A more realistic understanding of reading problems might result from study of how disadvantaged people cope with problems presented by literate activity. (JH)

Evaluated were effects of experience with two physical science units adapted for use by the visually impaired on the manipulative skills of 14 visually impaired low income students from 9 to 19 years of age. (DB)

In this study an effort was made to determine the effects upon learning of subclinical degrees of nutritional stress in an urban black ghetto. The study population index and control groups were selected from healthy babies born between 1964 and 1966 in Kansas City, Kansas. In the first part of the study, newborn anthropometric measurements and…

This study examined the syntax of the naturalistic speech of 15 three-to-five-year-old urban, lower-class black children, to determine (1) their syntactic maturity compared to white middle-class children of the same age, as measured by mean utterance length, types of transformations used, and number of sentence-combining transformations per t-unit…

Reports findings from a 14-statement survey sent to 262 colleges and universities to determine specific policies and practices. (JT)

The mobile laboratories operated by Project MODEL are designed for disadvantaged and handicapped students. The vans offer a full array of diagnostic and career exploratory programs plus actual training that results in placement. (Author/BP)

Findings indicate that the Follow Through Program was highly beneficial to those children who participated in it. The longitudinal and cross-sectional evidence together point to the conclusion that the gains accruing from compensatory education programs are commensurate with the duration and amount of effort which are expended on these programs.…

Describes the development of community-based group homes for adolescents operated by a child care agency in affiliation with hospitals in New York City. (SDH)

The stated purpose of the research discussed here was to evaluate a program developed jointly by two teachers of bilingual and economically and otherwise disadvantaged students to deal with language deficiencies in seventh and eighth grade students: the methods incorporated language training in both English and Spanish, and perceptual training.…

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