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Direct linkHeckman, James J.; Karapakula, Ganesh – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2019
This paper presents the first analysis of the life course outcomes through late midlife (around age 55) for the participants of the iconic Perry Preschool Project, an experimental high-quality preschool program for disadvantaged African-American children in the 1960s. We discuss the design of the experiment, compromises in and adjustments to the…
Descriptors: Experimental Programs, African Americans, Males, Adolescents
Provence, Sally – Children, 1969
Descriptors: Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Experimental Programs, Intervention
Palmer, Francis H. – Children, 1969
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Concept Teaching, Discovery Learning, Early Childhood Education
Peer reviewedRobinson, Halbert B.; Robinson, Nancy M. – Child Development, 1971
A much greater positive effect of the program was found with culturally deprived, preschool Negro children than with more advantaged Caucasian children. (Authors)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Black Youth, Control Groups, Day Care
Download full textMonmouth County Dept. of Education, Freehold, NJ. – 1965
Research indicates the existence of a relationship between the level of visual perceptual skills in the first grade and academic success in later grades. Special visual-motor training was given to some 275 primary school children with a like number of children acting as a control group. The control group was one grade ahead of the experimental…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Control Groups, Experimental Groups, Experimental Programs
Heber, Rick; Garber, Howard – 1970
In a study of ways of preventing mental retardation in the population of a city slum, surveys were conducted. The major finding was that the variable of maternal intelligence was the best single predictor of the level and character of intellectual development in the offspring. The survey also showed that the lower the maternal IQ, the greater the…
Descriptors: Child Development, Comparative Analysis, Disadvantaged Youth, Environmental Influences
Piesco, Judith Josephson; Podell, Lawrence – 1977
A study of the retention and graduation experience of City University of New York senior college students who have entered since 1970 focused on three groups: (1) SEEK (Search for Education, Elevation, and Knowledge program)students; (2) students who were eligible for SEEK but were rejected by randomization procedures; and (3) ineligible students.…
Descriptors: Achievement, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Dropout Rate
Andrews, Susan B.; And Others – 1975
The New Orleans Parent-Child Development Center (NOPCDC) was funded four years ago to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of a model of parent education. The ultimate goal was to prevent the effects of poverty on human development. The parent education program was designed to increase the mother's knowledge and understanding about child…
Descriptors: Child Development Centers, Cognitive Development, Educational Diagnosis, Experimental Programs
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Div. of ESC Education Planning and Development. – 1982
An evaluation of the New York State Experimental Prekindergarten Program was begun in 1975 to provide longititudinal data on the effects of prekindergarten on children's development over a period of 5 years. Data were collected on a variety of items, including children's test performance at various times, family background, ratings by teachers,…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Disadvantaged Youth
Weikart, David P. – 1975
This paper reviews the concept of parent involvement in preschool intervention programs and presents experimental data relevant to the effectiveness of several preschool and home-based teaching programs for economically disadvantaged children. The range of current assumptions about parents is summarized as: (1) parents need to be taught how to be…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Experimental Programs, Home Programs, Home Visits
York Region Board of Education, Aurora (Ontario). – 1986
A study of one grade cohort of students taught in a Chicago Mastery Learning Reading (CMLR) Program was extended to two additional cohorts, one older and one younger than the original group but who were taught using the same method. The students' reading comprehension test scores were compared with those of students in other schools, not taught by…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Comparative Analysis, Correlation, Elementary Education
Beishuizen, Jos; Moonen, Jef – 1992
This paper describes the research strategies employed in the Dutch Technology Enriched Schools (TES) project, which was initiated in 1987 to introduce computers into secondary education, to encourage extensive and intensive use of computers in a small number of secondary schools, and to study the effects of computer use on the classroom, the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Experimental Programs
Kitzis, Ellen S.; And Others – 1977
This paper explores the results of an experimental program at Tufts University designed to affect medical students' career choices. Students were located in a rural hospital for the entire third year of their medical training. It was hypothesized that the program would result in more positive orientations toward practice in rural settings and…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Educational Environment, Experimental Programs, Experiments
Noonan, Al – 1981
The system discussed in this paper was successfully used to track approximately 17,000 students participating in various educational programs and to measure their gains through achievement test results. It was developed for a school district with twelve supplementary instruction programs, and has been in use since the 1975-76 school year. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Bilingual Education, Compliance (Legal)
WARREN, RICHARD D.; AND OTHERS – 1966
AN EXPERIMENTAL ACTION AND RESEARCH PROJECT WAS CONDUCTED DURING 1960-64 BY THE IOWA AGRICULTURAL AND HOME ECONOMICS EXPERIMENT STATION, IN COOPERATION WITH THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, TO DETERMINE THE INFLUENCE OF AN INTENSIVE TRAINING PROGRAM FOR GENERAL MANAGERS OF LOCAL RETAIL FARM SUPPLY RETAIL BUSINESSES DEALING IN FERTILIZER AND…
Descriptors: Administration, Agricultural Supply Occupations, Analysis of Variance, Attitudes
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