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EJ554350 PS527152
Title: The High/Scope Preschool Curriculum Comparison Study through Age 23.Author(s): Schweinhart, Lawrence J.; Weikart, David P.
Source: Early Childhood Research Quarterly, v12 n2 p117-43 1997
Publication Date: 1997
ISSN: 0885-2006
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Evaluative (142)
Journal Announcement: CIJAPR1998
Assessed the
relative effects through age 23 on young participants born in poverty
of the High/Scope, Direct Instruction, and traditional Nursery School
preschool curriculum models. Found against using Direct Instruction
in preschool programs and for using a well-defined curriculum model
based on child-initiated learning activities. (Author)
Descriptors: Adolescents; Crime; Criminals; Curriculum Design; Curriculum
Development; *Curriculum Evaluation; Curriculum Research; Early
Childhood Education; *Economically Disadvantaged; Instructional
Effectiveness; *Outcomes of Education; Preschool Children; *Preschool
Curriculum; Preschool Education; Special Needs Students; Violence;
Young Adults
Identifiers: Crime Causation; *Direct Instruction Model; *High Scope
Model; High Scope Preschool Curriculum Study

