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Shipman, Virginia C. – 1981
The combinations of factors that enhance or interfere with early grade-school performance were investigated among black children from Head Start eligible families who were participants in the ETS Longitudinal Study of Young Children and Their First School Experiences. The children selected for this study's subsample were significantly above or…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Economically Disadvantaged, Family Influence
Download full textElicker, James; And Others – 1986
A total of 60 children, 20 preschoolers, 20 first-graders, and 20 third-graders, participated in a game involving communication of spatial information. Subjects gave verbal directions to help another person find a hidden object, in this case, a small toy hidden under one of a number of cups. Two experimental conditions were set up, the first…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Context Effect, Elementary School Students, Grade 1
Pinkett, Kathleen E. L. – 1985
Preschool attendance and type of experience were examined for long-term effects on 226 third grade advantaged boys and girls. Information on preschool attendance was obtained from each subject's parents. Each subject was assessed on social competence, cognitive ability, reading achievement, and math achievement. Results indicated that advantaged…
Descriptors: Advantaged, Cognitive Ability, Educational Experience, Elementary School Students
Aaronson, May; And Others – 1982
Head Start children tested at 4 years of age on the Preschool Preposition Test (PPT) and the Classroom Behavior Description checklist (CBD) were assessed for academic achievement and scholastic aptitude at the third- and eighth-grade levels. The PPT is a receptive language test which examines the comprehension of verbal directions by using spatial…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Followup Studies, Grade 3
Drewry, Debra L.; Clark, M. L. – 1984
Similarity of friends and the degree to which friendship selection criteria and similarity change as a function of age were investigated in this study. Subjects were 27 preschoolers, 34 third graders, and 30 sixth graders. Fifty-three percent were male, 47 percent were female, and 29 percent were black. Friendship choices were measured by…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Birth Order, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Reynolds, Arthur J. – 1990
This study investigated factors that play a role in the fading effects of prekindergarten programs for economically disadvantaged children. The school adjustment of 1,284 low-income, minority children in prekindergarten and kindergarten programs funded by the government (i.e., Child Parent Center; Head Start) was traced through the third year of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Early Experience, Economically Disadvantaged
Reynolds, Arthur J. – 1993
As part of the Longitudinal Study of Children at Risk, this study evaluated the Child Parent Center (CPC) Program, a preschool to third grade intervention program funded by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Chapter I. Subjects were 915 low-income black children from 20 inner-city schools who were differentially exposed to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Youth, Comparative Analysis, Early Intervention
