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Holmes, Monica Bychowski; And Others – 1968
In an effort to determine whether intelligence and school readiness could be estimated from observin g behavior and if middle class Head Start teachers ranked highly those pupils whose behavior resembled middle class behavior, the behavior patterns of 36 Head Start pupils were compared with their teachers' ranking of perceived intelligence and…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Rating Scales, Behavior Standards, Disadvantaged
Adams, Wayne V. – 1967
Guessing patterns differ between children of lower and middle class. It is hypothesized that lower class children, because they live in an environment affording fewer rewards for problem solving, come to expect a lower degree of success than their middle class peers. Eighty white kindergarten children attending urban public school were divided…
Descriptors: Environmental Influences, Guessing (Tests), Intelligence Differences, Kindergarten Children