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THE PLATTSBURGH FRENCH LANGUAGE IMMERSION PPOGRAM: ITS INFLUENCE ON INTELLIGENCE AND SELF‐ESTEEM
Author(s) -
Samuels Douglas D.,
Griffore Robert J.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
language learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.882
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1467-9922
pISSN - 0023-8333
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-1770.1979.tb01051.x
Subject(s) - psychology , wechsler adult intelligence scale , developmental psychology , intelligence quotient , self esteem , attendance , cognition , neuroscience , economics , economic growth
This study reports the effects of one year's attendance in a French Language Immersion program (FLIP) on children's verbal and performance sections of the Wechsler. Intelligence Scale for Children and the self‐esteem, measured by the Purdue Self Concept Scale (PSCS). Ten female and eight male 6‐year‐olds attended the FLIP program, and eight female and five male 6‐year‐olds constituted an English Control group who attended a regular classroom. Repeated measures analyses of covariance showed that differences between the FLIP and English Control pup at the end of the school year were not significant on Verbal IQ or PSCS. Significant differences were found between groups on overall Performance IQ, Picture Arrangement, and Object Assembly.