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A Study In Elementary Schools In 1946 Of Twenty-Six Children Who Attended Mental Hygiene Clinic Nursery School, Louisville, Kentucky In 1939-1942., Ann Coleman

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This study is an attempt to follow the development of the group of children who attended the Mental Hygiene Clinic Nursery School of Louisville, Kentucky in its first three years, September, 1939 through May, 1942. The children were studied on a comparative basis of their behavior in the two school situations - nursery school in 1939-1942 and elementary school in 1946. The study not only considers the child's behavior in the classroom, but also attempts to evaluate the effects at personality and environmental influences upon the child's school adjustment - his health, conditions in the home, and mental development. The …