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Peer reviewedWiss, Corrinne – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1989
A case study of a child not developmentally ready to handle the linguistic demands of a second language in an academic setting is presented as representative of a subgroup of students. It is suggested that new paradigms for researching suitability of early French immersion for all students are needed. (21 references) (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Development, Cognitive Ability, Elementary Education
Download full textBank Street Coll. of Education, New York, NY. – 1969
As part of a national evaluation of Head Start, a comparison of school readiness and childhood development approaches to preschool education was attempted, but major methodological problems were encountered. It was not possible to find the study samples called for in the original plan, i.e. a child-readiness program of the Bereiter-Engelmann type,…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Child Development, Cognitive Ability, Comparative Analysis
