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Greenspan, Stanley I., Ed.; Pollock, George H., Ed. – 1980
This volume is the first in "The Course of Life" series which contains original contributions from an international group of scientists and clinicians who have produced much of the current knowledge about the phases of human personality development. These contributions cover the continuum of human development from the prenatal phase…
Descriptors: Developmental Stages, Emotional Problems, Individual Differences, Infant Behavior
Lynch, Mervin D., Ed.; Harris, Carole Ruth, Ed. – 2001
This book identifies strategies for use by classroom teachers in grades K-8 to nurture the development of creativity. Section 1 offers general strategies to stimulate productive thinking. Section 2 examines personality, creative thinking, and appropriate teaching strategies. Section 3 is dedicated to teaching special groups. Section 4 focuses on…
Descriptors: Creative Development, Creative Thinking, Creativity, Educational Environment
Dishner, Ernest K.; And Others – 1992
Providing varying viewpoints on the "state of the art" in content reading from a cadre of authors who have contributed to the expansion of the knowledge base, this book presents preservice and inservice teachers with practical suggestions to use in their classrooms as well as the theoretical bases for these suggestions. The book provides…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Individual Differences, Integrated Activities, Reading Attitudes
Wigdor, Alexandra K., Ed.; Garner, Wendell R., Ed. – 1982
Of those who wrote the 11 signed papers in this report, the variety of their learning and experiences brings an interplay of different points of view on the topic of ability testing. This document describes the theory and practice of testing; illuminates competing interests in a balanced fashion; and helps those who make decisions with tests or…
Descriptors: Ability, College Entrance Examinations, Educational History, Educational Testing
Stanford, Beverly Hardcastle, Ed.; Yamamoto, Kaoru, Ed. – 2001
Based on the view that children have special needs that must be recognized and attended to by the adults who care for them, this book explores the stressful experiences faced by children on a daily basis and presents advice and techniques for protecting children during those challenging experiences. Part 1 of the book focuses on children's…
Descriptors: Children, Coping, Counselor Client Relationship, Cultural Differences
Mallory, Bruce L., Ed.; New, Rebecca S., Ed. – 1994
The current conceptualization of what is appropriate in early childhood education is overly narrow in its interpretation of the role of the teacher, and with respect to variations in cultural and developmental diversity. Based on this observation, this book discusses various issues surrounding diversity, inclusion, and appropriate early…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Saracho, Olivia N., Ed.; Spodek, Bernard, Ed. – 1998
This book provides research in the area of educational play for early childhood teachers and teacher educators. Following an introduction by the editors, the chapters of the book are: (1) "A Historical Overview of Theories of Play" (Olivia Saracho and Bernard Spodek); (2) "Playing with a Theory of Mind" (Angeline Lillard); (3)…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Cultural Influences, Disabilities
Emde, Robert N., Ed.; Hewitt, John K., Ed. – 2001
This book analyzes the MacArthur Longitudinal Twin Study, a collaborative study by leading developmental scientists and behavioral geneticists on the transition from infancy to early childhood. Part 1 of the book describes the twin method and procedures used and introduces the analytic strategies. Parts 2 through 4 present results related to…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages
Download full textPresseisen, Barbara Z.; And Others – 1990
The five chapters of this book discuss children's development and learning. Chapter 1, by Barbara Z. Presseisen, raises fundamental questions about schooling and learning. Chapter 2, by Robert J. Sternberg, presents a theory of intellectual styles and discusses its relevance for education. The theory concerns the ways in which people use their…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), American Indians, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Development
Abedi, Jamal; Bailey, Alison; Butler, Frances; Castellon-Wellington, Martha; Leon, Seth; Mirocha, James – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2005
The research effort reported in this document addresses the important national need for determining the validity of large-scale content assessments in English with students who are in the process of acquiring English as a second language. Often these students have been excluded from such assessments, but there have been recent, growing efforts to…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Language Aptitude, Construct Validity
Peer reviewedDe Corte, Erik, Ed. – Learning and Instruction, 1991
Five papers on research related to learning and instruction discuss the following: subjective competence and self-assessment; development of quantitative-relational abilities from childhood to adolescence; detecting functional relations in a computerized learning environment; developmental patterns and individual differences in word-search…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Child Development, Competence, Computer Assisted Instruction
Carey, William B., Ed.; McDevitt, Sean C., Ed. – 1994
This collection of essays, in honor of child psychiatry pioneers Stella Chess and Alexander Thomas, focuses on their idea that important life outcomes are the product of ongoing interactions between a child's behavioral style and the complimentarity or lack of fit of the parenting environment. Following an introduction, the remaining chapters are:…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Child Behavior, Child Development, Children
2001
This symposium on transfer of learning consists of four presentations. "The Influence of the Implementation of a Transfer Management Intervention on Transfer of Training" (Patricia R. Saylor, Marijke T. Kehrhahn) reports a study that evaluated effectiveness of transfer management interventions provided by a change facilitator in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Change Agents, Change Strategies
Kay, Kiesa, Ed. – 2000
The 32 readings in this collection discuss the needs of children who are both gifted and also have special needs such as a disability ("twice exceptional"). The readings are grouped into four major sections. Section 1 is titled "Family Matters: Perspectives from Family Members" and includes the personal viewpoints of…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Delivery Systems, Disability Identification, Educational Administration
Solomon, Judith, Ed.; George, Carol, Ed. – 1999
Disorganized attachment relationships were first formally identified on the basis of the anomalous behavior of some infants during laboratory separations and reunions with the parent. This book presents new research and theory on the topic of attachment disorganization, an area of investigation that is of increasing importance in the study of…
Descriptors: Adults, Affective Behavior, Attachment Behavior, Behavior Development
