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                             |   Public school kindergarten teachers\1\           |   Private school kindergarten teachers\1\
  Length of school day and   |____________________________________________________|____________________________________________________
   instructional approach    |  No      |Half hour|About one|About two|Three hours|  No      |Half hour|About one|About two|Three hours
                             | time     |or less  | hour    |  hours  |  or more  | time     |or less  | hour    |  hours  |  or more
_____________________________|__________|_________|_________|_________|___________|__________|_________|_________|_________|___________
              1              |  2       |   3     |    4    |    5    |    6      |   7      |   8     |   9     |   10    |   11
_____________________________|__________|_________|_________|_________|___________|__________|_________|_________|_________|___________
                             |          |         |         |         |           |          |         |         |         |
Full-day programs            |          |         |         |         |           |          |         |         |         |
  Teacher-directed:          |          |         |         |         |           |          |         |         |         |
    Whole class activities ..|(\2\)(0.1)|  4 (0.7)| 28 (1.8)| 43 (1.4)|   25 (1.6)|(\2\)(\2\)| 15 (3.9)| 23 (3.8)| 25 (3.3)|   37 (4.0)
    Small group activities ..|   1 (0.2)| 18 (1.4)| 46 (2.5)| 28 (2.3)|    8 (1.2)|   6 (2.9)| 33 (4.1)| 42 (3.8)| 16 (2.9)|    3 (1.2)
    Individual activities ...|   2 (0.5)| 53 (1.7)| 35 (1.3)|  9 (1.0)|    1 (0.4)|   5 (1.4)| 55 (3.9)| 29 (3.2)|  6 (1.8)|    6 (1.5)
  Child selected activities .|   2 (0.3)| 31 (1.8)| 52 (2.0)| 13 (1.0)|    2 (0.5)|   3 (1.6)| 35 (3.6)| 45 (4.2)| 11 (2.5)|    6 (2.0)
                             |          |         |         |         |           |          |         |         |         |
Part-day programs            |          |         |         |         |           |          |         |         |         |
  Teacher-directed:          |          |         |         |         |           |          |         |         |         |
    Whole class activities ..|(\2\)(0.3)| 15 (1.3)| 52 (1.9)| 27 (2.0)|    5 (0.8)|(\2\)(\2\)| 27 (6.8)| 40 (6.9)| 30 (5.2)|    3 (2.1)
    Small group activities ..|   2 (0.5)| 36 (2.5)| 46 (2.3)| 15 (1.6)|    1 (0.4)|   3 (2.2)| 62 (5.7)| 26 (5.5)|  7 (2.4)|    1 (1.2)
    Individual activities ...|   9 (1.2)| 73 (2.0)| 15 (1.6)|  2 (0.5)|    1 (0.3)|   9 (3.9)| 72 (6.6)| 13 (4.1)|  5 (2.7)|    2 (1.6)
  Child selected activities .|   3 (0.6)| 63 (1.9)| 29 (1.7)|  4 (1.0)|(\2\) (0.2)|   3 (2.0)| 41 (5.6)| 41 (4.9)| 12 (5.8)|    3 (1.8)
_____________________________|__________|_________|_________|_________|___________|__________|_________|_________|_________|___________

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99, Public-Use Base-Year File. (This table was prepared September 2001.)