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Blaiser, Kristina M.; Nelson, Peggy B.; Kohnert, Kathryn – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2015
This study examines the impact of repeated exposures on word learning of preschool children with and without hearing loss (HL) in quiet and noise conditions. Participants were 19 children with HL and 17 peers with normal hearing (NH). Children were introduced to 16 words: 8 in quiet and 8 in noise conditions. Production and identification scores…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Acoustics, Educational Environment, Deafness
Seeman, Elissa – Online Submission, 2008
The purpose of this study was to examine the short-term effects of a music education intervention on the receptive language skills of students in an at-risk early childhood program. The target population was nine students ages 3, 4, and 5 in an at-risk, inclusive classroom in a Chicago public school. The problem of language delay is indicated in…
Descriptors: Music Education, Intervention, Music Activities, Delayed Speech
Lewis, Michael; McGurk, Harry – 1972
Infant intelligence from birth until the age of two was measured to determine the usefulness of infant intelligence tests. Twenty infants were tested regularly over the two-year period. Results showed neither simplex nor other long-term patterns of interrelationship among the infant intelligence scores obtained. The study concludes that the…
Descriptors: Infants, Intelligence Tests, Intervention, Measurement Instruments
Gray, Susan W.; Klaus, Rupert A. – 1969
An intervention program was designed to study offsetting progressive school retardation of deprived children and the impact of the program on the community. This third report presents findings at the end of the fourth grade, 3 years after the experiment ceased. Subjects were 88 children, all Negro, and 27 of these served as a distal control group.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Blacks, Comparative Analysis, Compensatory Education
Lysiak, Floy L. – 1973
The purposes of this study were to determine (1) the long-range effectiveness on children's cognitive and affective development of 1, 2, and 3 years of the Central Cities Early Childhood Education Program; (2) how long preschool intervention must be continued to significantly alleviate special problems of disadvantaged children; and (3) the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Emotional Development
St. Pierre, Robert; And Others – 1995
Even Start is a national program of early childhood and adult education to improve family literacy. This document is a series of four appendices which accompany the National Evaluation of the Even Start Family Literacy Program, a 4-year effort to assess projects, participants, and effects of Even Start. Appendix A provides in-depth description of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adults, Community Services
St. Pierre, Robert; And Others – 1995
The Even Start program was implemented to improve the educational opportunities of U.S. children and adults by integrating community early childhood education and adult education for parents into a unified family literacy initiative. This document is the final project report of the National Evaluation of the Even Start Family Literacy Program, a…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adults, Disadvantaged Environment
St. Pierre, Robert; And Others – 1995
The Even Start program was authorized by Congress in 1988 to provide early childhood, adult, and parenting education to participating families in a family literacy initiative. This document provides an executive summary of the National Evaluation of Even Start, which assessed services, participants and effectiveness. The summary highlights topics…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adults, Community Services