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Publication Date: 1974-Jul
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Evaluation of the Family of Man/Minnesota Project Social Studies.
Mitsakos, Charles L., Comp.
Six evaluations of the elementary level social studies project The Family of Man are briefly described. In the first evaluation, conducted in Minnesota from 1967-69, taped interviews relating experimental and control group childrens' perceptions of other peoples were compared. Six major differences were noted between the groups, including an increased understanding of children in the experimental group that ways of living are learned. In the second evaluation, students in Bellevue, Washington, were queried about their knowledge of and interest in social studies. Experimental group children generally knew more and were more interested. In the third evaluation, the Speedier project in Pennsylvania, researchers concluded that teachers and students involved in The Family of Man project were more interested in social studies than ever before. In the Chelmsford, Massachusetts study, scores of fourth grade students using The Family of Man program were significantly higher than the national norm. In the fifth evaluation, test results of 700 first and second grade students in Fairfax County, Virginia, schools indicated that children in the experimental group outperformed control group children in 36 of the 40 test items. In the final evaluation, researchers concluded from data in the November 1973 issue of "Social Education" that The Family of Man had the best possible scores of any primary grade social studies program for which reports were received. (Author/DB)
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