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Davis, Dan; Kugelmass, Judith – 1974
The Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) is evaluated in this research report with respect to the effects of home environment. The main data of an original HIPPY study consisted of the children's performance in various tests of mental ability. In the present study, the same sample is used, but the focus of research is on the…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Family Environment, Home Instruction
Lombard, Avima – 1973
This report presents data concerned with: (1) the feasibility of a home-based instructional program for disadvantaged 4 and 5 year old children in Israel, administered by non-professional aides, and (2) the effectiveness of such a program as reflected in (a) the academic and intellectual gains of children involved, and (b) the spill-over effects…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Influence, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Programs
Lombard, Avima D. – 1980
This document describes a home-based enrichment program for preschool children in Israel. The Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) provides weekly packets of educational activities to mothers and their educationally disadvantaged children of 4 to 6 years of age. Families selected for the program are of Afro-Asian origin, have…
Descriptors: Community Action, Educationally Disadvantaged, Enrichment Activities, Foreign Countries
Download full textHebrew Univ. of Jerusalem (Israel). National Council of Jewish Women Research Inst. for Innovation in Education. – 1993
The first international research seminar based on the Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) brought together researchers involved in national studies relating to HIPPY, educators, policy planners, and HIPPY staff. This seminar proceedings begins with the opening remarks of Chaim Adler, Benjamin Amir, Avima Lombard, and Tonny…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Educational Research, Educationally Disadvantaged, Followup Studies
National Council of Jewish Women, New York, NY. Research Inst. for Innovation in Education. – 1976
This is a report on Home Activities for Toddlers and their Families (HATAF), an ongoing Israeli intervention program designed to provide home-based, educationally enriching activities for disadvantaged preschoolers and to enable mothers to participate in enhancing the intellectual development of their children. The report describes two sample…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Foreign Countries, Home Instruction, Home Programs
Mount Carmel International Training Centre for Community Services, Haifa (Israel). – 1979
This report provides abridged versions of participants' statements, panel discussions, and lectures given at the International Seminar on Childhood, Culture and Community held at Haifa, Israel, from June 17 to June 27, 1979. The interrelationship between childhood, culture, and community was the topic of the introductory lecture. Basic needs that…
Descriptors: Child Development, Childhood Needs, Civil Liberties, Community Influence
Westheimer, Miriam, Ed. – 2003
Begun in Israel in 1960, the HIPPY (Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters) program is a family support, parent-focused, early childhood literacy program. This book compiles 17 evaluation studies of the program, from researchers and practitioners in 7 countries. The studies are organized around five themes: exploring theoretical…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Early Intervention, Emergent Literacy, Evaluation Methods
