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Relationships between Social Skills, Behavioral Problems, and School Readiness for Head Start Children
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Bracken, Stacey Storch; Fischel, Janet – NHSA Dialog, 2007
This study followed 515 4-year-olds from Head Start entry to exit to investigate their social and behavioral skills and the impact of these skills on school readiness outcomes. Results indicated that, on average, social skills improved across the preschool year, while behavior problems remained relatively stable. Social skills and behavior…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, School Readiness, Oral Language, Disadvantaged Youth
Evaluation of the Preschool Program, 1967-68, Funded under ESEA Title I, P.L. 89-10.
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Ireland, Vera M.; And Others – Research and Development Report (Atlanta Public Schools), 1968
A battery of cognitive, personal, and demographic tests were given to 216 children from Title I (of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act) schools, with and without previous school experience, and to 31 children from non-Title I schools. The effects of prekindergarten experience upon subsequent school experience were evaluated. The Title-I…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Cognitive Development, Kindergarten Children, Perceptual Development
OUTCOMES OF INDIVIDUAL AND PROGRAMMATIC VARIATIONS AMONG PROJECT HEAD START CENTERS, SUMMER, 1965. FINAL REPORT.
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PIERCE-JONES, JOHN; AND OTHERS – 1966
A 15-MONTH EVALUATION RESEARCH STUDY OF THE 1965 SUMMER HEAD START PROGRAMS WAS CONDUCTED THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF TEXAS. A SCHEMATIC MODEL OF INTERACTING FACTORS OPERATING THROUGH HEAD START PROGRAMS TO PRODUCE AND PREDICT CHANGES IN EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND IN OUT-OF-SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT WAS DEVELOPED. THIS MODEL GENERATED THE EMPIRICAL…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Development, Educational Environment