EJ372010
EA522348
Title: How Important Is Child-Initiated Activity?Author(s): Schweinhart, Lawrence J.
Source: Principal, v67 n5 p6-10 May 1988
Publication Date: 1988
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Descriptive (141)
Journal Announcement: CIJOCT1988
Recent research
(including a longitudinal study comparing direct instruction, nursery
school, and High/Scope models) has shown that the child-initiated
approach outstrips teacher-directed activity in fostering some aspects
of social development. Adolescents from the High/Scope and nursery
school groups had half as many delinquencies as the direct instruction
groups. Includes 15 references. (MLH)
Descriptors: *Curriculum Development; *Early Childhood Education; Educational
Research; *Kindergarten; Longitudinal Studies; *Nursery Schools; Outcomes of Education;
*Socialization
Identifiers: *Direct Instruction; *High Scope Demonstration
Preschool Project
