This is a summary of the second and third years' work on the research project on training teachers for the culturally disadvantaged, reported fully in SP 004 110, SP 004 111, and SP 004 112. The project was based on the hypotheses that students with academic difficulties could be made more academically successful, their grade-point averages could…

The development of children's language skills was studied in an experimental research project involving programmed versus incidental instruction in a prekindergarten program. It was hypothesized that children who attended a prekindergarten with programed instruction would score significantly higher on language skills tests than would a comparable…