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Peer reviewedLa Veck, Beverly; Hammond, Mary A. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1982
Total motor and cognitive-motor performance at age 4 was related to home environment but not to neonatal reflexes. Large muscle skill was unrelated to environment but did relate to neonatal reflexes among girls. (Author)
Descriptors: Background, Correlation, Family Environment, Longitudinal Studies
Download full textMeyer, William J.; Goldstein, David – 1969
The relative difficulty levels of Stanford-Binet items between the ages of four and six among prekindergarten Head Start children were studied. A comparison sample of prekindergarten white middle class children was included to evaluate the age norms on a culturally typical sample of children and to assess performance on the Binet as it might…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Age Groups, Cognitive Development, Cultural Differences
Di Lorenzo, Louis T. – 1969
This report presents the results of a study from July 1965 to July 1969 on the effects of year-long prekindergarten programs for disadvantaged children involving eight school districts in New York State and approximately 1,800 children. The study focused on factors which the schools considered important and major objectives of their programs.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education
Peer reviewedLewis, Michael; And Others – Intelligence, 1986
This study investigates the nature and the factor structure of infant intelligence. The Bayley Mental Scale items were administered. According to the analysis, intelligence at any age is a set of separate mental abilities at each age, and there are a variety of paths through which mental development occurs. (JAZ)
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Correlation, Factor Analysis
BARBE, WALTER B. – 1964
MODERATELY GIFTED AND HIGHLY GIFTED CHILDREN WERE STUDIED TO DETERMINE DIFFERENCES IN EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, ADJUSTMENT, PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT, AND FAMILY BACKGROUND. SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY INTERNS NOMINATED POTENTIALLY CAPABLE PUPILS FROM GRADES THREE TO SIX. FROM THESE, 65 MATCHED PAIRS OF MODERATELY GIFTED (IQ SCORES OF 120 TO 130) AND HIGHLY…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Adjustment (to Environment), Children, Educational Experience
Boroughs, Mary-Clare – 1970
This study investigated the effects of a program of mother-child interaction using children's books on the verbal skills of culturally disadvantaged 3-year-olds. A total of 47 subjects were involved in the study, with white and black children, males and females equally represented in experimental, placebo and control groups. After only three…
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Disadvantaged, Home Programs
DeVries, Rheta – 1971
A study was conducted to clarify a number of issues related to Piaget's theory of invariant sequantiality in child cognitive development. Ss were 143 middle-class white children of bright, average and retarded psychometric abilities (measured by performance on the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Test). Bright and average Ss were chronologically aged…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Tests, Compensation (Concept)
HOLMES, DAVID S.; AND OTHERS – 1967
THREE STUDIES OF PRESCHOOL CHILDREN ARE INCLUDED IN THIS EVALUATION REPORT. (1) "'NEURAL CONDUCTIVITY' AND ACHIEVEMENT IN CULTURALLY DEPRIVED STUDENTS." NEURAL CONDUCTIVITY WAS INFERRED FROM A CORRELATION BETWEEN PUPILLARY RESPONSE AND CHILDREN'S PRESCHOOL PERFORMANCE. COMPLICATIONS IN ACQUIRING AND USING THE NECESSARY EQUIPMENT RESULTED…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Disadvantaged, Ethnic Groups, Individual Characteristics
Reens, Renee; And Others – 1967
Research was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of a 12-week intervention program of individual instruction for disadvantaged preschool children. Based on this pretest, 17 children with IQ scores of 107 or less were selected and placed into experimental and control groups. The experimental group was exposed to individual cognitive and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Comparative Testing, Concept Teaching, Disadvantaged
Radin, Norma – Journal of Developmental Psychology, 1971
To determine the relationship between parental childrearing practices, sex-role preference, and intellectual functioning in young boys, 21 lower class and 21 middle class white fathers were observed at home interacting with their 4-year-old sons. The Binet, the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, and Brown's "It" Scale were subsequently…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Fathers, Intellectual Development, Intelligence Quotient
ANNAS, PHILIP A.; AND OTHERS – 1959
THIS PROJECT WAS DEVELOPED TO SHOW WHAT EFFECT THE SERVICES OF A RESEARCH TEACHER FOR EDUCABLE MENTALLY RETARDED PUPILS 1 DAY A WEEK WOULD HAVE ON THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND SOCIAL MATURITY OF THESE CHILDREN AND TO DETERMINE IF SUCH A PROGRAM IS FINANCIALLY PRACTICABLE FOR RURAL COMMUNITIES. THE EFFECT OF SUCH A PROGRAM ON THE INSERVICE TRAINING…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Handicapped Children, Inservice Teacher Education, Mental Retardation
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences, Palo Alto, CA. – 1969
This preschool program concentrated on language development, self-concept, perception, and concept formation. Also, a vertically organized program of reading, math, science, and creative dramatics, along with parent activity, inservice training, and dissemination, covered prekindergarten through the third grade. Individual and small group work…
Descriptors: Blacks, Compensatory Education, Concept Formation, Educational Games
Painter, Genevieve – 1967
Based on the belief that structured preschool activities aid in the development of disadvantaged children, this study attempted (1) to evolve a tutorial program to accelerate spontaneous development in disadvantaged children and prevent cognitive and language deficits, and (2) to assess growth of the infant's cognitive and language development…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Control Groups, Disadvantaged
Peer reviewedMcGowan, Ronald J.; Johnson, Dale L. – Child Development, 1984
Tests causal models of verbal and performance IQ in 69 Mexican-American children of low socioeconomic status. Years of mother's education were correlated with IQ at 3 years and at 6 to 8 years, but traditional/nontraditional attitudes showed conflicting correlations over time. The adequacy of standarized IQ tests for this population is questioned.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Development, Ethnic Groups
Peer reviewedRose, Susan A.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1991
Measures of visual and tactual recognition memory, tactual-visual transfer, and object permanence were obtained for preterm and full-term infants. Measures of tactual-visual transfer were correlated with later intelligence measures up to the age of five years. These correlations were independent of socioeconomic status, medical risk, and early…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Cognitive Processes, Intellectual Development, Longitudinal Studies
