The major objective of this study was to determine whether understanding prepositions and the relationships they signal is related to reading comprehension. A sample of 127 fourth grade students was selected from three socioeconomic levels of the Columbus, (Ohio) Public Schools using a stratified random sampling technique. The subjects were…

The technical report provides preliminary findings on the academic achievement of over 9,000 kindergarten through grade 3 children (78 percent economically disadvantaged) involved in the Follow Through program, a structured program of academic instruction based on the principles and materials (DISTAR) of S. Engelmann and W. Becker. The following…

Evaluated were variables effecting the differential performance of 627 educable mentally retarded Ss (mean age 14.5 years) on a test-train-retest task designed to measure learning potential. Family, social, health, schooling, and testing data were collected for the Ss of which 75% were students in public school special classes and 25% were…

Compared were performances of 39 educable mentally retarded (EMR) Ss, mean chronological age (CA) 11 1/2 years, mean mental age (MA) 7 3/4 years; 25 fifth graders matched on CA; and 27 second graders matched on MA to determine whether children of different ages and IQ spontaneously demonstrate learning strategies after repeated practice with…

This program initiated by the Central Cities Educational Development Center was designed to offer experiences which lay the groundwork for intellectual development and school achievement to underprivileged children two to five years of age. The Center has assumed a somewhat different composition and focus in each of the four years of its…

Two reports supplementing the product evaluation of the Learning Booth are presented. The first, "Learing Booth Performance and Subsequent Reading Ability," by N. F. Rayder, examines the relationship between the Learning Booth experience and reading. To do this, readingscores for 65 first-grade Follow Through children were compared with their…

A total of 47 pupils enrolled in grades 3-8 was selected for this study. Of these pupils, 17 were from a rural area and 30 were from an urban area. The pupils selected had to (1) be of Mexican descent, (2) be currently enrolled in educable mentally retarded (EMR) classes, and (3) have evidenced a problem in using the English language due to their…

The effect of a structured program of musical training on the musical abilities of preschool children from disadvantaged environments was investigated. It was hypothesized that, if the musical abilities of such children could be improved sufficiently, they might then be able to enter elementary school on a level commensurate with that of their…

Designed to investigate the performance of American Indian youth on the "Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children" (WISC) compared to the "Chicago Non-Verbal" (CNV) for the purpose of establishing validity and reliability of the measurement and appraisal tools, this study analyzed test data from 71 Indian youth (aged 11 to 15)…

This document reports an investigation of the relationship between maternal practices as observed in the home and the cognitive development of young children from low-income families. The purpose of the study was to determine if lower-class maternal warmth was associated with intellectual growth of the child. Fifty-two lower class mothers were…

Three hundred and fifty-three Pittsburgh school children were randomly assigned to nine classes taught by the basal approach and nine classes taught by the integrated experience approach. Five readiness measures were administered at the beginning of the first grade, and the Stanford Achievement Test was given in May of first, second, and third…

The Learning Potential Test was administered three times to samples of bright, dull normal, and educable mentally retarded (EMR) children. Training in relevant problem solving strategies was interpolated following the second administration to separate the effects of practice and coaching. As hypothesized, lower-class dull normal and EMR subjects…

Using survey research methodology in rating "believability" of computers, this study concludes that English Canadians tend to find computers more credible than do French Canadians. The two variables that affected the subjects' attitudes were an affectively positive awareness of the computer's pragmatic abilities and an affectively…

A collection of articles from "Scientific American" magazine has been put together at this time because the current period in computer science is one of consolidation rather than innovation. A few years ago, computer science was moving so swiftly that even the professional journals were more archival than informative; but today it is…

Reported are the proceedings and recommendations of a research conference to improve the development and utilization of intelligence tests for use with blind adults in social and vocational rehabilitation. The following tests are considered: A Haptic Intelligence Scale for the Adult Blind, the Raven Progressive Matrices for Presentation to the…