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Mumbauer, Corinne C.; Miller, James O. – DARCEE Papers and Reports of George Peabody Coll. for Teachers, 1969
To continue exploration of the educational problems of deprived children, 32 disadvantaged and 32 advantaged children ranging in age from 4 years, 8 months to 5 years, 8 months, were selected to take a battery of tests designed to measure some of the skills and characteristics thought to be related to academic success. The factors measured and the…
Descriptors: Advantaged, Cognitive Development, Curiosity, Disadvantaged
Teager, Joyce; Stern, Carolyn – 1969
In order to investigate the effect of reinforcement on learning, 21 disadvantaged black children, 4 to 5 years of age, were divided among three treatment groups. Group I children received only feedback (information) as to the correctness or incorrectness of their responses. Group II children received a raisin for each correct response, and group…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Feedback, Information Utilization, Learning Motivation