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Direct linkZigler, Edward; Gordic, Bonnie; Styfco, Sally J. – NHSA Dialog, 2007
This article provides a brief history of interpretations of Head Start's objectives over the last 4 decades. We begin with the founding goal of helping children prepare for school and the later misguided adaptation of increases in IQ scores as an indicator of children's readiness. We then discuss Head Start's more contemporary objectives, social…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Intervention, Interpersonal Competence
Henrich, Christopher C.; Wheeler, Crista M.; Zigler, Edward F. – NHSA Dialog, 2005
The EZ-Yale Personality Motivation Questionnaire (EZPQ) was used to measure motivation as a facet of school readiness in a sample of 133 children during the spring of their final year of Head Start. Three motivational constructs assessed by the EZPQ, academic mastery motivation, negative reaction tendency, and outerdirectedness, were associated…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Disadvantaged Youth, Learning Motivation, Emergent Literacy
