A 5-year longitudinal study of infant day care programs in New York City is described. Emphasis is on the effects of day care on the child and family, particulary with regard to mother-infant separation. The study is large scale (involving 550 children and families), and it focuses on service-oriented programs that have been developed in the past…

This is one of a series of reports on the National Longitudinal Study of Mathematical Abilities (NLSMA). Further, it is of the subseries that reports the data analyses for the possible correlates of mathematics achievement; this particular report contains the data on correlates classified as teacher background and opinion variables for grades 4…

This is one of a series of reports on the National Longitudinal Study of Mathematical Abilities (NLSMA). Further, it is of the subseries that reports the data analyses for the possible correlates of mathematics achievement; this particular report contains the data on correlates classified as school-community and demographic variables for students…

This document briefly describes Phase I of the Preschool Project. The research from 1969-72, Phase II, focuses on how the experiences and environments of highly competent and less competent children differ in early childhood. It is theorized that intellectual development is a function of a child's interaction with his human and physical…

To identify variables which inhibit social and academic adjustment, 42 kindergarten students were studied longitudinally by means of parent interviews, observation, tests, and anecdotal records. The IQ score for the group remained normal to slightly above over the 8-year period, but individual scores tended to vary more with increased age.…

The Institute for Developmental Studies (IDS) program has evolved into a comprehensive 5-year enrichment curriculum running from prekindergarten through third grade. The academic progress of both IDS and control children was monitored over the 5-year period by administration of standardized tests and special tests developed for the program.…

This manual contains instructions which formed the basis for the training of observers to collect data on the Personal Record of School Experience (PROSE) form for a 1969-1970 longitudinal study of disadvantaged children. (CK)

As part of an ongoing longitudinal study of adult basic education (ABE), reading and mathematics tests selected from the Tests of Adult Basic Education were initially administered to a national sample of selected types of ABE students in early 1972; comparable forms were later re-administered to as many of the same students as possible. Attendance…

Four-wave, five-year longitudinal panel data are used to assess selected antecedents and consequences of participation in student activities. Path analysis reveals that the "early" or freshman year educational expectations of high school students are a critical determinant of participation. Measured intelligence is also a determinant of senior…

This book is organized in nine parts, as follows. Part I, "Preface," includes an account of how the author went from the rather esoteric research on theoretical problems in serial rote learning to research on the inheritance of mental abilities and its implications for education. Part II, "How Much Can We Boost IQ and Scholastic Achievement?," is…

This study attempted to evaluate the effects on pupil performance of three and four years of intensive oral language instruction in English or Spanish. The subjects were disadvantaged third and fourth grade Mexican-American children who had been members of experimental classes since first grade in the San Antonio Language Research Project. The…

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…

A twenty-six-month follow-up study was made of 75 Anglo- and Spanish-American primary school children who were examined on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, the Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities, and the Bender Visual-Motor Gestalt Test in order to determine the specific cognitive deficits which might account for the poor…

Because the demand for health services exceeds the supply, information concerning the aspirations, interests, and motivating factors which lead individuals to choose a health career and the obstacles in the path of health career development are of vital concern to counselors and guidance personnel. This paper reports the findings of three studies…

Procedures for early identification of delinquency-prone youth in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, are described in this report of a 1961-1972 study designed to delineate the problems of aggressive and disruptive classroom behavior as related to delinquency. Data collection began in 1961, when each 3rd-, 6th-, and 9th-grade teacher in Eau Claire…