HD FS 311 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Standardized Test, Juvenile Delinquency, Apache Hadoop
28 Feb 2017
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Definition: formalized practices put into place to encourage some behaviors and discourage other behaviors while in a school setting. Examples of school-based preventions: academic success, bullying, physical fitness, nutrition, drug and alcohol abuse, sexual activity and awareness, 6 most popular. Early childhood programs: high scope perry preschool and head start. Low socio-economic status, low iq, high risk for failing school: program logistics: 58 children assigned to program group, 65 assigned to control group. Groups matched according to age, iq, ses, and gender. No difference between groups with regard to father absence, parental level of education, family size, or birth order. Collected data annually when kids were between the ages of 4 and 11 and ages 14, 15, 19, and 27: how program worked: kids attended preschool 2. 5 hours a day, 5 days a week, for 2 years. Staff-to-child ratio = 1 adult for every 5-6 weeks. Teachers visited each child"s family for 1. 5 hours every week.
