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Download full textCunningham, Grover; Pierce-Jones, John – 1969
In this study, a group of first graders who had attended full-year Head Start were compared cognitively to a group of first graders who had been eligible for Head Start but did not attend. Results of the study may be suspect because the children who participated in Head Start were selected from the most deprived of those eligible; therefore study…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Compensatory Education, Followup Studies
Jones, Shuell H. – 1969
The purpose of the study was to determine the effectiveness of a "packaged" language development program, on the general cognitive, intellectual, and language development of preschool children. A selected basic language program (Buchanan Language Readiness Program) and supplementary materials (other language programs), were used to…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Compensatory Education, Language Arts, Language Skills
Bittner, Marguerite L.; And Others – 1969
Objectives of this study were (1) to determine the effect of preschool experience on the personal and social adjustment and school readiness and achievement of the deprived child, (2) to determine what combination of age at intervention and treatment intensity was most effective, and (3) to assess the effects of parent involvement on the child's…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged, Parent Participation
Boston Public Schools, MA. – 1966
SPECIAL PROGRAMS FOR CULTURALLY DIFFERENT AND DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN IN THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE DISCUSSED. SPECIAL EMPHASIS IS GIVEN TO THE BASAL READING PROGRAM IN WHICH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN WITH DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUNDS, HIGH MOBILITY, AND LOW ASPIRATIONS HAVE BEEN TAUGHT TO READ AT OR ABOVE GRADE LEVELS. IN THIS PROGRAM CHILDREN…
Descriptors: Auditory Training, Basic Reading, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth
Crow, Judy C. – 1994
Achievement in most academic areas depends on reading. This study examines the relationship between play therapy and reading. Twenty-four first graders from two North Louisiana schools, who were repeating first grade and who had scored lowest on the Gates MacGinite Reading Test (GMRT) and the Stanford Reading Achievement Test the previous year,…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Children, Compensatory Education, Dramatic Play
Clark, Sara H. – 1974
Two Basic Skill Centers were set up on 1968 to help inner city students improve their reading skills. The Centers were supported mainly by the Minneapolis Public Schools although ESEA Title I funds provided teacher aides. This report covers the sixth year's operation of the project. Substantial changes in the Centers' operations are described. The…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Testing
Clark, Sara H. – 1974
Two Basic Skill Centers were set up in 1969 to help inner city students improve their reading skills. The centers were supported mainly by the Minneapolis Public Schools although ESEA Title I funds provided teacher aides. This report covers the fifth year's operation of the project. Substantial changes made in the centers' operations are…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Testing
