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Morrow, Robert D.; McBride, Hugh J. – 1977
This article discusses the assessment of language and cognitive development as reflected in preschool activities and describes the Preschool Language-Cognitive Assessment for Curriculum Entry (PLACE). Five task-skill areas associated with common preschool activities (building with blocks, completing puzzles, pounding pegs, etc) are identified. How…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Cognitive Development, Identification, Language Acquisition
Download full textDusewicz, Russell A.; Coller, Alan R. – 1978
This study used two evaluation approaches to assess the effectiveness of Picturepages, a preschool readiness program televised daily in Kentucky. In this program, children actively follow along with the TV show using multi-colored Picturepages booklets distributed to their homes weekly in advance of the broadcast. In the Home-Based Study, a…
Descriptors: Educational Television, Home Programs, Learning Readiness, Measurement Instruments
Soares, Louise M.; Soares, Anthony T. – 1982
Brain research has illuminated several areas of the learning process: (1) learning as association; (2) learning as reinforcement; (3) learning as perception; (4) learning as imitation; (5) learning as organization; (6) learning as individual style; and (7) learning as brain activity. The classic conditioning model developed by Pavlov advanced…
Descriptors: Brain, Cerebral Dominance, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Style
Meltzer, L. J.; And Others – 1981
Within the multidisciplinary setting of the Brookline Early Education Project, the present investigation examined the relationship between observations of parents, pediatricians, psychologists and teachers. The study was designed to examine two questions: (1) Are systematically collected parent reports of their children's current development…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Grade 2, Interdisciplinary Approach
Hill, Robert R.; And Others – 1980
This document reports the preliminary results of the Fall, 1980 administration of the Cognitive Skills Assessment Battery (CSAB) to all first grade students in South Carolina. This battery was administered in accordance with the mandate of the 1978 Act 631 of the state legislature. The CSAB is an individually administered readiness battery…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Comparative Analysis, Educational Research, Educational Resources
Au, Kathryn H. – 1974
This Kamehameha Early Education Program (KEEP) report describes the development of a systematic program for teaching academic readiness skills to kindergarten children who require special help to develop attentional behaviors. The progress of eight kindergarten children (five boys and three girls) is described to illustrate the merit of the…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Attention Control, Behavior Development, Demonstration Programs
PECK, JOHN R.; SEXTON, C. LUCILLE – 1960
THE STUDY SOUGHT TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF INCLUDING THE TRAINABLE CHILD (IQ 25-50 INCLUSIVE, AND BELOW M.A. 8) IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL PROGRAM. APPROXIMATELY 27 CHILDREN IN THE TRAINABLE CATEGORY WERE DIVIDED INTO 3 EQUAL GROUPS AND PLACED IN A 2-YEAR CONTROLLED-CLASSROOM PROGRAM AT EACH OF 3 TYPES OF FACILITIES--A TYPICAL CITY ELEMENTARY…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Educational Opportunities, Elementary Schools, Handicapped Children
CHOROST, SHERWOOD B.; AND OTHERS – 1967
THIS PROJECT WAS CONDUCTED TO INVESTIGATE THE EFFECT UPON DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN OF A HEAD START PROGRAM AND THE AFTER-EFFECT OF THAT PROGRAM ON THE SUBJECTS' SUBSEQUENT PERFORMANCE IN KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE. MEASURES OF APTITUDE AND ACHIEVEMENT WERE TAKEN DURING THE FIRST TWO WEEKS AND LAST TWO WEEKS OF THE EIGHT WEEK HEAD START PROGRAM,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Attendance Patterns, Disadvantaged
EWING, ALEXANDER; EWING, ETHEL C. – 1964
DESIGNED AS A TEXT FOR AUDIOLOGISTS AND TEACHERS OF HEARING IMPAIRED CHILDREN, THIS BOOK PRESENTS BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT SPOKEN LANGUAGE, HEARING, AND LIPREADING. METHODS AND RESULTS OF EVALUATING SPOKEN LANGUAGE OF AURALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN WITHOUT USING READING OR WRITING ARE REPORTED. VARIOUS TYPES OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP HEARING AIDS ARE…
Descriptors: Children, Deafness, Hearing Aids, Hearing Impairments
HARRIS, ALBERT J. – 1965
A DESCRIPTION IS MADE OF AN ATTEMPT TO APPLY TO FIRST GRADE READING INSTRUCTION THE IDEA THAT CHILDREN CAN BENEFIT WHEN THE TEACHING OF READING IS ADAPTED TO THEIR COGNITIVE STYLE. PRETESTING WAS DONE TO DISCOVER THE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES IN LEARNING APTITUDES, AND THE TEACHING PROCEDURE WAS MODIFIED TO EMPHASIZE COMPARATIVELY STRONG ABILITIES.…
Descriptors: Aptitude, Beginning Reading, Cognitive Ability, Grade 1
McGregor, John D. – 1978
An instructional program based on a learning hierarchy and involving the addition of fractions was presented to fourth grade students in a pretest - posttest design. The results of the tests were analyzed using both Walbesser's and White's techniques for validation. There was sufficient disagreement in the results to prevent a conclusion of…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Curriculum Development, Intermediate Grades, Learning Modules
CHESTEEN, HILLIARD E., JR.; AND OTHERS – 1966
TO STUDY THE EFFECT OF A 6-WEEK HEAD START PROGRAM ON THE SCHOOL READINESS OF 81 CULTURALLY DEPRIVED CHILDREN IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, LOUISIANA, COMPARISONS WERE MADE BETWEEN HEAD START AND NONCULTURALLY DEPRIVED CHILDREN. IQ SCORES AND CULTURAL-SOCIOLOGICAL-ECONOMICAL STATUS INFLUENCE UPON SCHOOL READINESS WERE STUDIED. ALL CHILDREN INVOLVED…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Disadvantaged, Educational Research, Grade 1
Mills, Earl S.; Wood, Duane R. – 1974
A model of an instructional program which uses principles of effective management to optimize learning for adult learners is described. The model is a result of the authors' work with the Institute for Personal and Career Development which is responsible for the external degree program of Central Michigan University. Most adult learners have…
Descriptors: Administration, Adult Learning, Behavioral Objectives, Feedback
Carroll, James L. – 1976
Summarized is the school psychologist's role in the interdisciplinary approach to screening preschool children for the identification of present or potential impairments. Provided is a listing of test materials (indicated as either individually or group administered) for the following areas: IQ estimate, visual discrimination and memory, receptive…
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Education, Exceptional Child Services, Handicapped Children, Identification
Kamii, Constance – 1974
In this paper it is shown that one's conception of intelligence and its development profoundly affects the formulation of educational objectives. A mechanistic conception of intelligence leads to the definition of objectives as a collection of fragmented "cognitive skills" that have little to do with children's development of intelligence. A…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Competency Based Education
