Final Report on Head Start Evaluation and Research: 1967-68 To the Office of Economic Opportunity. Section I: Part A, Middle Class Mother-Teachers in an Experimental Preschool Program for Socially Disadvantaged Children.

Autor/inn/en	Pierce-Jones, John; und weitere
Institution	Texas Univ., Austin. Child Development Evaluation and Research Center.
Titel	Final Report on Head Start Evaluation and Research: 1967-68 To the Office of Economic Opportunity. Section I: Part A, Middle Class Mother-Teachers in an Experimental Preschool Program for Socially Disadvantaged Children.
Quelle	(1968), (59 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Acculturation; Achievement Gains; Achievement Tests; Blacks; Disadvantaged; Experimental Programs; Intelligence Tests; Lay Teachers; Mexican Americans; Middle Class Parents; Mothers; Motivation; Preschool Children; Preschool Education; Program Evaluation; Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking; Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Akkulturation; Achievement gain; Leistungssteigerung; Achievement test; Achievement; Testing; Test; Tests; Leistungsbeurteilung; Leistungsüberprüfung; Leistung; Testdurchführung; Testen; Black person; Schwarzer; Erprobungsprogramm; Intelligence test; Intelligenztest; Hispanoamerikaner; Mother; Mutter; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation
Abstract	A short term preschool readiness program was designed in 1967 to employ nonpedagogically trained middle class mothers as teachers for preschool disadvantaged children. The children chosen for this study were 43 Mexican-Americans and five Negroes from lower class families. Three classrooms, consisting of 12 children and three mothers each, were established. The remaining 12 children became part of a novel "home acculturation" group in which the children, in groups of four, went to the mother-teacher's home for the whole 6-week summer program. All children were administered intelligence tests during the first and sixth weeks of the program. A control group was tested and the results compared to the experimental group, but it was not possible to say that the two groups had similar entering abilities, and the test scores' analysis was inconclusive. The scores from the two experimental programs showed an increase from pretesting to posttesting but no significant differences between programs. An overall gain in achievement motivation was found for all children, although there was a significantly greater gain for those initially low in motivation on the pretests. No significant differences were found between the experimental and control groups. (WD)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC