A review of research on creative thinking indicates that children labeled as disadvantaged have creative strengths upon which to build a program of education. Studies have shown that, in general children from a relatively disadvantaged background perform better on tasks of figural creativity than their advantaged peers. If teachers are to…

This paper describes an attempt to deal with the issue of dissatisfaction in the traditional approach to doing research and evaluation at the Ford Training and Placement Program for professional personnel in the inner-city schools of a large metropolitan area. The paper discusses a) the kinds of questions that need to be examined in this program,…

In May 1970, the College Scholarship Service of the College Entrance Examination Board convened a panel of 11 individuals concerned with the educational needs of students from poverty and minority populations. Their task was to define, from their own perspectives, the higher educational needs of not only minority youth but all young people from…

Major elements in a general process model for state and local planning for minority and disadvantaged education are discussed. These elements are: (1) needs assessment and public discussion of issues, (2) state goals and objectives for disadvantaged education, (3) local community college goals, objectives, and commitments, (4) provision of…

Examined was whether systematic use of motivational games by teachers of the culturally disadvantaged and educable mentally retarded (EMR) can improve students' attending behaviors (operationally defined in terms of teacher-pupil interaction). Teachers of five randomly selected regular inner city first and second grade classes and five primary EMR…

One of a series of guides for preschool teachers and aides, the book offers a Head Start curriculum guide to help achieve goals regarding social behavior, general attitudes, academic skills, health, and parent development. Information on curriculum is divided into areas of bloc time outline, classroom arrangement, building concepts (such as…

Part of a Head Start longitudinal study on disadvantaged children and their first school experience, this report provides: 1) a description of interrelationships among certain demographic indices, maternal attitudes, and behaviors reported in the parent interview using factor analytic techniques, and 2) plans for obtaining a reduced set of scores…

Thirty lessons for a seventh grade general mathematics course for urban ghetto students were written using non-standard English. A class which used the teacher-developed materials was compared to a second class following the standard text. Pre- and post-tests were given with a t-test applied to the data. Findings showed that the non-standard…

This annual descriptive report supplements the detailed official statistical and financial reports submitted to fulfill the requirement of a report for the fiscal year 1970-71, and to bring about increased understanding of the vocational program in the state. Information is presented about 36 specific areas under the four sections of: (1) program…

This document describes a model (the PASS Model) that allows for universities to develop programs and facilities that are of mutual benefit to the university and to the community of which it is a part. The University of Pennsylvania has developed this particular model, and it is implemented in the form of the West Philadelphia Free School. The…

This document analyzes and evaluates the exceptional graduate admissions program at Pennsylvania State University as instituted in 1970. Under this program, traditional admissions criteria are dropped to enable disadvantaged students to attend graduate school. (A previous survey of the Council of Graduate Schools showed that 59% of the member…

During 1971, the third year of operation of Contra Costa College's (California) mobile counseling unit, the priorities established for that program were (a) to make the mobile counseling unit and program as widely known in the community as possible, and (b) to concentrate on the services to the client. The counseling unit and program were…

A group of 47 kindergarten and first grade children from a school chiefly composed of Negro children from low-income families was involved in this study which followed a Solomon four group design. All children received a pretreatment of 17 lessons on matching relations and length relations. The pretest group was then given six tests on relations,…

An exploratory study was conducted to determine attitudes and/or semantic structures toward college related (Professors, Name of Institution, Afro-American Courses) and personal (Black Students, White Students, Me-Myself) stimuli within and between 2 dissimilar, all male, high-risk, Afro-American College groups at 2 institutions (Temple…

A CURRICULUM AND COURSE OF STUDY WERE DEVELOPED TO PROVIDE GRADUATE TRAINING FOR TEACHERS OF DISADVANTAGED YOUTH. AN INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE OF SPECIALISTS WAS ORGANIZED TO DEVELOP BACKGROUND MATERIALS AND TO EVALUATE AND REFINE THE WORK OF ITS MEMBERS. PRACTITIONERS WERE ALSO INVITED TO PREPARE PAPERS ON VARIOUS ASPECTS OF STUDENT-TEACHER…