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Ebert, George H. – 1974
A study of participants over a 5-year period in the alumni seminar series (public and contemporary affairs education) at Iowa State University focused on identifying relevant factors that influenced alumni and spouses to participate, the degree of satisfaction experienced by participants, and how they made use of the information or knowledge…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Alumni Education, Followup Studies, Intellectual Development
West Chester Educational Development Center, PA. – 1973
The Cognitively Oriented Preschool was implemented in West Chester, Pennsylvania as a special program to meet the needs of the increasing numbers of disadvantaged children moving into the area. This report describes the program as it was implemented, including specific daily activities as well as the various kinds of curricula used. Also included…
Descriptors: Child Development, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education, Home Visits
King, Beverly Forman – 1972
A study was developed to involve parents in the learning environment of children attending a Head Start Child Development Center in the belief that it is crucial for the home and school to work closely for the development of the child. The purposes of the study were to (1) develop a series of take-home packets for involvement of parents and child,…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Intellectual Development, Learning Motivation, Parent Child Relationship
Watts, Jean Carew; And Others – 1973
This document briefly describes Phase I of the Preschool Project. The research from 1969-72, Phase II, focuses on how the experiences and environments of highly competent and less competent children differ in early childhood. It is theorized that intellectual development is a function of a child's interaction with his human and physical…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Competence, Environmental Influences, Intellectual Development
Lickona, Thomas – 1969
A Piagetian analysis of social development focuses on the changes in children's social concepts and the social factors which facilitate these changes. Piaget's early analysis of children's language into a 3-stage transition from egocentrism to fully socialized speech led to more general study of social behavior. Observations of children playing at…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Egocentrism, Elementary School Students, Environmental Influences
Nedler, Shari – 1970
Approximately 5 research studies relating to Project Head Start and reviewed in this document disclose a gap in the knowledge base regarding the effectiveness of various intervention strategies implemented with Mexican American children. A survey of findings indicates that programs have varied from community to community and that only general…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Educationally Disadvantaged, English (Second Language), Intellectual Development
McLaughlin, John A.; And Others – 1971
Two studies are reported. The first is based on Piaget's assertion that the child's representation of his world is dependent on the level of cognitive development at which he is currently functioning. Forty-eight normals and 48 retardates were given a visual memory task. They were asked to recall a configural presentation in a number of ways,…
Descriptors: Handicapped Children, Intellectual Development, Intelligence, Intelligence Differences
Carroll, John B. – 1971
This is a survey of techniques that have been used to test language comprehension. The study of research completed in this field points up the fact that there is no single technique that universally gives valid and reliable information. Various definitions of language comprehension are examined with special emphasis placed on implications for the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Intellectual Development, Language Acquisition
Archambo, Judith P. – 1970
A 4-year follow-up study of children in the Rural Child Care Project has shown that greatest losses in intellectual functioning for former project children occurred in the first year of public school among those scoring above 80 on their first Binet but who were retained in grade 1. IQ change during grade 1 was negatively related to attendance at…
Descriptors: Child Development, Community Involvement, Family Involvement, Followup Studies
Stone, L. Joseph; Church, Joseph – 1973
This textbook on the physical and psychological development of children and adolescents is organized as follows: (1) the birth of the baby--physical appearance, basic life processes, behavioral capacities, prenatal development, prenatal environmental influences, biological inheritance, the birth process; (2) the infant--landmarks in the infant's…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Development, Children, Cultural Context
Stephens, Mark W. – 1971
Results of several studies of cognitive and cultural correlates and determinants of early IE development are discussed, and some implications of the findings are pointed out. In studies of correlations between IE and intelligence test scores, results show that the scores increase regularly with age, from age 4 through 8, and there are fairly…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Compensatory Education, Cultural Differences, Disadvantaged
Matter, Betty R.; And Others – 1972
"Learning 100" was used to assist chronic institutionalized mental patients in acquiring or recovering the skills needed for maintaining social interactions on the ward, listening to and comprehending radio and television broadcasts, reading newspapers--including classified advertisements, writing letters on personal business, and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Comprehension, Individualized Programs, Institutionalized Persons
Marckwardt, Albert H., Ed. – 1967
The 1966 National Council of Teachers of English Humanities Conference considered the place of the humanities in elementary and secondary education and the possible focus, content, and methods for presenting humanities programs. In this collection of papers given at the conference, leaders in various disciplines suggest the scope and magnitude of…
Descriptors: Classical Literature, Cultural Awareness, Elementary Education, English Instruction
Heber, Rick; Garber, Howard – 1970
In a study of ways of preventing mental retardation in the population of a city slum, surveys were conducted. The major finding was that the variable of maternal intelligence was the best single predictor of the level and character of intellectual development in the offspring. The survey also showed that the lower the maternal IQ, the greater the…
Descriptors: Child Development, Comparative Analysis, Disadvantaged Youth, Environmental Influences
Killian, L. R. – 1971
A twenty-six-month follow-up study was made of 75 Anglo- and Spanish-American primary school children who were examined on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, the Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities, and the Bender Visual-Motor Gestalt Test in order to determine the specific cognitive deficits which might account for the poor…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Cognitive Development, Comprehension, Educational Diagnosis