individual, with indv. life experiences, events etc. They will all change. The question is 'in which way?'
Cindy, I agree with oyur message(s). What you are describing is something called Matthew effects. That is when those kids who have something (day care, reading ability, good parents, whatever) benefit more from some experience than thos who don't. Then that experience allows them to benefit more from the next experience than those kids who didn't start off with the same whatever. Thus, "the rich get richer and the poor get poorer"
The conclusions of the study are effective if peoples attitudes did not change as they get older.The results of the study can be taken into account but researchers should realize that as children mature certain life events will change who they are and what they think.
Yes, researchers should continue with this study to see just how long these effects DO last. Perhaps they only last a couple of years,and then a student's initiative takes over any other learning they have recieved. I also like what Connie had to say about the Rich getting richer... comment. This is so true in our socity, where it's a big break-through when an under-privileged person makes something great out of themselves. Much can depend on individual drive, and even at times, the "luck of the draw."
Although the rich get richer,if you don't maintain your busines you'll go bank-rupted. I think maintaining and building are future aspects. There are modeled by the self and the people that surround them. I think parent involvement would be the best predictor of future accomplishments.
By Nitkowski M on Thursday, March 26, 1998 - 03:22 pm:
By Mark Wilson on Thursday, March 26, 1998 - 03:34 pm:
By Cindy on Thursday, March 26, 1998 - 03:45 pm:
By Cindy on Thursday, March 26, 1998 - 03:45 pm:
By Garciam on Thursday, March 26, 1998 - 03:46 pm:
By Connie on Thursday, March 26, 1998 - 03:49 pm:
It doesn't happen with everything but your notion of a "critical point" might be important for predicting when Matthew effect will occur.
By Kristina Polziehn on Thursday, March 26, 1998 - 03:55 pm:
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By Heath on Friday, March 27, 1998 - 02:08 pm: