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Reid, Ernestine M. – 1975
This paper describes a Piagetian-based evaluation measure and results obtained from the use of this measure with 1260 pre-kindergarten inner-city children. The children were enrolled in a program designed to develop their readiness skills. Family income, limited educational opportunities of adult members of the family, and dependency on public…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Evaluation Methods, Intervention, Preschool Education
Dusewicz, Russell A.; Higgins, Martin J. – 1971
This study attempted to determine if significant and lasting cognitive gains could be achieved by focusing preschool efforts upon children younger than those now being serviced by traditional programs--children under three years of age. Thirty-six disadvantaged children, 19-28 months of age, were randomly assigned to two groups: a Home Group…
Descriptors: Black Students, Clinics, Cognitive Development, Compensatory Education
Gordon, Edmund W. – 1968
More carefully controlled research distinguishing more facets which may influence cognitive and social performance in young children is considered necessary before Head Start or any preschool program can be adequately assessed. Shortcomings in evaluation methodology discussed are as follows: evaluation research has not addressed itself to program…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Cognitive Development, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth
Cincinnati Public Schools, OH. – 1973
This final report of an ESEA Title III program compared the impact of a 3-year interracial preschool program on cognitive and social development on two treatment groups and a control group. Group 1 had parents and children participating in a preschool classroom, and the parents also participated in parent education programs. Group 2 had a separate…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Development, Intelligence Quotient, Intervention
Webb, Roger A. – 1973
This is a report on an experimental study of a cognitive curriculum supplement developed for the I.V.Y. (Involving the Very Young) Program of the Baltimore City School System. The study concerns the development and transmission of a curriculum for two-year-old children, and an evaluation of its effects. The present version of the curriculum is not…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Cognitive Development, Compensatory Education, Curriculum Evaluation
Hess, Robert D. – 1976
This paper summarizes evaluations of 28 preschool intervention programs designed to train parents to prepare their young children for school achievement. Evaluations selected for review were internal assessments by program staffs. The summary is organized around three questions: (1) Do parent training programs affect children's cognitive…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Development, Educational Innovation, Family Environment
Hess, Robert D.; Croft, Doreen J. – 1972
This textbook for preschool teachers is geared to the needs of the young and relatively inexperienced teacher. The book combines developmental and educational theory with practical application. Chapters cover: (1) early education as a career; (2) schools and systems of early education; (3) school and family: partners or competitors?; (4) social…
Descriptors: Art Education, Cognitive Development, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education