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Download full textEhrlich, Stacy B.; Pacchiano, Debra M.; Stein, Amanda G.; Luppescu, Stuart – University of Chicago Consortium on School Research, 2016
Decades of research evidence indicate that high-quality early education can positively affect the learning trajectories of disadvantaged young children. However, despite significant investments to improve what happens in the classroom, publicly funded pre-kindergarten programs continue to display instructional quality that is too weak to prepare…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Early Experience, Disadvantaged, Teacher Surveys
KLING, MARTIN – 1966
IN AN ADDRESS THE AUTHOR DESCRIBED A STUDY OF THE GAINS IN READING, ARITHMETIC, AND LANGUAGE OVER A 3-MONTH PERIOD MADE BY JOB CORPS ENROLLEES AT CAMP KILMER. THESE ENROLLEES WERE BETWEEN 16 AND 21 YEARS OLD, CITIZENS OR PERMANENT RESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES, SCHOOL DROPOUTS FOR 3 MONTHS OR MORE, UNABLE TO HOLD AN ADEQUATE JOB, UNDERPRIVILEGED…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Disadvantaged
HODES, MARION R. – 1966
THIS STUDY IS AN ATTEMPT TO DETERMINE AND COMPARE THE STATUS AND DEGREE OF CHANGE IN SELECTED EDUCATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS AMONG THREE GROUPS OF CHILDREN WHO ENTERED CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY KINDERGARTEN IN SEPTEMBER 1965. THERE WERE 300 CHILDREN DIVIDED INTO THREE MAJOR GROUPS (1) 102 CHILDREN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE SUMMER HEAD START PROGRAM, (2) 100…
Descriptors: Advantaged, Diagnostic Tests, Disadvantaged, Educational Status Comparison
KRIDER, MARY A.; PETSCHE, MARY – 1967
THREE GROUPS OF DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN WERE ESTABLISHED IN ORDER TO INVESTIGATE THE EFFECT ON ACHIEVEMENT OF PROVIDING SOME CHILDREN WITH A PRESCHOOL PROGRAM AND SOME CHILDREN WITH NO SUCH PROGRAM. AN EXPERIMENTAL GROUP OF HEAD START CHILDREN WERE MATCHED ACCORDING TO SEX, RACE, GENERAL LEVEL OF INTELLIGENCE, AND PARENT'S OCCUPATIONAL LEVEL WITH A…
Descriptors: Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Control Groups, Disadvantaged
CAWLEY, JOHN F. – 1966
RESEARCH IN PRESCHOOL EDUCATION HAS PRODUCED VARIED RESULTS, BUT IT IS FELT THAT THE EARLIER THERE IS INTERVENTION INTO UNSATISFACTORY EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, THE MORE EFFECTIVE WILL BE THE EFFORT TO REDUCE EDUCATIONAL DISABILITIES. THIS STUDY WAS DESIGNED TO INVESTIGATE THE NATURE AND DEGREE OF CHANGE IN THE PERFORMANCE OF FOUR-YEAR OLD CHILDREN…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Behavior Change, Disadvantaged, Evaluation
Reens, Renee; And Others – 1967
Research was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of a 12-week intervention program of individual instruction for disadvantaged preschool children. Based on this pretest, 17 children with IQ scores of 107 or less were selected and placed into experimental and control groups. The experimental group was exposed to individual cognitive and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Comparative Testing, Concept Teaching, Disadvantaged
TAMMINEN, ARMAS W.; AND OTHERS – 1967
TO FIND OUT IF CULTURALLY DEPRIVED CHILDREN SHOW CHANGE IN ACADEMIC READINESS AS A RESULT OF SPECIAL PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS, 3 GROUPS OF CHILDREN (14 TO 17 IN EACH) IN 3 DULUTH SCHOOL AREAS WERE PRE- AND POSTTESTED WITH THE STANFORD-BINET AND SRA PRIMARY MENTAL ABILITIES TESTS. A CONTROL GROUP OF 30 CHILDREN FROM THE SAME 3 SCHOOL AREAS WERE GIVEN THE…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Analysis of Variance, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged
Hankin, Edward K.; And Others – 1967
The purpose of this project was to develop computer assisted courses in arithmetic and reading for disadvantaged adults and youths to serve as prerequisites to entering vocational training. Because of budgetary cuts, the project was terminated before its completion. Lessons in counting, addition, and subtraction were written and tested; however,…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Computer Assisted Instruction, Curriculum Development, Disadvantaged
Starkweather, Elizabeth Kezia – 1966
A research project was conducted to study the effects of an 8-week prekindergarten enrichment program and of two 15-month preschool enrichment programs. Pretest and posttest scores of experimental and control kindergarten children (a sample of 100 out of 1,000 subjects) showed that both groups made significant gains in all ability categories o f…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Concept Formation, Control Groups, Disadvantaged
Cunningham, Grover – 1968
A study was conducted to determine if the observed changes in Head Start children were related to the practice effects inherent in a test-retest situation. The "control" group consisted of 64 children who had been eligible for a Head Start program. They roughly matched a group of Head Start (HS) children in IQ scores, age, and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Tests, Control Groups, Disadvantaged, Experimental Groups
McNamara, J. Regis; And Others – 1968
About 180 Negro Head Start children in Dade County, Florida, were tested (1) to discover if the county's program contributed significantly to language skills, social skills, and self-concept development and (2) to determine if an efficient instrument could be developed to measure self-concept in the disadvantaged child. Pretests and posttests used…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged, Language Skills
JOHNSON, HENRY SIOUX – 1965
TO DETERMINE WHETHER SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES EXIST IN SKILL PERFORMANCE AS A RESULT OF HEAD START EXPERIENCE AND TO DETERMINE WHETHER THESE DIFFERENCES EXIST BETWEEN TWO ETHNIC GROUPS, 17 ANGLO-AMERICAN AND 62 MEXICAN-AMERICAN CULTURALLY DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN WERE PRE-TESTED AND POST-TESTED DURING THE SUMMER OF 1965 IN CONNECTION WITH SIX-WEEK…
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Cultural Influences, Developmental Programs, Disadvantaged
Moody, Janet L. – 1971
The program provided learning experiences for 112 children aged 3 to 10 (approximately 62 percent of whom were East Indian), some of whom had specific learning difficulties. The experiences were intended to improve language abilities, motor-perceptual skills, socialization, enhance self-concepts, and evoke more positive feelings toward school.…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Case Studies, Disadvantaged, Educational Programs
