The purpose of this study was to determine which of nine Piagetian tasks could function as a measure of a child's cognitive developmental readiness for reading and mathematics. Second, an attempt was made to identify patterns of acquisition of the component skills associated with seriation, classification, and conservation. (Author/BW)

A study examined the relationship between sex differences and the development of reading proficiency, specifically investigating if sex differences related to achievement on measures of silent reading comprehension, sight vocabulary, recognition of vocabulary in context, and use of structural analysis in word recognition taken separately or in…

Two hundred first grade children participated in an experimental program involving innovative curricula and instructional techniques. A pretest-posttest method of instruction, employing sequenced and structured learning activities, enabled each child to progress at an individual rate and was supplemented by a readiness program. Evaluation of the…