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Olds, Henry F., Jr. – 1968
This study was conducted to explore the ability of children (6 to 12 years of age) to understand certain relatively complex relationships as they are commonly signaled syntactically in our language. It was hypothesized that development in language performance during this age range was, in some measure, a function of a growing ability to comprehend…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Language, Children, Comprehension
Yeshiva Univ., New York, NY. Graduate School of Education. – 1965
The Proceedings begin with Dean Joshua Fishman's welcoming remarks. Dr. Norman Gordon introduces environmental deprivation and enrichment. Individual differences in the effects of early experience on later behavior are Dr. Donald Forgays' subject, whose paper is discussed by Dr. Lawrence Plotkin. Dr. Kenneth Clark analyzes the "cult of…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Environment, Early Experience, Enrichment
Schmidt, Velma E. – 1971
This extensive curriculum guide is geared for preschool and day care teachers. It describes the development of the child and suggests a variety of learning experiences and activities for day care centers. In the context of providing the optimal learning environment, parent-teacher relationships are discussed. Sections on nutrition, health, safety,…
Descriptors: Activities, Art Education, Communication (Thought Transfer), Early Childhood Education
Huntington, Dorothy S. – 1971
Intervention programs for the disadvantaged should be based on an understanding of the behavior and attitudes of people in poverty. Poor people share a sense of hopelessness and helplessness, a lack of belief that they can change their situations, and low self-esteem. Programs to train child care workers who are themselves disadvantaged (parents,…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Day Care, Disadvantaged, Emotional Development
Las Cruces School District, NM. – 1970
The Las Cruces Elementary School Bilingual Program, designed to increase achievement levels of K-6 pupils, is located in 2 elementary schools through support from titles III and VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The project emphasizes the cultural and linguistic heritage of the Las Cruces, New Mexico, area; the structure of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Annual Reports, Attitudes, Behavioral Objectives
Peterson, Richard E. – 1971
This paper discusses intellectual competence and ways in which to define, measure and use this concept in evaluating college effectiveness. Intellectual competence is divided into two categories: academic mastery and intellectual resourcefulness, with evaluation methods suggested for each. (CK)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Colleges, Concept Formation
Stephens, Mark W. – 1972
Current research indicates the possible influence of IE development on cognitive development. Efforts are being made to identify behaviors by which parents or teachers can increase development of internal control expectancies in preschool children. Studies correlating children's IE scores with various mother behaviors or mother-child interaction…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Development, Correlation, Intellectual Development
Parker, Ronald K., Comp.; And Others – 1970
This report was compiled to serve as a partial knowledge base for the Southeastern Educational Laboratory and the Harlem Research Center in their effort to plan a research program in early education. Educational programs designed for 3-, 4-, and 5-year-old children which emphasize either cognitive-intellectual development or language development…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum, Curriculum Research
Early Childhood Special Education for Intellectually Subnormal and/or Culturally Different Children.
Weikart, David P. – 1971
Four basic models that are used to account for the discrepancies in educational and intellectual attainment between minority groups and the dominant culture are outlined. These are the Deficit Model, the School-as-Failure Model, the Cultural Difference Model, and the Social Structure Model. Four studies relating to the impact of preschool…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Design, Disadvantaged
GREEN, ROBERT L.; AND OTHERS – 1966
FOLLOWING A 4-YEAR CLOSURE PERIOD, STANDARD COGNITIVE AND NONCOGNITIVE MEASURES WERE OBTAINED ON A SIGNIFICANTLY LARGE GROUP OF NEGRO CHILDREN BEFORE AND AFTER AN 18-MONTH PERIOD OF RESUMED FORMAL SCHOOLING IN PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY, VIRGINIA. SAMPLES OF STUDENTS COMPLETING SOME FORMAL EDUCATION DURING THE CLOSURE PERIOD AND OTHERS HAVING NO…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Aspiration, Black Youth, Career Choice
VALDMAN, ALBERT
FIVE PREPROGRAMED UNITS OF BASIC INTERMEDIATE FRENCH ARE THE CONTENTS OF THIS TEXT. FRENCH "DIALOGS FOR LISTENING" ARE PRESENTED AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH UNIT WITH A STEP-BY-STEP ORGANIZATION, ALLOWING THE STUDENT TO GRADUALLY WORK UP TO KNOWLEDGE OF MANY SPOKEN VARIETIES OF THE ORIGINAL DIALOG WHICH HE HEARD. PRONUNCIATION REVIEWS ARE…
Descriptors: Comprehension, French, Grammar, Instructional Materials
Erickson, Joan Good – 1976
This bibliography on nutritional disorders and child development is directed towards early childhood professionals outside the field of nutrition. The main topic covered pertains to malnutrition and undernutrition as it relates to mental/intellectual/cognitive development of children from the fetal stage through the early childhood years. Included…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Early Childhood Education
Nunez-Niebuhr, Virginia A.; Jones-Molfese, Victoria – 1976
Piaget, in describing the sequence of classificatory development, describes class inclusion as composed of two processes; hierarchical classification and post-whole comparisons. In the experiment reported here, elementary school children, trained in the concept of sets in first grade mathematics were given a task where they were required to assess…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Classification, Cluster Grouping
Menyuk, Paula – 1976
In this paper early and later development of knowledge of syntactic structures and this development in language-disordered children are reviewed. Theories that have been presented to account for syntactic development (cognitive, cognitive-semantic and social-environmental) are discussed. Early developmental data indicate that there is not a…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Child Language, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension

Breitmayer, Bonnie J.; Ramey, Craig T. – Child Development, 1986
A four-and-a-half-year longitudinal experiment reconsidered the contribution of organic impairment to the genesis of mild mental retardation among disadvantaged children. It was hypothesized that nonoptimal perinatal conditions might result in deficits that increase a child's vulnerability to environmental risk factors. Study results supported the…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Rearing, Cognitive Development, Day Care