NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 5 results Save | Export
Holmes, Monica Bychowski; And Others – 1968
In an effort to determine whether intelligence and school readiness could be estimated from observin g behavior and if middle class Head Start teachers ranked highly those pupils whose behavior resembled middle class behavior, the behavior patterns of 36 Head Start pupils were compared with their teachers' ranking of perceived intelligence and…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Rating Scales, Behavior Standards, Disadvantaged
PDF pending restoration PDF pending restoration
CHESS, STELLA; AND OTHERS – 1967
THE BEHAVIORAL NORMS OF LOWER CLASS DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN ARE DIFFERENT FROM CHILDREN IN MORE MIDDLE CLASS GROUPS. THE BEHAVIOR OF LOWER CLASS CHILDREN IS INFLUENCED NOT ONLY BY GENERAL SOCIAL CLASS AND CULTURAL BACKGROUND BUT ALSO BY SUCH SPECIFIC INTRACLASS VARIABLES AS FAMILY ENVIRONMENT. THE PRESENT ABSENCE IN THE LITERATURE AND IN PRACTICE…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Child Rearing, Cognitive Development, Family Environment
HANNAH, ARLENE; RIESSMAN, FRANK – 1964
THE PROBLEMS REGARDING THE TEACHING OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN WERE PRESENTED. FORMERLY, WHITE, PROTESTANT, MIDDLE-CLASS NORMS WERE FORCED UPON THESE CHILDREN, AND THE TEACHER WHO ATTEMPTED TO TEACH THEM CAME ILL-PREPARED FOR THE TASK. SUCH INNOVATIONS AS CRASH REMEDIAL COURSES, PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS, AND INCREASED GUIDANCE SERVICES WERE EFFECTIVE, BUT…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Attitudes, Field Instruction, Guidance
RADIN, NORMA – 1967
COMPENSATORY PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS, REPRESENTED IN THIS STUDY BY THE EARLY EDUCATION PROGRAM OF YPSILANTI, MICHIGAN, ARE THOUGHT TO BE MOST EFFECTIVE IF BOTH THE MOTHER AND THE CHILD ARE INVOLVED. THEREFORE, THE YPSILANTI PROGRAM INCLUDES, BESIDES 4 HALF-DAY SCHOOL SESSIONS, A 1/1/2 HOUR TUTORIAL SESSION EVERY OTHER WEEK IN THE CHILD'S HOME BY THE…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Early Childhood Education, Educational Methods, Home Visits
THOMAS, ALEXANDER – 1967
THIS STUDY ATTEMPTED TO DETERMINE THE ENVIRONMENTAL PATTERNS (CHILD CARE PRACTICES, PARENTAL ATTITUDES, AND OTHER INTRAFAMILY AND EXTRAFAMILY INFLUENCES) WHICH ARE DETRIMENTAL OR BENEFICIAL TO THE OPTIMAL LEARNING AND INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT OF LOWER CLASS PUERTO RICAN CHILDREN. A SAMPLE POPULATION CONSISTED OF 95 CHILDREN WHOSE BEHAVIOR HAD BEEN…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Patterns, Bilingualism, Child Rearing