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Harris, Sharon – 1986
The primary goal of this study was to identify curricular experiences and teacher behaviors encouraging preschool children to meaningfully use written language. A second goal was to investigate children's growth in literacy in the context of a preschool classroom. The study was conducted over a 5-month period among 8 Head Start and 8…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Research, Family Environment, Formative Evaluation
Download full textDuckworth, Kenneth; deJung, John – 1986
Data were obtained from six high schools in the Northwest during 1984 and 1985 to determine the variation in students' reports of the frequency with which they skip school and cut classes. The study was guided by the advice of school administrators and a theoretical model of the influences or levels of participation in work organizations. Evidence…
Descriptors: Attendance, Discipline Policy, Educational Environment, High Schools
Bard, Barbara; Sachs, Jacqueline S. – 1977
This paper describes the linguistic development of two hearing sons of deaf parents. Both were exposed to an early language environment different from that of the average hearing child. At the start of the study, the boys were aged 3 years, 9 months, and 1 year, 8 months, respectively. When first observed, the older child performed well below age…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Development, Child Language, Deafness
College Entrance Examination Board, Washington, DC. – 1977
The study was undertaken to use data from the National Longitudinal study, in combination with other data resources, to improve the understanding of the effects of student financial aid in institutional and family decisionmaking. Three principle questions are addressed: (1) Do low income and minority students receive larger aid packages, and in…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, College Choice, Family Financial Resources, Federal Aid
De Bronac-Meade, Marie Louise; Brown, Ric – 1982
Many studies have cited the debilitating effect of math-related anxiety on achievement and vocational choice. To investigate the efficacy of cognitive behavior modification in the treatment of mathematics anxiety, 44 subjects were recruited from a high school and 2 colleges. The students were divided into two groups, a cognitive behavior…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Cognitive Objectives, College Students, Coping
Strage, Amy A.; And Others – 1981
The way that mothers' input assists children with the use of their linguistic resources for negotiating peer interaction was studied. Two two-year-old girls and their mothers were videotaped once a month for eight months while the foursome met at a weekly playgroup. The mothers' language was analyzed in terms of the following questions: (1) Does…
Descriptors: Child Language, Communication Skills, Discourse Analysis, Interaction Process Analysis
Mott, Frank L.; Haurin, R. Jean – 1981
A study examined the extent to which socioeconomic and internal characteristics of families differentially affect ability of matched pairs of brothers and sisters to progress through the educational system. The data sets used were the National Longitudinal Surveys of Work Experience of Young Men and Women who were originally interviewed in 1966…
Descriptors: Careers, Comparative Analysis, Educational Attainment, Educational Status Comparison
McDaniel, Ernest; And Others – 1978
The relationship between parents' attitudes, and elementary school children's attitudes toward self and toward school were examined in two age groups: first graders who were studied through grade 3, and fourth graders who were studied through grade 6. Five tests were administered to the children: Attitude Toward School, Piers-Harris Children's…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Age Differences, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Offenberg, Robert M.; And Others – 1979
This study was designed to evaluate Project PACT (Parents and Children Together), which was developed to complement the existing Let's Be Amigos Model A bilingual program at Potter-Thomas School in Philadelphia, by involving Hispanic parents in the education of their children. The PACT project consists of two major programs: (1) a summer program…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adults
PDF pending restorationUlbrich, Patricia; Huber, Joan – 1979
Results of a study to determine the effect of observing parental violence on attitudes about women's roles and the use of violence against women are reported. A national random sample of 1,092 women and 910 men were interviewed by telephone. Participants responded to questions such as: Did your father ever hit your mother? Did your mother ever hit…
Descriptors: Aggression, Childhood Attitudes, Employed Women, Family Life
GORDON, S. F.; THOMPSON, O. E. – 1964
OF 196 COLLEGE FRESHMEN STUDIED IN 1960, 147 WERE INCLUDED IN A RESTUDY TO--(1) DETERMINE IF COMMITMENT TO THE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND OTHER STUDENT CHARACTERISTICS ARE RELATED TO CONTINUATION IN AGRICULTURE, CHANGES IN MAJOR, SCHOLASTIC RECORD, OR WITHDRAWAL FROM COLLEGE, (2) DETERMINE PRESENT STATUS OF 1960 FRESHMEN, AND (3) COMPARE STUDENTS…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Achievement Rating, Agriculture, Aspiration
Billingsley, Andrew – 1980
This paper, one of a series commissioned by the Education Commission of the States to identify the educational needs of minority groups, reviews the major factors that must be considered if the educational needs of black children are to be met. An important consideration is that the majority of black parents and black children have high…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Black Youth, Economic Factors, Educational Improvement
Barletta, Charles, Ed.; And Others – 1978
Bringing together parents, teachers, and researchers, this conference was intended to provide a climate in which participants could examine their own needs and develop their own action plans for the development and implementation of parent and community participation in schools. The goals of the conference were to provide descriptions of proven…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Involvement, Conference Reports, Decision Making
LaRose, Robert – 1978
Project "Freestyle" involved the development of prototypical television materials and a comic book intended to combat sex-role stereotyping in the career-related attitudes of nine to twelve-year-old children. This paper reports the results of four types of research conducted during the early development of the television series to…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Childhood Attitudes, Children, Childrens Television
Farrell, Mona – 1978
This paper briefly discusses the effects of home environment, parenting, family configuration (number spacing of children) and nutrition on young children's mental development and subsequent school success. Variety and richness of home stimulation are identified as crucial to the child's later academic success. The quality of mothering and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Development, Childhood Needs, Family Environment
