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Download full textDavis, Gary A. – 1970
A workbook designed to teach creative attitudes and idea-producing techniques, previously used successfully with middle-class students, was field tested with 6th and 8th grade inner city students divided into training and control groups. Results were evaluated by an attitude survey and three subtests from the Torrance Battery. The results were…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Conferences, Creative Thinking, Creativity
Gordon, Jesse E. – 1969
Since the passage of the Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962 (MDTA), the Department of Labor has funded over $30 million worth of experimental and demonstration (E and D) projects in an effort to discover some new directions for dealing with the unemployment problems of disadvantaged youth. To evaluate the effectiveness of these and…
Descriptors: Counseling, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Innovation
Nimnicht, Glen P.; And Others – 1970
Eight Head Start centers which used the Responsive Model program during the 1968-69 school year were assessed to determine cognitive development of children, teacher performance in the classroom, adequacy of physical facilities, administrative support and the interrelationship between these variables. Teachers were observed at the beginning and…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Behavior Change, Classroom Observation Techniques, Cognitive Development
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1969
Evaluations have been made of 55 early (1963-66) experimental and demonstration projects conducted in 18 states and the District of Columbia under the Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962 to reach and serve youth for whom the conventional approaches, techniques, and personnel seemed inadequate. Experiences and results of the projects are…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Ancillary Services, Counseling, Disadvantaged Youth
Wasik, Barbara H.; Sibley, Sally A. – 1969
Twenty culturally deprived children planning to enter first grade in the fall attended an 8-week half-day summer program in which a systematic classroom management program utilizing token reinforcement and isolation techniques was combined with a strong academic program. One hour and 40 minutes was allotted daily to pre-reading and language…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Behavior Change, Classroom Techniques, Disadvantaged Youth
Oskamp, Stuart; And Others – 1970
This report is a series on the Program of Special Directed Studies for Transition to College (PSDS), which is a five-year experimental education project aimed at providing a full four-year high-quality college education for disadvantaged youths who would probably not otherwise have been eligible for admission to most four-year colleges. A research…
Descriptors: College Admission, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Quality
