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Download full textMichigan State Dept. of Education, Lansing. – 1979
Intended to help compensatory education personnel better understand the role of the arts in cognitive growth, this booklet provides practical suggestions for using arts strategies in basic education. Following a discussion of the role of the arts in the learning process, the booklet presents a number of activities that involve the interaction of…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Cognitive Processes, Compensatory Education, Dramatic Play
Moore, Sylvia F. – 1979
A research study was conducted to measure (1) the extent to which a young woman is financially disadvantaged by the loss of her husband's income, (2) the ways in which she seeks to alleviate this loss, and (3) how successful she is in doing so. Data were collected from 519 young women, both white and black, who experienced a first disruption of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Divorce, Economic Factors, Economically Disadvantaged
Carter, Cynthia A., Ed. – 1978
This report offers a title-by-title analysis of Public Law 95-561, the Education Amendments of 1978, as well as actual texts of the conference committee report and the legislation itself. Broken down by titles, the analyses cover technical assistance to meet special educational needs of children; basic skills improvement; special projects and new…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Basic Skills, Bilingual Education, Community Schools
Smilansky, M. – 1979
This paper presents and evaluates the broad results of pre-school intervention experiments and programs aimed at fostering the intellectual and social development of "disadvantaged" groups. Among the general findings discussed are (1) there is a "sensitive," or even "critical," period in child development, an age at…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Disadvantaged Youth
Fox, Roger; Lacour, Bernard – 1977
The State of Illinois appropriates funds according to a resource equalizer formula which allows a district having a large number and a high percentage of economically disadvantaged school children to gain a sizable bonus in State aid, contingent upon a plan to improve instruction. The Chicago Public Schools have received this bonus without…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Gemmill, Perry R.; Kiss, Mary Ellen – 1979
This learning activity package (LAP) titled Occupational Cluster Analysis for Disadvantaged Vocational Learners is one of a series designed to develop competencies needed by vocational teachers working with disadvantaged students. Each LAP concentrates on one general vocational teacher competency and contains the following sections: an…
Descriptors: Cluster Analysis, Competency Based Teacher Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, Individualized Instruction
Mediax Associates, Inc., Westport, CT. – 1978
This evaluation of the Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA) Program in the District of Columbia public schools addresses four general issues: (1) the extent to which the program was implemented as planned; (2) the extent of participation by identified target populations; (3) assessments of the program by participating professional and other adult…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Education, Cultural Isolation, Economically Disadvantaged
Green, Henry A.; Cohen, Jane – 1979
This volume reports on six research projects undertaken by the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) to improve the education and social integration of disadvantaged youth in Israel. Described and discussed are the following: (1) the Home Instruction Program for Pre-School Youngsters (HIPPY); (2) an experiment in elementary school integration in…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education, Educational Improvement, Educational Innovation
Griffith, Marlene – 1979
This booklet is one of a series of teacher-written curriculum publications launched by the Bay Area Writing Project, each focusing on a different aspect of the teaching of composition. After a brief introduction in which the writing concepts of fluency, shape, and correctness are defined, the rest of the booklet presents the work of three…
Descriptors: Educationally Disadvantaged, Higher Education, Self Actualization, Student Development
COHEN, S. ALAN – 1964
READING DISABILITIES ARE DIVIDED INTO THREE CATEGORIES--THOSE CAUSED BY PERCEPTUAL FACTORS, THOSE CAUSED BY PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS, AND THOSE CAUSED BY PSYCHOEDUCATIONAL FACTORS. POOR DEVELOPMENT OF VISUAL PERCEPTION CONSTITUTES A DISPROPORTIONATE PERCENTAGE OF LEARNING DISABILITY AMONG NEGROES AND PUERTO RICANS IN CENTRAL CITIES. EARLY CHILDHOOD…
Descriptors: Black Youth, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Education
FREEDMAN, ALFRED M. – 1960
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A CHILD'S SOCIAL ENVIRONMENTS AND HIS DEVELOPMENT WAS STUDIED. A MAIN AREA OF CONCERN WAS CULTURAL DISADVANTAGE AMONG CHILDREN FROM LOWER SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS. THESE CHILDREN NOT ONLY FELL BEHIND IN BASIC SCHOLASTIC GROWTH, BUT ALSO RESPONDED MINIMALLY TO THE FUNCTION OF THE SCHOOL. THE BASIC PHILOSPHY OF THE…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Child Development, Childhood Attitudes, Classroom Communication
CHAPMAN, JANE R. – 1966
A TRAINING CAMP FOR UNEMPLOYED YOUTH NEAR RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA IS DESCRIBED IN THIS SUMMARY OF A DETAILED REPORT, "AN EVALUATION OF THE CONCEPT OF TRAINEE CAMPS FOR UNEMPLOYED YOUTH," PREPARED BY THE STANFORD RESEARCH INSTITUTE (SRI). YOUTH BETWEEN 16 AND 21 YEARS OF AGE, NOT IN SCHOOL, AND WITH LITTLE CHANCE OF EMPLOYMENT BECAUSE OF…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Camping, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropouts
ALLERHAND, MELVIN E. – 1966
DURING THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1, 1965 TO JANUARY 1, 1966 AT THE HEADSTART OPERATIONAL FIELD ANALYSIS IN CLEVELAND, OHIO THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES TOOK PLACE. (1) THE METHODOLOGY FOR CLASSROOM OBSERVATION OF HEADSTART (HS) AND NON-HEADSTART (NHS) CHILDREN AND INTERVIEWS WITH THEIR CLASSROOM TEACHERS WAS REVISED. THE HS GROUP OF 125 WAS SELECTED FROM…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Classroom Research, Comparative Analysis, Concept Formation
GRAHAM, JEWEL – 1967
AS NOTED IN THIS REPORT, THE ANTIOCH PROGRAM FOR INTERRACIAL EDUCATION TESTED THE ASSUMPTION THAT DISADVANTAGED HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH A POTENTIAL FOR ACADEMIC WORK WOULD BENEFIT FROM A COLLEGE CAREER AT ANTIOCH AND WOULD ALSO CONTRIBUTE POSITIVELY TO THE COLLEGE. IDENTIFIED BY COMMITTEES IN VARIOUS DEPRESSED AREAS AND ACCEPTED BY RELAXED…
Descriptors: Administration, Blacks, College Admission, College Environment
BERGER, STANLEY I.
THE PURPOSES OF THIS PILOT PROJECT WERE (1) TO ATTEMPT TO EVALUATE THE EFFECT OF THE LOCAL PROGRAM ON BOTH INDIVIDUAL CHILDREN AND THE GROUP AND (2) TO INVESTIGATE THE SENSITIVITY OF THE TEST INSTRUMENTS EMPLOYED IN EVALUATING SUCH A PROGRAM. SIXTY-ONE CHILDREN WERE ENROLLED IN THE LOCAL HEADSTART PROGRAM AND WERE ADMINISTERED THE STANFORD-BINET,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Disadvantaged, Early Experience, Evaluation Methods
