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Nummedal, Susan G.; Stern, Carolyn – 1971
To determine the continuing impact of Head Start experience, this follow-up study compared (1) the behavior of children who had Full Year Head Start (FYHS) experience under three different types of agencies, and (2) within each agency, where possible, the behavior of children who did not have FYHS experience. Subjects were 102 FYHS children and 39…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Observation Techniques, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis
Lengel, James G. – 1974
Moral development theory, based on the work of Kohlberg and others, offers an approach to growth and stage change which may be applied to the everyday schooling process. Although there are now four general ways in which theory of developmental change is currently being applied, this paper proposes an alternative application of the stage transition…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Research, Cognitive Development
Rayder, Nicholas F.; And Others – 1975
This report focuses on the development and implementation of a 1-day classroom observation schedule designed to evaluate the Responsive Education Program, a compensatory program of formal education for children, ages 3-9, and their families. The program is an effort to create Head Start and Follow Through programs for children who are ethnically…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Observation Techniques, Cognitive Development, Cultural Differences
Cole, Michael – 1983
This report, addressed to the broad audience of cognitive scientists, examines research on cognitive change. In the introduction, background considerations are made, previous research is reviewed, and the report itself is outlined. The first chapter, "Finding Goals Outside the Laboratory," discusses how laboratory tasks can obscure research goals…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Observation Techniques, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
Smith, Dawn – 1987
This detailed curriculum guide describes a model program (the Preschool Hearing Impaired Support Center) implemented in the Detroit Public Schools' preprimary classes for the hearing impaired. The auditory-oral approach is based on the developmental philosophy of Jean Piaget and on principles of regular early childhood education programs. Section…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Skills, Class Activities, Classroom Design, Classroom Environment
Ross, Sylvia; Zimiles, Herbert – 1975
This study reports on differences in children's interactional behaviors in traditional and nontraditional classrooms. The Differentiated Child Behavior Observational System which provides for systematic recording of group behavior in ongoing classroom activities, was applied in two days of observation in each of 17 classrooms (grades 1 to 3, ages…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Classroom Environment, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Research