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Peer reviewedJensen, Larry; Murray, Michael – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1978
Kindergarten and first grade children participated in a training program designed to facilitate moral development. Stories that stimulated discussion of solutions to moral issues were read to children in the treatment group. Children in the treatment group, compared to controls, improved significantly in three of four specific areas tested.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Concept Formation, Developmental Stages, Moral Development
Cowan, Philip A.; and others – J Personality Soc Psychol, 1969
Provides a replication of a study by Bandura and McDonald concerning Piaget's theory. Though results approximated those of the previous study, the theoretical conclusions are dissimilar. Bibliography, tables, and graphs. (JB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attitude Change, Behavioral Science Research, Elementary School Students
Download full textBaker, Edward Draper, Jr. – 1975
Hypothesizing that positive change in students' attitudes concerning leadership behavior would result from participation in a basic level five-week course at the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS), 80 student participants (16 years or older) were pre- and post-tested for attitudinal change. Using the Leadership Opinion Questionnaire (LOQ),…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Attitudes, Behavior
Koepke, Sharon Margaret – 1973
The relationship between physically and psychologically stressful experiences and the anxiety and self concept of 33 male and 11 female participants (aged 16-38 years) in a 23-day Colorado Outward Bound (OB) course was analyzed. It was hypothesized that the effects of the OB experience would: be the same for male and female participants; alter…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Anxiety, Correlation, Experiential Learning
Hick, Thomas L.; And Others – 1977
As part of a longitudinal study of the New York State Experimental Prekindergarten Program (PreK), several measures were administered to the four-year-old children in the fall of 1975 and to a sample of the same children in the spring of 1976. Analyses of covariance were carried out on three measures of cognitive development with one of five…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Analysis of Covariance, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Tests
PDF pending restorationIrvine, David J.; And Others – 1977
Approximately 6,500 children are enrolled per year in the New York State Experimental Prekindergarten Program (PreK). In 1975-76 a longitudinal study was begun to determine the program's impact on the development of children while enrolled in the program and in the primary grades. Samples from a population of 5,245 four-year-old prekindergarten…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Analysis of Covariance, Classroom Observation Techniques, Cognitive Development
System Development Corp., Santa Monica, CA. – 1972
The second of two reports on a national evaluation of the immediate effects of Project Head Start describes the characteristics of children, families and programs in samples of full-year classes operating in 1966-67 and 1967-68. No control groups were used; comparisons were made within the Head Start sample to see what kinds of classroom…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Affective Measures, Age Differences, Classroom Observation Techniques
System Development Corp., Santa Monica, CA. – 1972
The first of two reports of a national evaluation of the immediate effects of Project Head Start describes the characteristics of children, families and programs in samples of full-year classes operating in 1968-69. The study identifies changes associated with Head Start participation and the conditions under which these changes were greatest. No…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Affective Measures, Age Differences, Classroom Observation Techniques
