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)

To examine the impact of a bilingual intervention program on the language comprehension of Mexican American preschoolers, 28 boys and 28 girls who varied in program attendance were tested twice in both English and Spanish using a revision of Carrow's TACL. Results suggested that early bilingual education promotes bilingual language comprehension.…

This study investigated the association between personality traits and the intellectual performance of Head Start children. A total of 90 economically disadvantaged Anglo and Mexican American Children from six Head Start classrooms were administered the Preschool Inventory (PSI) to obtain a measure of intellectual development. Each child was also…

Program planning for economically deprived children might be improved if behavioral information pertinent to specific subcultural groups were systematically obtained. This prospectus focuses on developing a three-part behavioral model which, when integrated, would identify and profile the nature of disadvantagement in terms idiosyncratic and…

A pilot project for three-year-old migrant children was conducted. Its purpose was to design and implement a curriculum for 35 Mexican-American children, ages 3.0 to 3.9, and to evaluate the effect of this curriculum on these children. The program included an extended day care program supervised by two teachers and eight teacher aides. The project…