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Download full textHenning, C. Wallis – 1968
The purpose of this study was to determine whether or not systematic verbal positive reinforcement administered by two relatively unsophisticated teachers would favorably affect students' achievement scores. Two kindergarten and two first grade classes served as the experimental population with ten students from each class and one teacher from…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Analysis of Variance, Grade 1
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
Pennsylvania Preschool and Primary Education Project: 1968-1969 Final Report to the Ford Foundation.
Kershner, Keith M. – 1969
To improve the education of culturally disadvantaged children, this project focused on children's specific behavioral deficits, teacher preparation, parent attitudes, health and service agencies, and local school districts. The project was carried out in a rural Appalachian school with 122 children, 30 percent Negro and 70 percent white, and in an…
Descriptors: Community Cooperation, Curriculum Evaluation, Disadvantaged, Educational Objectives
