ERIC Number: ED151081
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1978-Jan-31
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An Evaluation of the Kentucky-Picture Pages Program. Technical Report and Appendix.
Dusewicz, Russell A.; Coller, Alan R.
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 single-page survey questionnaire was used to examined program effects on children's learning readiness attitudes and on learning-related parent-child interactions. Of the 50,000 questionnaires distributed on a statewide basis 1,067 were returned. The Center-Based Study collected data over a 20-week period for 110 children enrolled in 7 preschools. Subjects were randomly assigned to experimental or control groups and were pre- and post-tested on a variety of instruments. Findings of the Home-Based Study indicated that the Picturepages Program was popular with both children and parents and was perceived by parents as educationally worthwhile for their children and helpful in increasing their own ability to teach their children. Results from the Center-Based Study indicated no evidence of significant program effects. The approximately 250 pages of appendices contain the complete content analysis of Picturepages, copies of the Picturepages Test Battery and other principal evaluative instruments, report forms, and communications utilized in evaluation of the Kentucky Picturepages Program. (JMB)
Publication Type: Reports - Research
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Authoring Institution: Research for Better Schools, Inc., Philadelphia, PA.
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