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FURTH, HANS G. – 1966
BASED ON EXPERIMENTATION EXAMINING THE THINKING CAPACITIES OF DEAF CHILDREN, THIS PAPER REPORTS FINDINGS ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP OF ABILITY TO LINGUISTIC EXPERIENCE. PERFORMANCE OF DEAF CHILDREN ON TASKS INVOLVING CONCEPT FORMATION AND LOGICAL THINKING WAS FOUND TO BE COMPARABLE TO THAT OF MATCHED HEARING SUBJECTS WHEN VERBALIZATION WAS NOT…
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Processes, Deafness, Disadvantaged
Peer reviewedSouthern, Mara L.; Plant, Walter T. – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1971
Young children from economically impoverished families displayed deficient general intellectual and language abilities partly as a function of their specific racial or ethnic backgrounds. (WY)
Descriptors: Blacks, Disadvantaged, Intellectual Development, Kindergarten Children
Kodman, Frank, Jr. – Bureau of School Service Bulletin, 1971
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Cognitive Development, Comprehension, Disadvantaged
Peer reviewedMartin, William C. – Florida Reading Quarterly, 1971
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Annotated Bibliographies, Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth
Peer reviewedJohnson, Dale L. – Child Development, 1974
Differences in language proficiency between social classes and races were studied to determine the effect of familiarity of the testing situation. Results showed no natural setting language differences. (ST)
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth, Environmental Influences, Intellectual Development
Download full textDunn, Lloyd M.; And Others – 1968
To determine the effectiveness of the Peabody Language Development Kits over an extended period (2.5 years) with educable mentally retarded (EMR) children, daily oral language stimulation lessons using Levels One and Two of the kit were given to 27 classes for the EMR in schools with culturally disadvantaged populations. Results showed the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Disadvantaged, Exceptional Child Research, Instructional Materials
Wirtz, Morvin A. – NCEA Bull, 1969
Presented at the 66th Annual Convention of the National Catholic Educational Association, Detroit, Michigan, April 7-10, 1969.
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Early Childhood Education, Environmental Influences, Intellectual Development
MILGRAM, NORMAN A.; OZER, MARK N.
THIS HEADSTART STUDY WAS CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE THE INFLUENCE OF NEUROLOGICAL FACTORS AND HOME ENVIRONMENT ON THE LANGUAGE AND COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DISADVANTAGED CHILD. TWO DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CENTERS WERE USED. THE SUBJECTS WERE ABOUT 70 NEGRO PRESCHOOL CHILDREN FROM LOW-INCOME FAMILIES. THESE CHILDREN WERE GIVEN SEVERAL BATTERIES OF…
Descriptors: Achievement, Cognitive Development, Disadvantaged, Failure
McCarthy, Janet Lee Gorrell – 1968
The purposes of this study were to analyze parent involvement as it related to (1) the development of language abilities of culturally disadvantaged preschool children and (2) the intelligence test scores of these children and to analyze parent attitudes resulting from involvement. Nine hypotheses were tested. Forty-one 4-year-old Head Starters in…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Doctoral Dissertations, Home Visits, Intellectual Development
McConnell, Freeman – 1969
A program for approximately 100 2- to 5-year-old culturally deprived Nashville, Tennessee, children was conducted in two community day-care centers. The children received instruction in groups of six or seven on a half-day basis for 5 days a week. Both language input and output were the focus of instruction, which was carried out through…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged, Experimental Programs
Rainey, Ernestine Wells – 1968
To produce and evaluate a language development program for culturally deprived preschool children based on characteristics of Piaget's theory of intelligence, a 6-week experimental study was carried out in Project Headstart, Starkville, Mississippi. Randomly-selected, 45 Negro Headstart enrollees made up three groups--two were taught the…
Descriptors: Black Youth, Child Language, Cognitive Development, Disadvantaged
Sepulveda, Betty R. – 1969
This paper examines the factors within the environments of the classroom that contribute to intellectual retardation among the disadvantaged. To pinpoint the factors involved, educators must consider (1) the language barrier, (2) how it is formed, (3) at what level is it retarding the pupil, (4) What educational approaches are needed to meet the…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Retardation
Deutsch, Martin; And Others – 1968
The Institute for Developmental Studies (IDS) is engaged in research aimed at specifying what the academic handicaps of deprived children are, what causes these handicaps, and what can be done to overcome them. This IDS report on their research and evaluation program is divided into two sections. The first, "Summaries of Basic Research, Applied…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Auditory Training, Beginning Reading, Cognitive Development
