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Download full textEISENBERG, LEON; CONNERS, C. KEITH – 1966
AS PART OF AN EFFORT TO ASSESS THE EFFECT OF THE BALTIMORE HEAD START PROGRAM ON COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT, CHILDREN ENROLLED IN THIS PROGRAM WERE GIVEN THE PEABODY PICTURE VOCABULARY TEST (PPVT) AND THE DRAW-A-PERSON (DAP) TEST AT THE START OF THE PROGRAM, AT ITS TERMINATION, AND WHEN THEY ENROLLED IN KINDERGARTEN. A CONTROL GROUP, DRAWN FROM THE…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Control Groups, Disadvantaged, Intellectual Development
Spaulding, Robert L.; Katzenmeyer, William G. – 1969
One of a series of reports evaluating the Durham Education Improvement Program, this study concentrates on assessing the influence of age-of-entry on subsequent changes in performance on intelligence tests. Changes in intelligence quotient scores for two age-at-entry groups (3-, 4-, 5-year-olds combined and 6-year-olds) were correlated after one…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Compensatory Education, Educational Development, Intellectual Development
Nimnicht, Glen P. – 1970
A model responsive educational system being evolved by the Far West Laboratory is designed to serve children from ages 3 to 9. The major objectives of the educational system are to help children develop self-concept as it relates to learning in the school and the home, and to develop intellectual ability. An autotelic environment is stressed. The…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Inservice Education, Intellectual Development, Learning
West Chester Educational Development Center, PA. – 1973
The Cognitively Oriented Preschool was implemented in West Chester, Pennsylvania as a special program to meet the needs of the increasing numbers of disadvantaged children moving into the area. This report describes the program as it was implemented, including specific daily activities as well as the various kinds of curricula used. Also included…
Descriptors: Child Development, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education, Home Visits
Webb, Roger A. – 1974
This is a report on the second year of an experimental study of a cognitive curriculum developed for the I.V.Y. (Involving the Very Young) Programs and a description of the evaluation of the day care staff training program of the Baltimore City Public Schools. The social factors which influence intellectual style, and the different systems of…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Check Lists, Cognitive Style, Day Care
CORTES, CARLOS F.; AND OTHERS – 1966
IN ORDER TO EVALUATE THE EFFECT OF A STRUCTURED PRESCHOOL ACADEMIC PROGRAM UPON THE COGNITIVE GROWTH OF CULTURALLY DEPRIVED CHILDREN, A LONGITUDINAL STUDY WAS BEGUN ON 107 FOUR-YEAR-OLDS IN CLEVELAND, OHIO. RELEVANT RESEARCH LITERATURE WAS REVIEWED IN DESIGNING THE STUDY. THE FIRST PHASE, RECOUNTED IN THIS REPORT, EXPLORED PSYCHO-LINGUISTIC,…
Descriptors: Child Development Centers, Cognitive Measurement, Control Groups, Disadvantaged
Coyle, Dorothy Raymond – 1974
This research paper is an evaluation of the Dallas County Child Care Council's program and materials for training day care staff. Thirty-five white, middle-class 3-year-old children and their teachers participated in the study. The children were enrolled in two separate day care centers which served as control and experimental environments. The…
Descriptors: Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Educational Environment, Educational Research
EISENBERG, LEON; AND OTHERS – 1966
THIS DOCUMENT IS A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PAPERS COVERING WORK DONE UNDER OEO CONTRACT 510. THE PAPERS ARE INDIVIDUALLY ABSTRACTED UNDER THE FOLLOWING ACCESSION NUMBERS. PS 000 983, "THE EFFECT OF HEADSTART ON DEVELOPMENTAL PROCESSES." PS 000 984, "THE EFFECT OF TEACHER BEHAVIOR ON VERBAL INTELLIGENCE IN OPERATION HEADSTART CHILDREN."…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Bibliographies, Child Development, Concept Formation
Seefeldt, Carol – 1977
This study represents a continuation of a longitudinal assessment of the effectiveness of a Montessori and Responsive Environment preschool program sponsored by the Arlington Public Schools. The Metropolitan Readiness Test, the Caldwell Cooperative Preschool Inventory, and the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test were used to assess the academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis, Disadvantaged Youth
Center for Urban Education, New York, NY. – 1966
This investigation was designed to provide the data to be used in a preliminary evaluative description of New York City's expanded prekindergarten and kindergarten programs funded under Title I. Data were collected from 20 randomly selected kindergarten classes in ten schools and ten prekindergarten classes in six schools through the use of…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Classroom Environment, Disadvantaged Youth, Equipment Evaluation
Kratochvil, Daniel W. – 1971
A children's television program "Sesame Street," is discussed. The objectives of this program is to promote the intellectual and social and cultural growth of preschool and kindergarten children. Specific goals include: symbolic representation, problem solving and reasoning, and familiarity with the physical and social environment. The…
Descriptors: Age, Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Development, Concept Teaching
Newell, John; And Others – 1971
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…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Curriculum Design, Day Care, Early Childhood Education
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
Kilmer, Sally; And Others – 1971
An appendix to a report entitled "Alternative Federal Day Care Strategies for the 1970's," this volume identifies and reviews possible measures of specific impacts of child care in such areas as the social, emotional, physical and intellectual development and the educational attainment of children; the child rearing attitudes and…
Descriptors: Child Care, Child Development, Day Care, Economic Factors
Learning Inst. of North Carolina, Durham. – 1971
The second year of a state supported early childhood education program was evaluated, using a pre-post evaluation design involving experimental and control groups. An Early Childhood Assessment Battery was administered to 720 five-year-olds enrolled in the kindergarten program by their teachers. The control group (178) were tested locally. Results…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Change, Child Development, Cognitive Processes
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