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Download full textZill, Nicholas; Schoenborn, Charlotte A. – Advance Data, 1990
This report presents data from the 1988 National Health Interview Survey of Child Health, which was conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics. The data concern the proportions of young people (n=17,110) 17 years of age and under who were reported by their parents to have had: (1) a delay in development; (2) a learning disability; or…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Problems, Child Health, Emotional Problems
Renouf, Emilia – 1985
This discussion focuses on different views of professionals concerning access of parents and children to one another in the context of divorce. Problems associated with access, children's reactions to parental separation, age-related reactions of children to parental absence, effects of access disputes, why children say what they say in access…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Divorce, Emotional Experience
Sternberg, Robert J. – 1979
About 25 children in each of grades 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11 were tested in their ability to solve linear syllogisms, such as: John is taller than Mary. Mary is taller than Pete. Who is tallest--John, Mary, or Pete? Response latencies and error rates decreased across grade levels and sessions. Component latencies also generally decreased with increasing…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Age Differences, Algorithms, Cognitive Development
Sternberg, Robert J.; Nigro, Georgia – 1979
Developmental patterns in the solution of verbal analogies, especially the recognition of higher-order analogical relations, were traced. The investigation sought to: (1) provide new developmental tests of a componential theory of analogical reasoning; (2) identify strategy changes during the transition from midchildhood (grade 3) to adulthood…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Developmental Stages
Prell, JoAnn M.; Prell, Paul A. – 1986
The role of testing in American education is becoming increasingly important in grouping students for educational purposes. This article reviews practices adopted by educators or administrators to improve student test scores. Stopgap measures for improving standardized test scores include (1) switching to easier tests; (2) eliminating certain…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Elementary Education, Intelligence Quotient, Literature Reviews
Peer reviewedMahoney, Beverly Saxton, Ed.; Brown, Kelli McCormack, Ed. – Health Education Monograph Series, 1999
This monograph provides a collection of articles on health educators' approaches to advocacy: "The Role of Health Education Advocacy in Removing Disparities in Health Care" (John P. Allegrante, Donald E. Morisky, and Behjat A. Sharif); "The Role of Health Education Associations in Advocacy" (M. Elaine Auld and Eleanor…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Age Differences, American Indians, Disadvantaged
