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Download full textPounds, Buzz R. – 2000
A study examined the developmental epistemologies of first-year university students at a comprehensive university, based on the idea that students often come to the university in intellectual transition which may affect their epistemological stances toward writing. The students' comments as reported from a survey fall into seven categories: topic,…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Developmental Stages, Epistemology, Freshman Composition
Fago, George C. – 1995
When William G. Perry (1968) developed his scheme of nine stages of cognitive development, most of which are experienced during the college years, he did not attempt to quantify it. Subsequently, T. D. Erwin (1983) constructed a scale that attempted to quantify the Perry scheme. His findings supported the overall conception of student development…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Developmental Stages
Sonoma State Univ., Rohnert Park, CA. California Inst. of Human Services. – 1982
Activities and accomplishments of the Napa (California) program for disabled infants, birth to 5 years old, are summarized; and forms and program materials are presented. Components of the program, which served 25 children (birth to 3 years old) in 1981-1982, are discusssed as follows: early identification of children at risk; developmental…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Developmental Stages, Disabilities, Early Identification
Western Australia Education Dept., Perth. – 1995
First Steps is a program instituted by the Western Australia Ministry of Education to improve the literacy and numeracy of primary school students, particularly those at risk of academic failure. First Steps is organized around reading, writing, spelling, and oral language; children's skills are organized along developmental continua. This study,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Development, Developmental Stages, Elementary Education
Australian Council for Educational Research, Victoria. – 1993
This is one of a series of reports that document the formative research that supported the development of the "First Steps" program designed to improve the literacy and numeracy of primary school students in Western Australia, particularly those considered at-risk. The four themes of First Steps (reading, writing, spelling, and oral…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Child Development, Developmental Stages, Elementary School Students
Harvinder, Sareen; Thompson, Lisa; Franke, Todd; Halfon, Neal – UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities, 2005
School Readiness profiles measured countywide at kindergarten entry provide important, population-based information about the developmental capacities of children as well as the capacity of families, pre-schools, and communities to support children's school readiness. These profiles enable key stakeholders to plan, evaluate, and improve programs,…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Child Development, Family Influence, Pilot Projects
