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May, Richard J.; Tyndall, Ian; McTiernan, Aoife; Roderique-Davies, Gareth; McLoughlin, Shane – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2022
Online interventions promoted to enhance cognitive ability hold great appeal for their potential positive impact in social, employment, and educational domains. Cognitive training programs have, thus far, not been shown to influence performance on tests of general cognitive aptitude. Strengthening Mental Abilities with Relational Training (SMART)…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Meta Analysis, Intervention, Cognitive Ability
Carlson-Kest, Evelyn – 1969
The development of children's language skills was studied in an experimental research project involving programmed versus incidental instruction in a prekindergarten program. It was hypothesized that children who attended a prekindergarten with programed instruction would score significantly higher on language skills tests than would a comparable…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Early Childhood Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, Experimental Programs
Zigler, Edward, Ed.; Styfco, Sally J., Ed. – Brookes Publishing Company, 2004
The future of Head Start depends on how well people learn from and apply the lessons from its past. That's why everyone involved in early education needs this timely, forward-thinking book from the leader of Head Start. The first book to capture the Head Start debates in all their complexity and diversity, this landmark volume brings together the…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, School Readiness, Social Work, Parent Participation