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Kidd, Julie K.; Curby, Timothy W.; Boyer, Caroline E.; Gadzichowski, K. Marinka; Gallington, Deborah A.; Machado, Jessica A.; Pasnak, Robert – Early Education and Development, 2012
Research Findings: A total of 72 Head Start children (M age = 53.26 months, SD = 5.07) were randomly assigned to 4 conditions. Some were taught the oddity principle (choosing the object that differs from others in a group) and seriation (ordering objects on a dimension and inserting new objects into such orders), which are forms of thinking that…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Cognitive Development
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Massey, Susan L.; Pence, Khara L.; Justice, Laura M.; Bowles, Ryan P. – Early Education and Development, 2008
Research Findings: This study investigated the complexity of teacher questions in 14 preschool classrooms serving economically disadvantaged 4-year-olds. The purposes were to explore the frequency and complexity of teacher questions and to determine the extent to which question types varied for different classroom contexts. Using teacher…
Descriptors: Questioning Techniques, Economically Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth, Preschool Children