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Brown, Eleanor D. – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2009
This study examined persistence in the face of academic challenge for economically disadvantaged children. Participants included 103 children attending Head Start preschools, as well as their caregivers and teachers. Child tasks measured persistence in the face of academic challenge as well as emergent implicit theories of intelligence. Caregiver…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Poverty, Persistence, Economically Disadvantaged
Love, John M. – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2010
The Early Head Start evaluation included 17 sites drawn from the first two waves of programs started more than a decade ago. By design, the Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF) selected programs that would reflect the range of service options and context of all extant program rather than choosing a representative sample. The sites…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Disadvantaged Youth, Pregnancy, Preschool Children