ED410019 PS025657
Title: Lasting Differences: The High/Scope Preschool Curriculum Comparison
Study through Age 23. Monographs of the High/Scope Educational Research
Foundation, Number Twelve.
Author(s): Schweinhart, Lawrence J.; Weikart, David P.
Author Affiliation: High/Scope Educational Research Foundation, Ypsilanti,
MI.(BBB04423)
Pages: 120
Publication Date: 1997
ISBN: 1-57379-017-6
Available from: EDRS Price MF01 Plus Postage. PC Not Available from
EDRS.
Availability: Monograph Series, High/Scope Foundation, 600 North River
Street, Ypsilanti, MI 48198-2898; phone: 800-40-PRESS; fax: 800-442-4FAX.
Language: English
Document Type: Reports--Research (143)
Geographic Source: U.S.; Michigan
Journal Announcement: RIEDEC1997
This monograph
presents the methods and results of the High/Scope Preschool Curriculum
Comparison Study through Age 23, which compares the relative effectiveness
of three preschool curriculum models: (1) direct instruction; (2)
traditional nursery school; and (3) High/Scope. Part 1 of the monograph
provides an overview of the study and surveys other curriculum comparison
studies, especially those addressing antisocial behavior. Part 2
describes the study's methodology, including sample selection, assignment
to and comparability of curriculum groups, common program characteristics,
the curriculum models, documentation, instrumentation and data collection,
data analysis techniques, and methodological criticisms and responses.
Part 3 presents findings related to schooling, family, economic
status, personal and community activities, and misconduct and crime.
Findings indicate that the nursery school and High/Scope groups
had significant advantages over the direct instruction group at
age 23, with significantly fewer felony arrests, fewer years of
special education for emotional impairment, and more members doing
volunteer work. In comparison to the direct instruction group, the
High/Scope group aspired to higher levels of education, and had
more members living with their spouse, while the nursery school
group ranked lower in number of suspensions from work. In comparison
with each other, neither the High/Scope group nor the nursery school
group showed a clear pattern of advantages at age 23. Part 4 addresses
implications of the study findings, including direct instruction's
teacher-dominated instructional practices and its failure to prevent
crime. Commentaries by Rolf Loeber, George Morrison, Kathy Sylva,
and Valora Washington are appended. Contains approximately 85 references.
(KDFB)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques; Comparative Analysis; Followup
Studies; Longitudinal Studies; Models; Nursery Schools; *Outcomes
of Education; *Preschool Curriculum; Preschool Education; Program
Evaluation; *Young Adults
Identifiers: Direct Instruction; *High Scope Model; High Scope Preschool
Curriculum Study
