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Download full textSTEINBERG, ERWIN R.; AND OTHERS – 1965
STUDENT PERFORMANCE IN A SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, SEQUENTIAL, CUMULATIVE CURRICULUM IN ENGLISH FOR COLLEGE-BOUND STUDENTS WAS COMPARED WITH THE PERFORMANCE OF SIMILAR STUDENTS TAKING TRADITIONAL COURSES OF INSTRUCTION. THE STATISTICAL STUDY SOUGHT TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS A VALID BASIS FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW CURRICULUM AND WHAT…
Descriptors: College Preparation, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
O'Piela, Joan M. – 1968
A pilot study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of five curricular methods used in a summer Head Start program designed to develop perceptual-motor skills. Three hundred and seventy-three inner-city children in 15 Head Start centers were given the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test and the Brenner Developmental Gestalt Test of School…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Evaluation, Disadvantaged, Experimental Curriculum
Bingham-Newman, A. M.; And Others – 1974
This study attempted to develop, implement, and evaluate an experimental preschool education program based on Piaget's theory of cognitive development. A further goal was to examine Piaget's theoretical assumptions and postulated cognitive developmental trends for a 2-year period of the preoperational substage. A total of 48 3- to 5-year-olds…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
Pettibone, Timothy J.; Petrosko, Joseph M. – 1970
An experiment was performed to test the effectiveness of a comparative approach of teaching world cultures to secondary school students. With the comparative approach, cross-cultural comparisons are employed rather than the traditional presentation of one culture at a time. It was hypothesized that students receiving a comparative curriculum would…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Awareness
Fein, Greta G. – 1977
This paper describes the results of a longitudinal study which compared the effects of three types of home-based, parent-oriented, infant education curricula. One curriculum stressed language, another stressed play, and a third stressed social development. Mothers and children from 108 middle and working class families received home visits…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Evaluation, Demography, Experimental Curriculum
Eash, Maurice J.; And Others – 1977
The results are reported of a follow-up study conducted on an experimental middle school curriculum initiated by a school district as an alternative to the traditional curriculum. The outcomes of the original experiment were favorable to the experimental curriculum. An evaluation design common to true experiments where subjects are randomized for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Involvement, Comparative Analysis, Counseling Services
PDF pending restorationEash, Maurice J.; And Others – 1975
The purpose of this three-year evaluation was to determine the effects of a newly designed curriculum for early adolescents. From a pool of 600 applicants, students were randomly assigned to the new curriculum school and to traditional schools curriculum. A number of measures of the implementation of the curriculum and its effects on students were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Behavior, Community Involvement, Comparative Analysis
