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Maine Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, Augusta. – 1992
This booklet is designed to help people in Maine communities organize on a local level to address one of the main goals of the America 2000 program, that all children will start school ready to learn. The booklet suggests that this goal is more complicated than it first appears and that its meaning can vary, depending upon the perspective from…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Involvement, Community Planning, Early Childhood Education
Wang, Xiaoping; And Others – 1989
A study involving teachers and administrators from 16 elementary, middle, and high schools in Tennessee investigated the factorial structure of the Self-Directed Learning Readiness Scale (SDLRS). The SDLRS includes 58 Likert-like items designed to measure the readiness of adult learners to assume self-direction in the learning process. Study…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Administrators, Adult Education, Diagnostic Tests
Peters, Richard – 1986
The middle school grades are a period of transition: a time in the formal educational process when immature children develop into young adolescents who are better prepared for the rigors of higher education and life itself. In order to help children master the sophisticated social studies concepts and skills necessary for higher secondary…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Concept Formation, Curriculum Design, Integrated Activities
Suvanathat, Chucha; And Others – 1984
Reported are "An Investigation of the Factors Related to Anxiety in Children" in Bangladesh, by Dilruba Afrose, and briefly, a study of "Intergenerational Conflicts Regarding Child-Rearing Practices and Their Effects on Certain Behaviours of Children," by Chucha Suvanathat. The former investigation attempted to determine…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Attention Deficit Disorders, Child Rearing, Children
Schneider, Wolfgang; And Others – 1987
The expert-novice paradigm, which demonstrates the outstanding role of domain-specific knowledge in explaining differences in memory behavior and performance, was examined. Two studies are described which compared memory performance of groups equivalent with regard to domain-specific knowledge but differing in intellectual ability. The hypothesis…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Intelligence Differences
Mouw, John T.; Perkins, Kyle – 1986
The purpose for which a test is used and the examinees' stage of learning are two anchor points that are incorporated into a suggested framework for conducting construct validation studies for tests of students with English as a second language (ESL) or English as a foreign language (EFL). The framework includes the use of generalizability theory,…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Generalizability Theory
Bartolini, Leandro A. – 1985
This paper, one of several written for a comprehensive policy study of early childhood education in Illinois, examines and summarizes the literature on the problems of young children in adjusting to starting school full-time and describes the nature and extent of their difficulties in relation to statewide educational policy. The review of studies…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Coping, Elementary School Students, Emotional Response
Steer, Donald R., Ed. – 1980
Nine articles on the young adolescent consider the ability of middle schools to adapt to the needs of their students, the educational implications of preadolescent development, adolescent brain growth and cognitive ability, and the relevance of Piaget's psychology to the middle school. The authors' conclusions include the necessity to identify and…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
REPORT ON THE ARTICULATORY AND INTELLIGIBILITY STATUS OF SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN.
FRIEDLANDER, GEORGE H. – 1965
THIS STUDY OF THE ARTICULATORY AND INTELLIGIBILITY LEVEL OF A SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED GROUP OF CHILDREN IN THE HEAD START PROGRAM INVOLVED 150 CHILDREN, 4 1/2 - 6 YEARS OF AGE, WITH EQUAL NUMBERS OF BOYS AND GIRLS. THIS GROUP WAS COMPOSED OF CHILDREN OF FAMILIES WITH SPANISH LANGUAGE BACKGROUND, OF CHILDREN OF NATIVE NEGRO FAMILIES, AND OF CHILDREN…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Comparative Analysis, Cultural Background, Disadvantaged
RAPH, JANE BEASLEY – 1965
THIS STUDY WAS DESIGNED TO DEVELOP METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES FOR OBTAINING AND ANALYZING CONTINUOUS EXPRESSIVE LANGUAGE SAMPLES USED BY PRE-KINDERGARTEN CHILDREN WHEN THEY COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER. IT ALSO WAS TO CONSIDER MEANS FOR ANALYZING THESE SAMPLES THAT WOULD YIELD CERTAIN QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE METHODS. FOUR INVESTIGATORS WERE…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Expressive Language, Language Handicaps, Language Patterns
POLLACK, CECELIA; SHER, NORMAN – 1966
TO PREVENT OR AMELIORATE LEARNING AND BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS IN SCHOOL CHILDREN, A PILOT DEMONSTRATION PROJECT WAS IMPLEMENTED IN A LOWER MIDDLE CLASS, MULTI-ETHNIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK BY THE MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER. PRACTICABILITY OF PROGRAM REPLICATION WAS AN IMPORTANT CRITERION. AN INSERVICE MENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAM WAS…
Descriptors: Consultants, Demonstration Programs, Elementary School Students, Inservice Teacher Education
HOPPOCK, ANNE – 1966
ARGUMENTS AGAINST FORMALIZED READING INSTRUCTION IN THE KINDERGARTEN WERE PRESENTED. AFTER PRELIMINARY COMMENTS CONCERNING THE PURPOSE AND PLAN OF THE CONFERENCE, THE NEW JERSEY STATE BOARD STANDARDS FOR KINDERGARTENS WERE DISCUSSED IN LIGHT OF THEIR CRITERIA FOR ESTABLISHMENT AND THEIR ADMINISTRATION. THE CASE AGAINST MAKING READING INSTRUCTION A…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Child Development, Early Reading, Kindergarten
BROWN, WILLIAM F. – 1963
FOUR HYPOTHESES WERE CONSIDERED DURING THIS EVALUATION STUDY, NAMELY THAT THE TEACHING OF ARITHMETIC IN GRADES 4, 5, AND 6 BY THE MADISON PROJECT WILL--(1) PRODUCE AS GREAT AN INCREASE IN ACHIEVEMENT AS THE METHOD COMMONLY PRACTICED, (2) PRODUCE A GREATER INCREASE IN ALGEBRAIC APTITUDE, (3) PRODUCE A GREATER INTEREST IN MATHEMATICS, AND (4)…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Curriculum Development, Educational Experiments, Learning Readiness
Smith, Edward L. – 1971
A group of 105 lower-lower middle class kindergarten children were tested on a set of single variable classification tasks and related-component tasks dealing with color and number. Children who failed to reach criterion on the classification test were randomly assigned to one of five experimental groups, stratified on the basis of performance on…
Descriptors: Classification, Concept Formation, Criterion Referenced Tests, Developmental Tasks
Whitehurst, Keturah E. – 1969
This paper discusses the change in educational philosophy and practices in preschool and kindergarten education before and during the "Sputnik" era. Presented are four major factors that have exerted pressure on the schools to change from a developmental to an academic approach in preschool education: (1) the wave of adverse criticism of American…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Compensatory Education, Developmental Psychology, Educational Philosophy