(29KB)| Table 49. | Percentage distribution of kindergarten teachers' time spent on certain instructional approaches, by control and program: Fall 1998 |
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| Public school kindergarten teachers | Private school kindergarten teachers
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Length of school day and | No|Half hour|About one|About two| Three hours| No|Half hour|About one|About two|Three hours
instructional approach | time| or less| hour| hours| or more| time| or less| hour| hours| or more
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Full-day programs | | | | | | | | | |
Teacher-directed | | | | | | | | | |
Whole class activities ..|# (†) | 4 (0.7)| 28 (1.8)| 43 (1.4)| 25 (1.6)|# (†) | 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)
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Part-day programs | | | | | | | | | |
Teacher-directed | | | | | | | | | |
Whole class activities ..|# (†) | 15 (1.3)| 52 (1.9)| 27 (2.0)| 5 (0.8)|# (†) | 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)| # (†) |3(2.0)| 41 (5.6)| 41 (4.9)| 12 (5.8)| 3 (1.8)
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†Not applicable. #Rounds to zero. NOTE: Estimates are based on the responses of a nationally representative sample of kindergarten children's teachers. Standard errors appear in parentheses. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 (ECLS-K), fall 1998, unpublished tabulations. (This table was prepared September 2001.)
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