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Stack, Wesner Brown – 1976
Samples of 98 fourth graders and 111 sixth graders participated in a study of the relationships between operational thinking and reading comprehension of texts involving operational structures. Tests of operational thinking, reading comprehension, IQ, and vocabulary were administered in class groups. Results from correlational and factor analyses…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages, Doctoral Dissertations, Intermediate Grades
A Study of the Development of Eight Hearing-Impaired Preschool Children from Spanish-Speaking Homes.
Grant, June M. – 1975
Case studies of eight hearing impaired preschool children from Spanish speaking homes were presented in this dissertation. The children and their parents were enrolled in the Trinity University Parent/Infant Program for hearing impaired infants from Spanish speaking homes. The case studies consisted of family and medical histories, audiological…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cognitive Development, Family Characteristics, Handicapped Children
Download full textBrooks, Ian Royston – 1975
After reviewsing the literature relative to culture and cognition, an hypothetical model was developed to explain some aspects of concept learning and cognitive development. To test aspects of the model, 3 tests which had had prior use in cross-cultural studies and 5 original tests were administered individually to 34 Stoney Indian and 34…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, American Indians, Anglo Americans, Children
Johnson, Helen Watt – 1978
The purpose of this study was to determine whether or not the elementary school principal has an impact on the outcomes of schooling manifested by students and, if so, to determine the nature of the role of the principal in influencing cognitive and affective outcomes manifested by students. The three sets of principal-related variables used were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Role, Affective Behavior, Cognitive Development
Chen, Margaret – 1979
This paper investigates the development of negative Wh-questions in a four year old subject acquiring English as her L1. Spontaneous and elicited speech samples were collected over a period of 6 months. During the course of the study, the subject began to invert subject and auxiliary, and by the end of the study she was inverting correctly in 38%…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Language, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
Nadeau, Adela; And Others – 1975
This study describes the kindergarten to level 3 curriculum of a bilingual-bicultural education program at Nestor Elementary School in Imperial Beach, California, under E.S.E.A. Title VII. It discusses the specific program environment and classroom organization used to implement the curriculum. The curriculum is divided into four main strands:…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Cognitive Development
