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Gilbert, Lynn E.; Shipman, Virginia C. – 1972
The TAMA was designed specifically for the Longitudinal Study as a nonverbal test of general knowledge. The test requires the child to point to the correct picture among three alternatives in response to a question. The two practice items and 25 test items are printed on bound cards, mostly in black and white. Items can be classified as follows:…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Tests, Data Analysis, Disadvantaged Youth
Kagan, Jerome; Kearsley, Richard – 1973
A research project attempted to discover whether residence in the Tremont Day Care Street Infant Center for 27 months had any significant effect on the cognitive, social and affective development of infants. Children entered this multilingual day care setting at 3 1/2 months and were from Chinese-speaking, Spanish-speaking, or English-speaking…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Child Development, Child Rearing, Chinese Americans
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Hayman, John L., Jr.; Calendine, Jerry – 1970
Returns from the Survey of Testing questionnaire, which was mailed to each testing director in the Great Cities Program, are summarized. The Survey includes: 1) information concerning test standardization; 2) information concerning the use of test results; 3) all tests currently used in the Great City Schools. (MS)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Disadvantaged, Flexible Progression
Stephens, Mark; Delys, Pamela – 1971
Both papers are concerned with locus of control (of reinforcement) expectancies among young children, especially preschoolers. The first reviews a number of studies which examined the relationship between locus of control, socioeconomic status, and ethnicity. The results indicate that (1) economic status is consistently related to locus of…
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Behavior, Blacks, Cultural Influences
Coller, Alan R.; Guthrie, P. D. – 1971
Twenty-seven instruments appropriate for measuring self-concept in children from the preschool level through the third grade are listed. Information concerning the purpose of the instrument, nature of the materials, groups for which it is intended, administration, scoring, interpretation, and standardization are included when available, together…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Attitude Measures, Early Childhood Education, Grade 1
Kansas Univ., Lawrence. Head Start Evaluation and Research Center. – 1969
This progress report of the Head Start program in three sample communities in Kansas--Kansas City, Topeka, and Lawrence--contains 1968-1969 data. There are 11 classes in the sample, with 137 eligible children (68 females and 69 males; 81 Negroes; 15 Mexican American, 40 Caucasian, and 1 Other); 46 of the children were under 48 months; 48 were 49…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education, Educational Testing
Hemmeter, Mary Louise; Rous, Beth – 1992
This manual, which was developed to assist persons using the Helpful Entry Level Skills Checklist, includes typical developmental levels or ages for each skill addressed on the check list for children ages 3 through 6. The guidelines are designed to be used to target appropriate skills for intervention. Skills included in the check list include:…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Check Lists, Child Development, Communication Skills
Ilg, Frances L.; Ames, Louise Bates – 1964
This combined text and manual presents the basic educational viewpoint of the Gesell Institute, that children should be entered in school (and consequently grouped and promoted) on the basis of their developmental or behavioral age, not on the basis of their chronological age or IQ. The introduction describes the research in which the Institute…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Behavior Development, Behavior Rating Scales, Cognitive Development
Anttonen, Judith; Garman, Charlotte G. – 1976
There are three parts to this bibliography of tests for children aged two to six. First is an alphabetical index of the 89 tests with a graphic display to indicate which tests measure which of the following functions: (1) intellectual functions or attained skills; (2) oral language communication; (3) self-concept, personality, sociability,…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Affective Measures, Annotated Bibliographies, Cognitive Tests
District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. Dept. of Research and Evaluation. – 1974
This study was designed to assess the extent to which children served by the Model Schools Division Preschool Program developed socially, intellectually, physically and emotionally during the 1973-74 school year. This evaluation was also designed to measure the appropriateness of the learning environment and the amount of services provided by the…
Descriptors: Ancillary Services, Behavior Development, Classroom Environment, Early Childhood Education
Lindstrom, David R.; Shipman, Virginia C. – 1972
The Seguin Form Board Test is used to assess visual discrimination and matching and eye-hand coordination. Previous analysis has shown the vactor loadings for the same scale to differ among age levels, so the test may be measuring different abilities at different age levels. Test materials consist of ten differently shaped wooden blocks and a…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Ability, Data Analysis, Disadvantaged Youth
Dyer, Henry S. – 1971
Problems concerning the misuse of tests by teachers and administrators are discussed. Two common misconceptions of the basic function of tests are: (1) the test as an incentive for study; and (2) the test as a learning experience. Rather, a test should be conceived of as a measuring instrument. More appropriate conceptions of tests are: (1) tests…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Children, Cognitive Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests
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Balaban, Nancy – Young Children, 1990
Presents a statement to the Montgomery County (Maryland) Council concerning the issue of all-day "whole" kindergarten--combining education and child care--for five-year-old children. (BB)
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Class Activities, Day Care, Early Childhood Education
O'Brien, Francis J., Jr. – 1985
This paper is a brief psychometric review of the Cooperative Preschool Inventory (CPI-R), Revised Edition intended to supplement the review of CPI in the "Seventh Mental Measurements Yearbook." The 1970 revision of the CPI-R is a brief screening test for teacher-administered testing of three-to-six-year-old children. It is intended to…
Descriptors: Correlation, Culture Fair Tests, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged
Silbermann, David J. – 1977
Prekindergarten Head Start teachers were trained to administer the Learning Accomplishment Profile (LAP), an objective check list of development in seven areas: gross motor, fine motor manipulation and writing, social, self help, cognitive, and language skills. Data were collected from separate groups of 3, 4, and 5-year old children to ascertain…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Rating Scales, Check Lists, Criterion Referenced Tests
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