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Zigler, Edward – Childhood Education, 1971
Discusses goals of the Office of Child Development and describes some OCD experimental projects now in progress. (AJ)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Experimental Programs, Federal Programs, Home Programs
Gordon, Ira J. – Children, 1969
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Experimental Programs, Home Programs, Infants
Risher, Carol A. – Videodisc/Videotext, 1981
Describes teletext, a one-way broadcast transmission of text and graphics viewed on a television screen, and its use by publishers as one means of transferring textual and graphical information. Among the services described are news reports; weather forecasts; transportation, community, and consumer information; and advertising. (Author/JJD)
Descriptors: Experimental Programs, Home Programs, Information Dissemination, Information Networks
Schaefer, Earl S. – Children, 1969
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Compensatory Education, Early Childhood Education, Experimental Programs
Murata, Toshihiko – Videodisc/Videotext, 1981
Describes the two-way Highly Interactive Optical Visual Information System (Hi-OVIS), involving the transmission and reception of educational, advertising, and public service programing, which has been in experimental use in Japan since 1978. Utilizing fiber optics, the system equips each house with a keyboard, television, television camera, and…
Descriptors: Cable Television, Computer Oriented Programs, Experimental Programs, Foreign Countries
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Jaffe, Rivka – Child Welfare, 1979
Describes an Israeli experimental program in which homemakers are trained to assist in the care of retarded children remaining at home. (CM)
Descriptors: Child Care, Children, Experimental Programs, Foreign Countries
Hlynka, Denis; Hurly, Paul – Videodisc/Videotext, 1981
The Manitoba Telephone System has established an experimental integrated home information system called Project Ida in a trial group of 100 homes. Discussed here are the origin, current operation, and future prospects of this system, which includes videotex, fire monitoring, telemetering, and educational television. (Author/JJD)
Descriptors: Cable Television, Educational Television, Experimental Programs, Foreign Countries
Kamii, Constance; Radin, Norma – 1967
This 3-year program has three goals: (1) to devise a curriculum for disadvantaged 4-year-olds, (2) to develop a model for introducing new curriculums into a school setting, and (3) to develop parent group-work programs to foster achievement, inner control, and cognitive development in the child. The sample consists of 50 Negro and 50 white…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Curriculum Development, Disadvantaged, Experimental Programs
Kareev, Yaakov; And Others – 1982
This report presents evaluation results of the Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY), carried out in Jerusalem, Israel. This experimental program was designed to improve the cognitive skills of children (4-7 years old) whose mothers had little formal schooling, and provides instruction in Hebrew and mathematics by using a set…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged, Early Childhood Education
Healy, Margaret I. – 1974
This summary report examines the findings of a home-based early childhood education enrichment program designed to make it possible for educationally disadvantaged children to cope effectively with the demands of American schools and society. Background information on the development and implementation of the program and a discussion of the…
Descriptors: Achievement, Child Development, Data Analysis, Early Childhood Education
Center for Early Development and Education, Little Rock, AR. – 1972
This report describes the evolving activities of an educational intervention program which is composed of (1) a comprehensive early childhood program for children from infancy through age 6; (2) a subsequent elementary program offering continuity of developmental support; (3) day care services, including after-school activities for school-age…
Descriptors: Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Experimental Programs
Weikart, David P. – 1975
This paper reviews the concept of parent involvement in preschool intervention programs and presents experimental data relevant to the effectiveness of several preschool and home-based teaching programs for economically disadvantaged children. The range of current assumptions about parents is summarized as: (1) parents need to be taught how to be…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Experimental Programs, Home Programs, Home Visits
Siebel, Cynthia C. – 1973
The purpose of this study of social development was to begin to assess the effects of an early, continuing group educational/child care experience on basically family-reared children. Two experimental groups and one control group of young children were involved. In the "long-term" experimental group, five children (mean C.A.=16 months) met one…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Early Childhood Education, Educational Environment, Experimental Programs