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Peer reviewedTorrance, E. Paul – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1974
Descriptors: Children, Creative Thinking, Creativity, Economically Disadvantaged
Download full textLevy, Frank; And Others – 1977
This report contains eight papers which summarize a two-year research project that examined the income dynamics of poor families. The empirical work is based upon the National Longitudinal Surveys of the Michigan Survey Research Center, a special sample of 3,000 Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) families conducted by the authors, the…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Economics, Family Characteristics, Low Income Groups
Solomon, Daniel – Psychol Rep, 1969
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Attitudes, Disadvantaged, Economically Disadvantaged
Sibley, Sally A.; and others – J Exp Child Psychol, 1969
Supported by the Education Improvement Program (Ford Foundation), Durham, North Carolina.
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Behavior Rating Scales, Classroom Environment
Brokering, P. Beth – 1981
This document describes a demonstration project in film education, employment training, and research which included an education and employment training program offered to 26 economically disadvantaged youths ranging in age from 14 to 19. For nine months, these students met for four hours each working day to work both on individual personal films,…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Programs
Labov, William – 1982
This discussion takes the view that poverty and school failure are not the results of natural disabilities, but rather they are the result of a conflict in our society between two opposed cultures; and that the conflict will not be resolved in any favorable way unless the dominant culture recognizes the values of the dominated culture, and changes…
Descriptors: Culture Conflict, Economically Disadvantaged, Ethnography, Peer Groups
LEWIS, HYLAN – 1964
THE POVERTY SYNDROME IS A COMBINATION OF MANY NEGATIVE FACTORS, AMONG WHICH ARE LOW INCOME AND ABSENCE OF FAMILY LIFE. THE EROSION OF FAMILY LIFE IN MANY POOR FAMILIES IS DUE LESS TO A LACK OF RECOGNITION AND AFFIRMATION OF SO-CALLED MIDDLE-CLASS VALUES, THAN TO THE INABILITY TO SUPPORT THESE VALUES. BEHAVIOR OF THE BULK OF POOR FAMILIES APPEARS…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Economically Disadvantaged, Family Characteristics, Family Role
BRAZZIEL, WILLIAM F. – 1964
TECHNICAL EDUCATION OF THE ADULT HARD-CORE UNEMPLOYED OFTEN FAILS BECAUSE OF PERSONAL PROBLEMS AND BASIC EDUCATION AND CULTURAL LACKS. A BROAD CONCEPT OF EDUCATION IS ESSENTIAL TO PROGRAMS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNICAL SKILLS. A COLLEGE PROJECT DESIGNED TO MEET THESE REQUIREMENTS IS PRESENTED. A COMBINATION OF BASIC AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION WITH THE…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Basic Skills, Economically Disadvantaged
WALLACE, HELEN M. – 1963
THE HEALTH STATUS AND HEALTH NEEDS OF MOTHERS AND CHILDREN IN THE UNITED STATES AND OF RURAL MOTHERS AND CHILDREN IN PARTICULAR ARE SUMMARIZED. SUGGESTIONS ARE GIVEN FOR IMPROVING HEALTH SERVICES. ILLUSTRATIVE DATA RATHER THAN A COMPLETE REVIEW OF PERTINENT LITERATURE ARE PRESENTED. MORTALITY RATES AMONG CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND PREGNANT WOMEN IN…
Descriptors: American Indians, Economically Disadvantaged, Health Services, Living Standards
BASS, WILLARD P.; BURGER, HENRY G. – 1967
MANY OF THE DIVERSE EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED FOR YEARS, BUT HAVE BEEN PERMITTED TO LAY DORMANT. SOCIO-ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGEMENT IS EXHIBITED IN AREAS OF INCOME, UNEMPLOYMENT, SCHOOL DROPOUT RATE, EXPECTED LIFE SPAN, INFANT MORTALITY RATE, BIRTH RATE, AND HEALTH HISTORY. COMMUNICATION PROBLEMS BLOCK THE…
Descriptors: Acculturation, American Indians, Bilingualism, Disadvantaged
BECK, BERTRAM M. – 1965
THE SPEAKER SUGGESTED THAT THE POOR SHOULD PARTICIPATE IN POLICY-MAKING DECISIONS IN ANTIPOVERTY PROGRAMS AND BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY FOR EMPLOYMENT WITHIN THE PROGRAMS THEMSELVES. HE FURTHER SUGGESTS SOME OF THE POWER NOW HELD BY OTHERS SHOULD BE RELINQUISHED TO THE POOR, WHO SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO HELP DECIDE WHAT THEY WANT. PRIORITIES FOR…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Programs, Day Care, Economically Disadvantaged
Ogletree, Earl J.; Ogletree, Gerda – 1977
In the Distar (Direct Instructional System for Teaching) reading program developed for inner city children, the fundamental assumption of the program's designers is that disadvantaged children lack certain basic language skills, information and behavioral patterns, which prevent them from mastering the reading process. This paper focuses upon the…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Education, Inner City, Lower Class Students
KINCHELOE, JAMES B.; OGLETREE, JAMES R. – 1967
A PROJECT WAS INITIATED BY THE USOE TO DETERMINE THE IMPACT OF TITLE I ON 4 RURAL SCHOOL SYSTEMS THAT WERE CULTURALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED. SPECIFICALLY, THE PROJECT ATTEMPTED TO DETERMINE THE TITLE I IMPACT ON (1) ADMINISTRATIVE OPERATIONS, (2) PROCESSES EMPLOYED IN DETERMINING TITLE I ACTIVITIES, (3) THE ACTIVITIES, AND (4) THEIR…
Descriptors: Activities, Administration, Data, Disadvantaged
LEE, BILLY EUGENE
IN THIS LIMITED STUDY, THE AUTHOR, ASSUMING THAT LOW ABILITY PRESCHOOL CHILDREN FROM POOR FAMILIES HAVE THE MOST DIFFICULTY WITH PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION, USED CARTOONS TO TEST THREE LARGE PROJECT HEADSTART CLASSES (N-280) ON THREE FACTS AND ON EIGHT MORAL ATTITUDE ITEMS. TWICE THE PREFERRED ANSWERS WERE TAUGHT, AND THE CHILDREN RE-TESTED, BUT…
Descriptors: Cartoons, Economically Disadvantaged, Low Ability Students, Moral Values
Fun While Learning and Earning. A Look Into Chattanooga Public Schools' Token Reinforcement Program.
Smith, William F.; Sanders, Frank J. – 1968
A token reinforcement program was used by the Piney Woods Research and Demonstration Center in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Children who were from economically deprived homes received tokens for positive behavior. The tokens were redeemable for recess privileges, ice cream, candy, and other such reinforcers. All tokens were spent on the day earned so…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Classroom Techniques
