BELIEF THAT ALL SCHOOL LEARNING IS INFLUENCED BY THE TEACHER'S FEELING FOR THE STUDENT, BY THE TEACHER'S CULTURAL EVALUATION OF THE STUDENT, BY CULTURAL MOTIVATION AND BY INTRINSIC VALUE IN THE CURRICULUM LED TO THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATIONS TO HELP THE CULTURALLY DEPRIVED STUDENT--STUDY OF THE COMMUNITY, AND OF THE SCHOOL INSERVICE TRAINING OF…

RELATIVELY SUCCESSFUL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PUPILS FROM LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS IN DEPRESSED NEIGHBORHOODS OF THE URBAN NORTH WERE COMPARED WITH RELATIVELY AVERAGE AND FAILING PUPILS FROM IDENTICAL SETTINGS. NO ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO ILLUMINATE THE INTERPLAY OF PSYCHOLOGICAL, FAMILIAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIOLOGICAL, AND ECONOMIC FACTORS IN THE EDUCATION OF…

MOTIVATION, RATHER THAN ALTERED CURRICULUM OR INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUE, WAS UTILIZED TO RAISE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WHICH DRAW THEIR STUDENT BODY PRINCIPALLY FROM CULTURALLY DISADVANTAGED NEGRO FAMILIES. THREE BASIC APPROACHES WERE USED TO IMPROVE MOTIVATION IN THE SCHOOLS--(1) TEACHERS AND PARENTS WERE FIRST PERSUADED THAT…

TO DETERMINE IF EXPERIENCED TEACHERS OF THE DISADVANTAGED WITH SIMILAR SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS BUT OF VARIOUS ETHNIC ORIGINS WOULD DIFFER IN (1) ATTITUDES AND SENSITIVITIES TOWARD CHILD BEHAVIOR AND (2) LEVELS OF OPTIMISM ABOUT WORKING WITH AND HEADSTART TEACHERS WERE STUDIED. THE MINNESOTA TEACHER HEADSTART TEACHERS WERE STUDIED. THE MINNESOTA…

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THREE METHODS WERE COMPARED FOR DEVELOPING READING READINESS IN SPANISH-SPEAKING FIRST GRADE CHILDREN. THE METHODS USED WERE (1) ENGLISH LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION WITH AUDIOLINGUAL TECHNIQUES, (2) SPANISH LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION WITH AUDIOLINGUAL TECHNIQUES, AND (3) LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION USING THE SAME MATERIALS AS METHODS ONE AND TWO,…

An investigation of the relationship between children's self-concepts and reading achievement involved 117 fifth grade students in an urban, low socioeconomic area. Reading achievement information was obtained from records of the children's performance on the reading subtests of the Metropolitan Achievement Test, and information concerning…

The learning module cluster described here attempts to heighten teachers' awareness of the effects of cultural deprivation upon childhood development and the subsequent effects on learning. The product intends to guide teachers in developing competency in dealing with these adverse effects. This descriptive report provides information on the…

This report describes an experimental project to provide alternative employment and vocational training programs to talented disadvantaged young persons. The target audience for the project was disadvantaged youths with exceptional learning abilities, i.e., youths who were unemployed or underemployed and who needed basic and remedial education to…

Since 1976, a 10-week, 1-credit formal course in library instruction has been taught to entering Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) students at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, as an integral part of their core curriculum. The curriculum for these disadvantaged students places emphasis upon communication…

This revised edition of the National Youth Sports Program (NYSP) guide is intended to augment the sports expertise of the NYSP administrators by providing them with the additional information they have indicated would be of assistance in planning and operating their programs. Information is given on participants in the programs and resources…

Eighty disadvantaged black third grade students were administered both reading achievement and oral language tests to determine whether the phonology, morphology, and grammar of Black English dialect have more effect on the below-average readers of the group than on those students making satisfactory reading progress. Student scores on the…

THE LOS ANGELES CITY JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT CONDUCTED A 6-WEEK EXPERIMENT FOR THREE GROUPS OF UNDEREDUCATED YOUTH--(1) 50 WITH LOW HIGH SCHOOL GRADES, (2) 51 FROM BILINGUAL HOMES AND ALSO WITH LOW GRADES, AND (3) 51 ADMITTED TO COLLEGE BUT UNABLE TO MAINTAIN A C AVERAGE. AMONG THE PROGRAM'S 10 OBJECTIVES WERE (1) REFINING CERTAIN TEACHING…

THE MOST DISABLING HANDICAP OF YOUNG CHILDREN FROM DEPRIVED SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS IS THEIR DIFFICULTY IN USING LANGUAGE ABSTRACTLY. IN THIS STUDY, THEREFORE, IT WAS HYPOTHESIZED THAT IF AN EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTION PROGRAM WAS LIMITED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ABSTRACT LANGUAGE, THEN NOT ONLY LANGUAGE, BUT MANY OTHER ASPECTS OF THINKING WOULD BE…

THE COLLEGE READINESS PROGRAM AT THE COLLEGE OF SAN MATEO, CALIFORNIA, WAS DESIGNED TO INTEGRATE MINORITY YOUTH INTO THE COLLEGE AND THE COMMUNITY. A STUDY OF STUDENTS WHO HAD ENROLLED IN THE PROGRAM SINCE ITS BEGINNING IN 1966 INCLUDED THESE OBSERVATIONS--(1) 95 PERCENT WERE NEGROES, (2) ALTHOUGH 40 PERCENT HAD NOT CHOSEN A MAJOR, ACADEMIC OR…

THIS PAPER DESCRIBES PROJECT COLLEGE-BOUND AND COMPARES IT WITH SIMILAR PRECOLLEGE PROJECTS AROUND THE NATION. THE BASIC DIFFERENCE IN THE PASADENA PROJECT IS THAT MONEY IS USED AS A MOTIVE, THE STUDENT RECEIVING $1.40 FOR CLASS HOURS AND FOR RELATED OUTSIDE WORK. ONE PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT IS TO BRIDGE THE SUMMER GAP BETWEEN HIGH SCHOOL AND…