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Peer reviewedWilliams, Trevor H. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1975
Wechsler intelligence scales are used to investigate the areas of factor structure, age and sex differences in regard to parent and child resemblance in ability. (Author/DEP)
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Children, Comparative Analysis, Intelligence Tests
Download full textPALMER, JUDITH A. – 1966
IN 1960 AT TORONTO, CANADA, A LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF ACHIEVEMENT WAS BEGUN IN JUNIOR KINDERGARTEN WITH 8,695 CHILDREN. THE OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY WERE (1) TO EVALUATE THE EFFECT OF JUNIOR KINDERGARTEN ATTENDANCE ON THE ACHIEVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN, AND (2) TO EXAMINE THE NATURE OF THE WORLD OF JUNIOR AND SENIOR KINDERGARTEN CHILDREN.…
Descriptors: Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Data Processing, Educational Status Comparison
Zakaluk, Beverley L.; Straw, Stanley B.; Smith, Karen E. – Online Submission, 2005
Background: This is the fourth formal report describing the efficacy of the full-day, every day kindergarten program in the St. James School Division which was initiated in one school located in an economically-disadvantaged neighborhood in the 1997-1998 school year. The success of this undertaking led to the extension of the program in 1998-1999,…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Neighborhoods, Middle Class, Placement
