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Peer reviewedDay, James M. – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 1993
Presents a concise review of the relevant literature on small laboratory groups and their supposed contribution to moral growth; consideration of the cognitive-developmental approach to relationships between moral thought and moral action; and a description of the questions, instruments, and procedures that provided the framework for the reported…
Descriptors: Cognitive Restructuring, Developmental Programs, Foreign Countries, Laboratory Training
Peer reviewedArrendondo-Dowd, Patricia M. – Adolescence, 1981
An assumption that immigrant and American-born adolescents experience similar, normal psychological development processes was examined through a two-part research study that: (1) gathered normative data on ego development, identity and moral reasoning; and (2) field-tested an experimental curriculum intended to stimulate development in these…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Developmental Programs, Field Tests, Immigrants
Peer reviewedRussac, R. J.; Weaver, Sharon T. – Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 1994
Criticizes current prevention education efforts for retaining characteristics of older quantitative approaches to education. Suggests qualitative approach to prevention education be taken and discusses transactional model of substance abuse based on development of the child within both social and family context. Recommends approach that draws…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Alcohol Abuse, Child Development, Cognitive Development
Peer reviewedLawrence, Jeanette A. – Journal of Moral Education, 1980
Fourteen moral judgment intervention studies are reviewed and evaluated to address two questions: "Is it possible to stimulate moral judgment development in an educational setting?" and "Does the Defining Issues Test index such moral judgment changes?" These studies affirm the second question. Half of them produced significant…
Descriptors: Adults, Curriculum Evaluation, Developmental Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedBrake, Kathryn J.; Gerler, Edwin R., Jr. – Elementary School Guidance and Counseling, 1994
Compared 16 fourth- and fifth-grade boys who participated in Discovery, developmental program in which students with history of inappropriate classroom behaviors acted as peer tutors for kindergarten students, to 16 control participants. Found no significant increase in moral development among Discovery participants but did find significant…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Behavior Change, Cognitive Development, Counseling Effectiveness
Howard-Hamilton, Mary F. – Elementary School Guidance & Counseling, 1995
Presents models specifically designed to help students build group cohesion, to encourage them to think and act more compassionately, and to provide them with more leadership opportunities. Describes the "just community" approach and moral dilemma methods based on Kohlberg's moral development theory. Examines school counselor's role in…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Developmental Programs, Educational Counseling, Educational Theories
