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Simmons, Raymond S. – 1971
The final evaluation report for the Colorado City Bilingual Education Program is presented in this paper. The project was directed to kindergarten children from low-income disadvantaged homes; of 63 participants, 53 were Spanish-speaking children and 10 were monolingual English-speaking children. Project staff consisted of a bilingual teacher, a…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, English (Second Language), Language Instruction, Mexican Americans
KRIDER, MARY A.; PETSCHE, MARY – 1967
THREE GROUPS OF DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN WERE ESTABLISHED IN ORDER TO INVESTIGATE THE EFFECT ON ACHIEVEMENT OF PROVIDING SOME CHILDREN WITH A PRESCHOOL PROGRAM AND SOME CHILDREN WITH NO SUCH PROGRAM. AN EXPERIMENTAL GROUP OF HEAD START CHILDREN WERE MATCHED ACCORDING TO SEX, RACE, GENERAL LEVEL OF INTELLIGENCE, AND PARENT'S OCCUPATIONAL LEVEL WITH A…
Descriptors: Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Control Groups, Disadvantaged
Reens, Renee; And Others – 1967
Research was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of a 12-week intervention program of individual instruction for disadvantaged preschool children. Based on this pretest, 17 children with IQ scores of 107 or less were selected and placed into experimental and control groups. The experimental group was exposed to individual cognitive and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Comparative Testing, Concept Teaching, Disadvantaged
Wurster, Stanley R. – 1976
The principal purpose of this 1976 project was to establish a two-class preschool for American Indian children two to six years old at Fort McDowell, Arizona. Discussion groups including parents and younger children were utilized to provide parental participation, develop child rearing skills, heighten problem solving abilities, and improve…
Descriptors: American Indians, Comparative Analysis, Educational Objectives, Family Counseling
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