Second, to design an index that taps a developmentally appropriate neonatal intensive-care practice, labeled here as the DANIP index.

Learning to Read and Write: Developmentally Appropriate Practices for Young Children, The Reading Teacher, Vol. 52, No. 2, Children's Choices Favorite Books for 1998 (Oct., 1998), pp. 193-216 ...

Nearly all of the studies reviewed included a nested data design, in which effects of classroom practices were evaluated on multiple children within each classroom, but only one study used analyses ...