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Download full textCox, Helen R. – 1968
The purpose of this study was to assess the importance of teacher attitudes, maternal attitudes, and traditional versus Montessori nursery school training on the learning and achievement of the preschool child. Eighty-two middle class children and thirty-eight disadvantaged children who attended either Montessori or traditional preschools…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Disadvantaged, Hypothesis Testing, Middle Class
Nimnicht, Glen; And Others – 1967
Program objectives were to develop children's abilities to deal with everyday and school related problems, and to make them more inner-directed by (1) developing a positive self-image, (2) increasing sensory and perceptual acuity, (3) improving language skills, and (4) improving problem-solving and concept formation abilities. Forty-five…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Development, Disadvantaged
HOLMES, DOUGLAS; HOLMES, MONICA BYCHOWSKI – 1966
THREE HEAD START PROGRAMS WERE ESTABLISHED TO INVESTIGATE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN FOUR GROUPS OF CHILDREN IN THE AREAS OF INTELLIGENCE, COGNITION AND ACHIEVEMENT, ENVIRONMENT, AND PARENTAL EXPECTATIONS. THE FOUR GROUPS WERE (1) THE SR GROUP IN WHICH THE CHILDRENS' PARENTS SOUGHT OUT ENTRY FOR THEIR CHILDREN IN THE HEAD START PROGRAM, (2) THE SAP…
Descriptors: Achievement, Child Development, Cognitive Ability, Comparative Testing
