This paper attempted to make explicit some of the underlying characteristics of spatial visualisation using the concept of area of composite shapes. By engaging students with metric-free tasks, we identify the type of perceptual and visual/spatial manoeuvres that they deploy in such situations. Interview data collected from three students in Grade…

Building on the empirical work of the previous two studies, this paper describes the development of the Minds In Motion curriculum (MIM), as well as the setting and circumstances of a randomized controlled trial conducted to evaluate this intervention. Throughout this paper the authors emphasize the benefits and challenges of assembling an…

The effects of educational disadvantagement are discussed, and appropriate teaching approaches explored. (SD)

A LONGITUDINAL STUDY WAS PERFORMED WHICH FOLLOWED THREE GROUPS OF CHILDREN (CULTURALLY DISADVANTAGED, AVERAGE, AND CULTURALLY ADVANTAGED) THROUGH GRADE THREE IN AN ATTEMPT TO DETERMINE THE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF CERTAIN PERCEPTUAL FACTORS ON SUCCESS OR FAILURE IN BEGINNING READING. INSTRUMENTS USED WERE SELECTED TO IDENTIFY…

THE PLANNING DRAFT OFFERED FOR PRESCHOOL EDUCATION OF CULTURALLY DEPRIVED 5-AND 6-YEAR OLDS IN THE LAMAR INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS, INVESTIGATES FACTORS AND PROBLEMS AFFECTING THE PRESCHOOL CHILD IN THE CULTURE OF THE ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED. ANSWERS ARE SOUGHT TO THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS--WHAT AREAS OF DEVELOPMENTAL…

THREE STUDIES OF PRESCHOOL CHILDREN ARE INCLUDED IN THIS EVALUATION REPORT. (1) "'NEURAL CONDUCTIVITY' AND ACHIEVEMENT IN CULTURALLY DEPRIVED STUDENTS." NEURAL CONDUCTIVITY WAS INFERRED FROM A CORRELATION BETWEEN PUPILLARY RESPONSE AND CHILDREN'S PRESCHOOL PERFORMANCE. COMPLICATIONS IN ACQUIRING AND USING THE NECESSARY EQUIPMENT RESULTED…

"From the findings of this study it can be inferred that experiences in the art class can have an important role to perform in developing the visual sophistication of disadvantaged learners... the art teacher is the key to effect behavior changes in disadvantaged learners and not in art, per se. (Author)

SIXTEEN CONSULTANTS WITH DIVERSE BUT RELATED BACKGROUNDS OF EXPERIENCE IN ART AND EDUCATION EXCHANGED IDEAS ON THE MEANING OF ART AND ART APPRECIATION. AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO IDENTIFY GOALS, CONTENT, MATERIALS, AND EXPERIENCES THAT WOULD ENHANCE THE TEACHING OF ART APPRECIATION. NO ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO REACH COMPROMISE AGREEMENTS, AND DIVERSE…

A workshop program sponsored by the Pasadena Art Museum to help overcome cultural handicaps. Results justify the use of creative art in changing the personality and learning patterns of disadvantaged children. (Author/AP)

This article is from a USOE Report: "Seminar on the Role of the Arts in Meeting the Social and Educational Needs of the Disadvantaged, BR-7-0254, OEG-1-070254-2319.

THE ENVIRONMENT OF CHILDREN FROM LOW SOCIO-ECONOMIC LEVELS MILITATES STRONGLY AGAINST THEIR SUCCESS IN SCHOOL. TO HELP THWART OR REVERSE THE DEFICIENCES OF DISADVANTAGED YOUTH, THE PRESCHOOL ENRICHMENT PROGRAM WAS CREATED. THIS DOCUMENT IS AN EVALUATION OF A 1965 SUMMER HEADSTART PROGRAM FOR 4- AND 5-YEAR-OLDS IN KEARNEY, NEBRASKA. TESTS WERE…

Determination of the effectiveness of visual perceptual training upon word recognition and subsequent reading achievement of the culturally disadvantaged first grader was this study's goal. Forty-eight pupils in two sections of the first grade of an elementary school in Louisiana tested the hypotheses that no difference would be revealed in the…