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Brown, Donna Jeanne Browder – 1970
A method for improving the vocabulary development of low-income children was studied. The method involved the used of specially devised toy situations as a medium of teacher-student communication. Two representative Toy-Talk Contexts were developed. Twenty-four children attending kindergarten at an inner-city school were the subjects in the study,…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Creative Thinking, Disadvantaged Youth, Kindergarten Children
Download full textSimon, Alan J. – 1970
The purpose of this program, funded under Title I of 1965 Elementary Secondary Act, is to send paraprofessional workers who are familiar with the community into the homes of high school students who show serious problems in school attendance, adjustment, or achievement. The objective is to establish rapport between the school and the parents in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention
Hoffman, Louis J. – 1971
The Cluster program, funded under Title I of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act, is designed to be a school within a school in which the students receive the benefits of small class size, psychological support, and curricular innovation. The program this year was expanded to include both ninth and tenth year students. The two clusters of…
Descriptors: Class Size, Cluster Grouping, Curriculum Development, Disadvantaged Youth
Hoffman, Louis J. – 1970
The Cluster Program at Benjamin Franklin High School, funded under Title I of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act, is designed to be a school within a school in which 249 ninth grade students attend classes in two separate clusters. Each cluster is formulated such that all students receive instruction from five teachers in classes whose…
Descriptors: Class Size, Cluster Grouping, Curriculum Development, Disadvantaged Youth
Wilson, Jerusa; And Others – 1972
This report contains descriptions and progress of five projects in the District of Columbia partially or wholly funded by ESEA Title III: (1) The Columbia Road Preschool Pilot Project, a second-year experimental effort designed to serve as a model school providing an experimental setting for early childhood educational programs; (2) The Montessori…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education, Experimental Programs, Federal Aid
Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1972
This report consists of nine chapters, each of which, with two exceptions, is devoted to what the Office of Education accomplished toward meeting one of its priorities in the fiscal year 1971. The exceptions are: Chapter 1, The Condition of Education--the Commissioner's personal assessment of education in the nation, which reaches into fiscal year…
Descriptors: Administration, Advisory Committees, Annual Reports, Career Education
Jordan, Abbie H. – 1972
A discussion of reading instruction for disadvantaged children leads the author to explore previous definitions of "disadvantaged" and redefine the goals in teaching disadvantaged children. Individualized reading instruction is urged and two programs--one in Florence, South Carolina, and one in Gary, Indiana--are compared. The Florence…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Disadvantaged Youth, Individualized Reading, Inservice Education
Dwyer, Robert C.; And Others – 1972
A total of 160 five-year-old children from Head Start-eligible families were assigned to two treatments during a 6-month Head Start program. The experimental group received the Environmental Academics Program for one to one and a half hours per school day, and the ongoing Head Start program for the balance of the day. The control group received…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Environment
Baty, Roger M. – 1972
This is a report of an action-research study, designed to determine the effect of exposure to cultural, social, and economic diversity on selected attitudes of elementary school teachers. The research developed two thrusts. One was to investigate the effects of exposure to the usual classroom situation on teacher tolerance and teacher optimism.…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Background, Cultural Education
Greer, G. L. – 1972
The objectives of this reading program, funded under Title I, Elementary Secondary Education Act, were as follows: (1) students (grades two through seven) shall show an average gain of one month's growth in total reading for each month of participation in the program; (2) third grade students shall score an average 80 percent efficiency on…
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Diagnosis
Van De Riet, Vernon; Resnick, Michael B. – 1972
The effects of two or three years of a sequential educational intervention program on culturally deprived children were studied with two groups of four-year-olds and two groups of five-year-olds. They were matched on several developmental variables, with one group at each age level entering the experimental Learning to Learn Program. The other…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Development, Demonstration Programs
American Educational Research Association, Washington, DC. – 1972
This document is a collection of three papers: (1) "Some Variables Why So Few Black High School Graduates Attend Post-High School Area Vocational Schools," by Max Farning, (2) "The Role of Simulation in Teaching Complex Problem Solving Skills," by Curtis R. Finch and Patrick A. O'Reilly, and (3) "Investigation of the…
Descriptors: Blacks, Curriculum Development, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Change
DePetro, Henry – 1972
Planned as a cooperative program between Aims College and a local school district, the exemplary program Operation Bridge will represent a comprehensive approach to the vocational needs of disadvantaged youths with a program aimed mainly toward Chicano youths from economically underprivileged families. Project features are to include: (1)…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Counseling, Career Education, Cooperative Programs
HAZARD, PATRICK D. – 1966
AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO REPORT WAYS OF ACCELERATING INNOVATION IN THE ENGLISH TEACHING. THROUGH A SERIES OF QUESTIONNAIRES TO STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENTS AND A MAILING LIST OF OPINION LEADERS, PRIORITIES WERE ESTABLISHED, AND INNOVATIVE AND UNDERUSED PROGRAMS OF VALUE WERE COLLECTED. THE STUDY ALSO ATTEMPTED TO LOCATE REASONS FOR THE UNSATISFACTORY…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Communication Problems, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Improvement
MITCHELL, HOWARD E. – 1965
A GUIDANCE PROGRAM WAS CONDUCTED IN AN EFFORT TO INCREASE THE PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE OF HIGH SCHOOL COUNSELORS IN THEIR VOCATIONAL WORK WITH STUDENTS FROM LOW-INCOME GROUPS. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES WERE (1) TO ENHANCE THE PARTICIPATING COUNSELORS' UNDERSTANDING OF THE ATTITUDES WHICH CULTURALLY DEPRIVED YOUTH HAVE TOWARD SUCH MATTERS AS EMPLOYMENT,…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Counseling Services, Counselor Training, Disadvantaged
