This study describes the development of a technique to help the pre-school teacher create an environment in which a large group of children can learn and to be an effective mediator between the environment and the interests and abilities of each child. Teachers were trained to rate children in terms of observational categories, to help them…

GROUPS OF SOUTHERN, RURAL, PRESCHOOL CHILDREN, APPROXIMATELY HALF OF WHOM COULD BE CONSIDERED TO BE CULTURALLY DEPRIVED, WERE USED TO TEST FOUR POSSIBILITIES. THESE WERE THAT (1) INTELLIGENCE MIGHT BE MODIFIABLE, (2) INTELLIGENCE COULD BE VIEWED NOT ONLY AS A SINGLE BEHAVIORAL DOMAIN, BUT ALSO AS A NUMBER OF SUCH DOMAINS, (3) CULTURAL DEPRIVATION…

Study to determine how early in the disadvantaged child's life intervention should take place in order to maximize the effectiveness of supplementary programs. (CB)

Results of this study indicates a need for diverse and concrete social learning materials in the preschool environment. (Authors)

The objective of this daily, hour-long program is to provide a rewarding and constructive experience for this country's 12 million preschool population. (MF)

A description of a team consisting of psychiatrist, psychiatric social worker and educational consultant, and their five years of work in a day care center situated in the heart of a crime-ridden, drug-ridden section of Manhattan's West Side. (Authors/RY)

This research investigated the effects of two contrasting pre-k curricula, relative to practice as usual, on subsequent academic achievement. One curriculum had a strong literacy focus, the other was a less didactic "developmentally appropriate" curriculum that allowed children to have more influence on classroom activities. The purpose…

This report presents selected data on the nonparental care arrangements and educational programs of preschool children, consisting of care by relatives, care by persons to whom they were not related, and participation in day care centers and preschool programs including Head Start or Early Head Start. It focuses on children under age 6 who have…

A quasi-experimental, statewide intervention targeting preschool teachers' enhancement of children's language and early literacy was evaluated. Across 2 years and 20 Head Start sites, 750 teachers participated (500 target, 250 control), with 370 classrooms randomly selected to conduct pre- and posttest assessments (10 randomly selected children…

Eighty-two Head Start preschoolers were assessed with a peer rating measure of sociometric status, the Social Skills Rating System for Teachers (Gresham & Elliott, 1990), an Overt Aggression scale culled from items from the Aggressive Behavior subscale of the CBCL-TRF (Achenbach, 1997), and teacher ratings of relational aggression (Crick,…

Few studies have examined maternal characteristics associated with heavy or inappropriate television viewing on the part of their children. We investigated the relationship between children's television viewing habits and maternal depressive symptoms and parenting beliefs. The participants were 175 low income children (mean age = 62.1 months) and…