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Meyer, William J.; Goldstein, David – 1969
The relative difficulty levels of Stanford-Binet items between the ages of four and six among prekindergarten Head Start children were studied. A comparison sample of prekindergarten white middle class children was included to evaluate the age norms on a culturally typical sample of children and to assess performance on the Binet as it might…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Age Groups, Cognitive Development, Cultural Differences
Cline, Marvin G. – 1966
To reemphasize the dangers inherent in the misuse of testing instruments, a study of language and cognitive development in poverty preschoolers investigated 1) whether the interpretation of Peabody scores could be applied to this population, and 2) the contribution of the linguistic form of the Peabody to performance. (MS)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Anxiety, Black Students
Sigel, Irving E.; And Others – 1972
The Early Childhood Education Project (ECEP) is an experiment in the effects of educational intervention of two-year-old first-born children from impoverished black families. Twenty ECEP children were compared to a control group on the basis of a battery of pre- and post-tests after six months of intervention training. Teachers attempted to…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Black Youth, Child Development, Cognitive Development