The purpose of this study was to identify the differences between students who profit from compensatory education programs and those who do not. The study looked at family systems, family interactions, and individual children's behavior from a point of view that subsumes cognitive and communicational style variables which differ from the framework…

A preschool curriculum for lower class children was developed based on Piaget's theory. Evaluation procedures were developed to parallel a Piagetian curriculum. According to Piagetian theory, the mechanism of classification is the coordination of the intensive and extensive properties of a group of objects. The ability to dichotomously classify…

Forty-seven books, articles, and reports published between 1960 and 1969 are cited in this bibliography about high-risk education for Appalachian youth. The titles are grouped into 4 categories: (1) general information sources, (2) characteristics of disadvantaged students, (3) college admissions and guidance, and (4) other related sources. The…

In conjunction with the regular 1970 summer session, Santa Barbara City College (SBCC) sponsored a developmental program for disadvantaged minority students. Fifty-two students participated, 34 financially supported by the Neighborhood Youth Corps, and 18 others with similar backgrounds and characteristics. The minority students were enrolled in…

The assumption that the dyadic communication pattern (one teacher-one student) is the most effective pattern for encouraging language and speech development among elementary and preschool children is tested in this study. Fifty-six 4-year-old children from the Task Force Head Start Program of Buffalo, New York, were observed in four different…

Recently, colleges and universities have been recruiting and admitting students whose poverty-neighborhood environments and educational and ethnic backgrounds may have prevented the continuation of their education beyond high school. We already know that these "culturally distinct students" have college adjustment problems that traditional…

In the fall of 1963, 22 disadvantaged high school graduates with the potential for college success were admitted to Michigan State University (MSU). They were provided with financial aid, remedial courses, tutoring, and individual counseling. Nine, or 41%, of the 22 students graduated on time in 1967, compared to a national average of 40% of all…

Training in design and test development may not be of much help in dealing with the evaluation of Federally funded projects in a large city school system. Planning and carrying out evaluation in a large urban school system requires that much skill and time be spent on typically managerial pursuits. Therefore, a specialist in evaluation and…

This book explores sociodramatic play as a potential compensatory tool for educationally disadvantaged children. The author examines the antecedents of educational disadvantagement and develops a rationale for the use of sociodramatic play. She places sociodramatic play in perspective as a particular stage of play behavior and further investigates…

The 5-year project reported in this paper sought initially to examine the home environments both of isolated, intact rural white families and of single parent AFDC Negro families. The information thus gathered was to be compared to what is known about middle class white families in hopes of isolating the differences that result in the poorer…

This seminar on the role of teachers in intervention programs consists of five papers. The first serves as an introduction and stresses the necessity of teachers' acceptance of change for program success. In the second paper, Sigel and Jackson expand on one of Sigel's introductory themes, the central role of the teacher in the process of change…

The Basic Education and Enrichment Program (BEE) was established at Elizabeth City State College in September 1968. Its basic purpose is to offer freshmen innovative educational assistance in acquiring skills needed for the successful completion of college. BEE consists of three types of activities: tutoring sessions, counseling, and testing. All…

The purpose of this study is to provide an assessment of the Follow Through organization and its major components in order to identify problems in functioning and to suggest possible organizational changes that would lead to improved functioning. Each of the major components of Follow Through - the Follow Through Office, the sponsors, local…

This report describes the longitudinal research conducted in an early intervention program since 1966. The program is characterized by the use of paraprofessionals serving as home visitors and parent educators. Data collection has included measures of children's behavior and development, parent-child interactions, and parent variables such as…

Part one of this two-part report focuses on the supplementary programs, partially funded under Titles I and IV of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act, at Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School. The faculty at Bethune chose to focus on the primary clusters--kindergarten, first, second, and third grades--for evaluation. Special emphasis was…