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Stedman, Donald J. – 1967
This interim report is part of a longitudinal study of developmental behavior designed to determine whether infants from culturally disadvantaged homes have different developmental patterns than infants from advantaged homes. Twenty six culturally disadvantaged infants were individually evaluated on the Bayley Scale of Infant Mental and Motor…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Development, Cognitive Development, Disadvantaged
Action for Boston Community Development, Inc., MA. – 1963
CHILDREN FROM LOW SOCIOECONOMIC GROUPS ARE HANDICAPPED BY THE LACK OF MANY EXPERIENCES FOUND TO BE CONDUCIVE TO SUCCESS IN DEVELOPING SCHOOL SKILLS. THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THIS EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COGNITIVE SKILLS AND SCHOOL BEHAVIOR PATTERNS DEEMED TO BE NORMAL FOR CHILDREN OF THEIR AGE. THE FOLLOWING SKILLS ARE TO BE…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Cognitive Development, Curriculum Development, Disadvantaged
Stodolsky, Susan S.; Jensen, Judith – 1969
This paper, part of a long term study, reports the effect of a modified Montessori preschool experience on cognitive development, school-related behaviors, and social interactions and perceptions of disadvantaged children. Each of thirty-five disadvantaged Negro children (31 in nursery classes and 4 in elementary classes) was pair-matched with a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Development, Blacks, Cognitive Development
National Inst. of Child Health and Human Development (NIH), Bethesda, MD. – 1968
The work of four task forces on human deprivation is reported. Aspects of deprivation treated include psychosocial deprivation and personality development; influences of biological, psychological, and social deprivations upon learning and performance; socialization and social structure; and biological substrates of development and behavior. For…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Biological Influences, Cognitive Development, Disadvantaged