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Goldstein, Leo S.; And Others – J Educ Meas, 1970
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education, Experimental Curriculum
Download full textTAMMINEN, ARMAS W.; AND OTHERS – 1967
TO FIND OUT IF CULTURALLY DEPRIVED CHILDREN SHOW CHANGE IN ACADEMIC READINESS AS A RESULT OF SPECIAL PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS, 3 GROUPS OF CHILDREN (14 TO 17 IN EACH) IN 3 DULUTH SCHOOL AREAS WERE PRE- AND POSTTESTED WITH THE STANFORD-BINET AND SRA PRIMARY MENTAL ABILITIES TESTS. A CONTROL GROUP OF 30 CHILDREN FROM THE SAME 3 SCHOOL AREAS WERE GIVEN THE…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Analysis of Variance, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged
Cawley, John F.; And Others – 1968
First grade children from two Head Start (HS) groups and one non-Head Start (NHS) group were administered a battery of tests for the purposes of (1) comparing the developmental status of HS and NHS subjects, (2) examing patterns of specific learning disabilities among HS and NHS children, (3) determining the stability coefficients of selected…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Compensatory Education
Weikart, David P. – 1967
The Perry Preschool Project in Ypsilanti, Michigan, is structured so that a group of disadvantaged 3-year-old Negro children begin a 2-year preschool program each year. The program was originally very verbal-learning oriented but has recently been modified to make use of Piaget's cognitive development theories. From the beginning of the program…
Descriptors: Achievement, Behavior Rating Scales, Control Groups, Disadvantaged
KARNES, MERLE B. – 1968
THIS DOCUMENT EXAMINES 3 METHODS OF PRESCHOOL INTERVENTION, (1) HOME TUTORING SERVICES, (2) HOME TRAINING OF THE INFANT BY THE MOTHER, AND (3) CLASSROOM (NURSERY SCHOOL) INTERVENTION. THE RESULTS OF PROVIDING 1 YEAR OF TUTORING IN THE HOME OF DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN WAS ENCOURAGING. THE TUTORED AND NONTUTORED CHILDREN WERE COMPARABLE ON THE CATTELL…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Disadvantaged Youth, Home Instruction, Home Programs
Bereiter, Carl; Engelmann, Siegfried – 1966
This experiment was based on the assumption that the academic failure of the disadvantaged or middle class child is due to a failure of instruction and that if above-normal learning schedules were maintained, the second year of an enrichment program would not show the customary drop in gains from the first year. The subjects of this study were 43…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Arithmetic, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged
System Development Corp., Santa Monica, CA. – 1972
The second of two reports on a national evaluation of the immediate effects of Project Head Start describes the characteristics of children, families and programs in samples of full-year classes operating in 1966-67 and 1967-68. No control groups were used; comparisons were made within the Head Start sample to see what kinds of classroom…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Affective Measures, Age Differences, Classroom Observation Techniques
System Development Corp., Santa Monica, CA. – 1972
The first of two reports of a national evaluation of the immediate effects of Project Head Start describes the characteristics of children, families and programs in samples of full-year classes operating in 1968-69. The study identifies changes associated with Head Start participation and the conditions under which these changes were greatest. No…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Affective Measures, Age Differences, Classroom Observation Techniques
