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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