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Download full textFenichel, Emily, Ed. – Zero to Three, 1993
This issue presents five articles on the theme of professional development of personnel serving infants and toddlers. The papers describe: experiences in the Training of Trainers Intensive Seminar and the City Training of Teams initiatives, an Illinois developmental training and support program, a Canadian 12-month training program, the use of…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Early Intervention, Educational Practices, Ethics
Olejnik, Stephen – 1978
The measurement of change in quasi-experimental educational research was discussed. Problems related to measuring change exist to varying degrees in all research designs; these issues are less troublesome in experimental studies because the investigator can manipulate the interest variables and observe their effects on other variables. Measuring…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Comparative Analysis, Educational Research, Educational Testing
B'nai B'rith, Washington, DC. Career and Counseling Services. – 1979
It is difficult to define mid-life career change because it varies from person to person. A wide variety of sociological, economic, technological, and psychological factors impinging on the conscious and unconscious being of individuals affects how they deal with this particular stage of life. These factors include individual needs, family and…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Change, Career Choice, Career Counseling
Kasper, Gabriele; Rose, Kenneth R. – Language Learning: A Journal of Research in Language Studies, 2002
This book examines how nonnative speakers develop pragmatic ability in a nonprimary language, focusing on acquisitional processes, conditions, and sequential patterns. Nine chapters discuss the following: (1) "Introduction to Second Language Pragmatic Development"; (2) "Theories of Second Language Pragmatic Development" (e.g., the acculturation…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Cognitive Processes, Context Effect, Educational Environment
Coleman, Deborah Dye; And Others – 1979
Based on an assumption that research on the treatment components of experiential education programs is useful in understanding and improving them, a study examined the component of student interaction with adults. Focusing on reference group theory (symbolic interactionism), the conceptual framework of the study is founded upon the assumption that…
Descriptors: Adults, Attitude Measures, Communication (Thought Transfer), Cooperative Education
Peer reviewedWeinert, Franz E., Ed. – International Journal of Educational Research, 1989
Seven papers present international perspectives on the relationship between education and child development. Conclusions reached in research on developmental genetics, cognitive development, and classroom instruction are considered, characterizing the current state of knowledge with respect to the influence of education on achievement outcomes.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Development, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Processes
Brody, Gene H., Ed. – Advances in Applied Developmental Psychology, 1996
This volume in the Applied Developmental Psychology Series consists of a collection of papers on current sibling research and theory. Prominent researchers and academicians in developmental psychology present reports on aspects of sibling relations in an effort to better understand individual and family growth. These scholars have dealt with…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Birth Order, Context Effect, Emotional Development
Kazanjian, Elise, Ed. – Parent Express, 1988
Intended for use by parents of infants and toddlers, this series of 27 8-page month-by-month newsletters provides research-based information on infant and child development and care from 0 to 36 months. Topics in the series for infants include: becoming a parent; getting ready for child birth; the newborn child; and characteristics of the child at…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Coping, Discipline, Early Parenthood
Illovsky, M., Ed. – IACD Quarterly, 1991
This document consists of the four issues of the "IACD Quarterly" published in 1991. Articles in the 1991 volume include: (1) "The History, Current Status and Future of Counselor Preparation in Illinois: Background and Overview" (William Gorman); (2) "Counselor Education in Illinois Prior to 1958" (John Storey); (3)…
Descriptors: Bulimia, Child Abuse, Client Characteristics (Human Services), College Students
d'Agostino, Micheline; And Others – Children in the Tropics, 1987
This guide, which is intended for educators interested in implementing preschool programs in developing nations, aims to sustain the working hypothesis that preschool education can be organized entirely around the themes of health and nutrition. Part 1 presents an approach to program development and discusses characteristics and use of the guide.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Developing Nations, Educational Objectives, Food
Wolkoff, Sandra, Ed.; Schwartzberg, Neala S., Ed. – Parent and Preschooler Newsletter: A Monthly Exploration of Early Childhood Topics, 2003
This document consists of 10 monthly newsletter issues, in English- and Spanish-language versions, exploring topics related to early childhood behavior and parenting. Regularly appearing features include book recommendations, "Library Resources,""Preschoolers in the Kitchen,""Kids Crafts,""Research News," and "The Health Corner." Major topics of…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Depression (Psychology), Emotional Adjustment, Individual Development
Carlson, Jerry S.; And Others – 1991
A study was done to examine the effect of study abroad experiences on undergraduate students both in their undergraduate years and afterwards. The study was a joint effort of U.S. and European educators and institutions, involved over 400 participants, and included a comparison group of students not undertaking a year abroad. The participating…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Choice, College Students, Cultural Awareness
Zill, 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
Hood, Albert A. – ACU-I Bulletin, 1984
Student development along three cognitive and three psychosocial dimensions was studied at the University of Iowa. Six instruments were administered to students during their freshman and senior years. Attention was directed to moral development, ego development, and conceptual level, as well as freeing interpersonal relationships, establishing…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, College Freshmen, College Seniors, College Students
Watts, Heidi – 1980
The theory that there are stages in teachers' professional development suggests that those who aim to stimulate or support that growth must be sensitive to the stage each teacher is in. Three stages of development are described: the survival or beginning teacher stage; the middle stage, characterized by an increasing sense of comfort in the…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Beginning Teachers, Developmental Stages, Individual Development
