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Peer reviewedBrooks-Gunn, Jeanne; And Others – Child Development, 1996
Examined differences in intelligence test scores of black and white five-year-olds born premature with low birth weight. Found that black children's IQ scores were 1 SD lower than those of white children. Adjustments for ethnic differences in poverty reduced the differential by half; adjustments for differences in home environment reduced it by…
Descriptors: Blacks, Comparative Analysis, Family Environment, Intellectual Development
Download full textPALMER, JUDITH A. – 1966
IN 1960 AT TORONTO, CANADA, A LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF ACHIEVEMENT WAS BEGUN IN JUNIOR KINDERGARTEN WITH 8,695 CHILDREN. THE OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY WERE (1) TO EVALUATE THE EFFECT OF JUNIOR KINDERGARTEN ATTENDANCE ON THE ACHIEVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN, AND (2) TO EXAMINE THE NATURE OF THE WORLD OF JUNIOR AND SENIOR KINDERGARTEN CHILDREN.…
Descriptors: Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Data Processing, Educational Status Comparison
Hess, Robert D.; Shipman, Virginia C. – 1967
The purpose of this research was to determine to what extent young lower class Negro children's actual achievements in the middle class school setting are influenced by maternal behavior and attitudes. Ninety Negro children, from 53 to 66 months of age, plus their mothers, were selected as the research sample. Interviews were conducted with the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Rating, Annual Reports, Behavior Rating Scales
