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,…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

The effectiveness of acceleration training with children who were in a transition period was examined. Forty-eight kindergarten children were separated into four groups on the basis of their status (Preoperational vs. Transitional) and whether or not they received three sessions of inversion-negation training. The results of the immediate and…

This illustrated manual was written with the expectation of increasing parent involvement in children's early learning development. Concrete examples of things to do are offered in five basic areas in which parents can help prepare their preschool child for school: health care, language development, perceptual-motor development, social…

The Learning Booth, an educational product developed and tested by the Far West Laboratory, was designed to offer a young child (at kindergarten or first-grade level) an experience which enables the child to learn to solve problems and find answers independently. Other training materials enable users to set up and operate a learning booth for…

Part 1 of this paper considers conventional bilingual-bicultural programs, observing that there is still much need for improvement. According to the author, successful programs require adequate societal information; a clear understanding between school, home, and community; a satisfactory statement of basic program philosophy, rationale, goals,…

The appropriate age for starting school is discussed in relation to the ideas of Piaget, Hunt, and Moore. (SB)

Covert assessment strategies not usually reported in psychological testing are described and their implications for educational diagnosticians, school psychologists, and clinical psychologists are discussed. Covert assessment is a procedure which does not violate standardized testing procedures, but rather complements and enhances the assessment…

Addresses the pressures of early academic learning among young children and presents parents with three guidelines for pursuing early learning experiences: readiness, observation, and options. (BB)