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Download full textCunningham, Grover; Pierce-Jones, John – 1969
In this study, a group of first graders who had attended full-year Head Start were compared cognitively to a group of first graders who had been eligible for Head Start but did not attend. Results of the study may be suspect because the children who participated in Head Start were selected from the most deprived of those eligible; therefore study…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Compensatory Education, Followup Studies
Economic and Youth Opportunities Agency of Greater Los Angeles, CA. – 1970
In October 1969 and again six months later, in April 1970, the Bettye Caldwell Preschool Inventory was administered to Head Start children in Los Angeles County. In all, 704 pre- and post-tests were obtained. The purpose of the testing was to assess one of the goals of the Head Start Program: to enrich the experience of preschool children and to…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Compensatory Education, Early Childhood Education, Interpersonal Competence
Halasa, Ofelia – 1970
This study represents a segment of an evaluation of the effects of two diametrically-opposed instructional strategies on inner-city kindergarten children who had varying preschool experiences. The child- and parent-oriented "enrichment" approach was used in one school while the teacher- and goal-oriented "direct instructional"…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Early Childhood Education, Early Experience, Educational Strategies
