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Does Direct Instruction Cause Delinquency?
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Bereiter, Carl – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1986
Takes issue with the High/Scope Educational Research Foundation report (Schweinhart, Weikart and Larner, 1986) indicating that preschoolers taught by direct instruction end up with twice the rate of delinquency of children who participated in High/Scope's own kind of preschool education. Argues that self-report methodology invalidates High/Scope…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Comparative Analysis, Delinquency, Preschool Children
Child-initiated Activities in Early Childhood Programs May Help Prevent Delinquency.
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Schweinhart, Lawrence J., And Others – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1986
Responds to commentaries by Bereiter and Gersten concerning findings of the High/Scope Educational Research Foundation's 15-year Preschool Curriculum Comparison Study. Addresses issues of design of study, experimenter bias, sample size, self-report validity, interpretation of findings, and related topics. (NH)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Delinquency, Preschool Children, Preschool Curriculum
Response to "Consequences of Three Preschool Curriculum Models through Age 15".
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Gersten, Russell – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1986
Criticizes methodology and findings reported in the "Consequences" article, particularly in regard to disparities in characteristics of the samples, validity of the measures, and interpretation of results. (NH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Bias, Delinquency