I. Early Education as Socialization, Robert D. Hess II. The Effect of Early Stimulation in the Emergence of Cognitive Processes, William Fowler III. The Problem of Timing in Pre-School Education, Halbert B. Robinson and Nancy M. Robinson IV. Conditions That Facilitate or Impede Cognitive Functioning: Implications for Developmental Theory and for Education, Eugene S. Collin V. The Early Training Project and Its General Rationale, Susan W. Gray and Rupert A. Klaus VI. The Fourth Dimension in Early Childhood Education, Bettye M. Caldwell VII. Brief Reflections on the Theory of Early Childhood Enrichment Programs, Cynthia P. Deutsch and Martin Deutsch VIII. Maternal Influences upon Early Learning: The Cognitive Environments of Urban Pre-School Children, Robert D. Hess and Virginia C. Shipman IX. Montessori with the Culturally Disadvantaged: A Cognitive-Developmental Interpretation and Some Research Findings, Lawrence Kohlberg X. The Reinforcement Contingency in Pre-School and Remedial Education, Donald M. Baer and Montrose M. Wolf XI. Some Implications of Research on Language Development for Pre-School Education, Courtney B. Cazden XII. Informal Education during the First Months of Life, Burton L. White XIII. The Responsive Environments Project, Omar Khayyam Moore and Alan Ross Anderson XIV. Early Learning and Personality: Summary and Commentary, Eleanor E. Maccoby XV. Some Educated Guesses about Cognitive Development in the Pre-School Years, Sheldon H. White XVI. Some Problems in the Evaluation of Pre-School Intervention Programs, Joseph Glick XVII. Issues in Early Learning and Pre-School Education: A Summary of the Conference Discussions, Roberta Meyer Bear BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX