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Download full textBowman, Barbara T., Ed.; Donovan, M. Suzanne, Ed.; Burns, M. Susan, Ed. – 2001
To enable educators, parents, and policymakers to make sound decisions about programs for young children, the Committee on Early Childhood Pedagogy was established in 1997 by the National Research Council to study a broad range of research on early learning and development and to explore the implications for the education and care of children ages…
Descriptors: Adult Child Relationship, Child Caregivers, Child Development, Cognitive Development
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. – 2003
As part of efforts to improve services for children from birth to age five, the Maryland Joint Committee on Children, Youth, and Families charged the State Department of Education with identifying and implementing, by school year 2000-01, an early childhood assessment system that would provide baseline information on children entering…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Health, Comparative Analysis, Counties
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. – 2002
As part of its efforts to improve services for children, birth to age five, the Maryland Joint Committee on Children, Youth, and Families charged the State Department of Education with identifying and implementing, by school year 2000-01, an early childhood assessment system that provides baseline information on children entering kindergarten.…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Health, Childrens Art, Comparative Analysis
Sottile, James M., Jr.; Brozik, Dallas – 2000
The purpose of this research was to describe and better understand the ethical experiences of graduate and undergraduate, male and female college students attending a university in a rural location of a mid-eastern state. A survey was created to determine the ethical activities of college students. A total of 2,718 surveys were completed.…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Classroom Environment, College Environment, College Students
Bills, David B.; And Others – 1978
A fundamental worldwide trend of the past few decades has been the remarkable expansion of national systems of formal education. Two competing theories have been adduced to explain how this expansion affects patterns of equality of educational opportunity. The thesis of industrialization holds that educational expansion tends to increase equality…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Development, Economic Development, Educational Opportunities
Malina, Robert M.; And Others – 1974
The fifth in a series of reports presenting analyses and discussions of data on height, weight, and 28 other body measurements taken from a probability sample of noninstitutionalized children in the United States aged 6-11 years, this document compares the growth patterns of white and Negro children for 20 body measurements. Emphasis is placed on…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Black Youth, Body Height, Body Weight
Feuer, Dale – Training, 1987
Reports results from a 1987 survey of 2,830 readers of "Training," who are mostly industry-based trainers. Results indicate that salaries remained about the same as 1986, although bonuses were larger. Another finding indicates that the male/female salary gap is growing. (CH)
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Occupational Information, Salaries, Salary Wage Differentials
Nichols, David L. – 1980
During the orientation program for freshmen at the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1973, students were surveyed by questionnaire. In 1976 a followup survey was sent to a random sample of 700 of those students, 40 percent of whom responded. The latter survey consisted of 301 multiple choice items, 127 of which are identical to the…
Descriptors: College Environment, College Freshmen, College Students, Comparative Analysis
Bohren, Judy M.; Vlahov, Eric – 1989
This study investigated the gross motor development of children at two day care centers, one with a movement-oriented physical education program and the other with an unstructured free play period. Also studied were the biological factors of age and sex. A total of 146 children were tested during a 3-year period. During the last two years,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Day Care, Motor Development, Movement Education
Peer reviewedMundorf, Norbert; And Others – Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 1989
Examines responses to graphic horror films based on gender and personality variables. Results indicate that responses to horror movies are largely determined by gender-specific rules for social conduct. (MW)
Descriptors: Fear, Films, Multivariate Analysis, Personality Measures
VanSlyke, Judy K. – CASE Currents, 1982
An outline of the membership of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education profiles the average member, his/her job title and responsibilities, career preparation, professional development opportunities, status within the institution, institution type, salaries, and sex and qualification discrimination in compensation. Compensation…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Females, Group Membership, Higher Education
Wylie, Cathy; Thompson, Jean; Lythe, Cathy – 1999
A longitudinal study described variations and changes in New Zealand children's cognitive, social, communicative, and problem-solving competencies from school entry at age 5 years and examined the impact of early childhood education experiences, family resources, home activities, and school resources on those competencies. This report, the third…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Childhood Attitudes, Children, Cognitive Development
Peer reviewedSmith, Susan E. – Early Child Development and Care, 1996
Compared willingness to participate in a developmental guidance program among 209 intermediate-grade students. Found that Korean American students indicated more comfort in discussing personal problems than Caucasians, while Caucasian students indicated greater comfort in classroom participation than Korean Americans. The groups were similar in…
Descriptors: Child Development, Class Activities, Counseling Services, Cultural Context
Daniel, Mark – 1983
The correlations of each of the 22 tests in the Johnson O'Connor Research Foundation battery with all other tests in the battery are listed. Four fairly large samples are used, each including cases of one sex and a narrow age range. These cases come from a file of 3,555 examinees tested between June 1981 and the fall of 1982. The purpose of…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Aptitude Tests, Comparative Analysis
Valentino, Beth Anne M. – 1978
A study was undertaken (1) to determine if a relationship existed between preadolescents' levels of reading comprehension as defined by T. C. Barrett's Taxonomy of Reading Comprehension and their levels of moral development according to Lawrence Kohlberg's stage sequence and (2) to discover if females demonstrated higher levels of reading…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cognitive Processes, Developmental Stages, Moral Development
