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| Educationally Disadvantaged | 2 |
| Preschool Children | 2 |
| Program Effectiveness | 2 |
| Academic Achievement | 1 |
| Intelligence Quotient | 1 |
| Mental Health | 1 |
| Parent Background | 1 |
| Poverty | 1 |
| Preschool Education | 1 |
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| Child Development | 2 |
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| Journal Articles | 2 |
| Opinion Papers | 2 |
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Peer reviewedLevenstein, Phyllis – Child Development, 1989
Responds to Scarr and McCartney's (1988) Bermudian study. Cites recently published research to support a conclusion that poverty alone does not predict school disadvantage so much as poor parents frequently having low motivation and less than high school graduation. (RJC)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educationally Disadvantaged, Poverty, Preschool Children
Peer reviewedMcCartney, Kathleen; Scarr, Sandra – Child Development, 1989
Responds to Levenstein's criticism of Scarr and McCartney's independent evaluation of Levenstein's Mother-Child Home Program. It is claimed that experimental evaluations of intervention programs are often more critical than nonexperimental ones. (RJC)
Descriptors: Educationally Disadvantaged, Intelligence Quotient, Mental Health, Parent Background
