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Reese, Clyde; Morrow, Robert O. – 1971
In a study of preschool child development programs, the purposes were two-fold: (1) to determine the effects of socioeconomic mix upon the cognitive, social, and language development of disadvantaged children, and (2) to determine the relative effects of two percentages of socioeconomic mix upon the cognitive, social, and language development of…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Disadvantaged Youth, Economic Factors
Reese, Clyde; Morrow, Robert O. – 1973
This document reports on Phase II of a 2-year research project. The first phase had investigated the effects of socioeconomic mix on the cognitive and social development of disadvantaged preschoolers. The objectives of Phase II were (1) to continue assessment of effects on the disadvantaged subjects over a 2-year span during which there were four…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Disadvantaged Youth, Language Acquisition, Longitudinal Studies
Economic and Youth Opportunities Agency of Greater Los Angeles, CA. – 1970
In October 1969 and again six months later, in April 1970, the Bettye Caldwell Preschool Inventory was administered to Head Start children in Los Angeles County. In all, 704 pre- and post-tests were obtained. The purpose of the testing was to assess one of the goals of the Head Start Program: to enrich the experience of preschool children and to…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Compensatory Education, Early Childhood Education, Interpersonal Competence
Erickson, Edsel L.; And Others – 1968
This document is the first year's report of a continuing study of the effects of two Head Start preschool experimental programs. Subjects were children from poverty areas in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Seven teachers who were most opposed to a Bereiter-Engelmann type highly academic structured program were assigned to Group I; and seven teachers least…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Development, Curriculum, Disadvantaged
Stephens, Mark W. – 1972
Current research indicates the possible influence of IE development on cognitive development. Efforts are being made to identify behaviors by which parents or teachers can increase development of internal control expectancies in preschool children. Studies correlating children's IE scores with various mother behaviors or mother-child interaction…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Development, Correlation, Intellectual Development
Gilbert, Lynn E.; Shipman, Virginia C. – 1972
The Preschool Inventory is the task in this battery most clearly associated with general cognitive development. It measures a range of verbal, quantitative, and perceptual-motor skills. The Inventory was first developed as a general achievement measure for Head Start children. The 1970 edition of the Inventory contains 64 items in four areas:…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Data Analysis, Disadvantaged Youth
Rusk, Bruce A. – 1968
A study was conducted to see if children in a 6-week Head Start program in Canton, Ohio would make greater cognitive gains in an academically structured curriculum than in a less structured one. With the exception of the educational program, all other aspects of the traditional Head Start program remained the same for all children. Inservice…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Cognitive Development, Disadvantaged, Evaluation
Irondequoit Central School District 3, Rochester, NY. – 1971
In 1968 an upstate New York School district, acting on behalf of nine school districts, planned and established an Early Childhood Center. This evaluative report of a 2-year demonstration preschool, modeled on the British Infant School, describes the open classroom arrangement and its effect on the center's children, teachers, and student…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Early Childhood Education, Educational Innovation, Inservice Teacher Education
Herman, Hannah; Adkins, Dorothy C. – 1970
This study compared the performance of kindergarten children who had participated in a full-year Head Start program (FYHS) with that of children who had attended summer Head Start (SHS). FYHS subjects at each of two elementary schools were selected at random from eligible applicants. SHS comparison groups were made up primarily of children from…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Behavior Problems, Behavioral Objectives, Cognitive Development
Minnesota State Dept. of Education, St. Paul. – 1972
In this evaluation study, two groups of children who attended kindergarten either one-half day every day or full-day on alternate days were compared. An opinion survey was conducted to obtain the observations of parents, kindergarten teachers, and elementary principals in relation to the all-day alternate day schedule in 55 school districts. Data…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis, Educational Research