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Barr, Donald A. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2018
Many kindergarten teachers have encountered children who enter school lacking the ability to control their behavior, but they may not understand the social and biological processes behind these children's disruptive behavior. The author reviews research into early childhood brain development to explain how trauma and chronic stress can make it…
Descriptors: Trauma, Kindergarten, Interference (Learning), Self Control
Coyl, Diana D. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2009
Upper elementary children today, while retaining many of the characteristics ascribed to them generations ago by theorists such as Piaget, Erikson, and Kohlberg, are different. Developmental characteristics across multiple domains remain relatively predictable for the upper elementary years, but they also reflect changes in society and school…
Descriptors: Role Models, Children, Emotional Development, Elementary School Students
Montagu, Ashley – Phi Delta Kappan, 1970
Studies of the effects of emotional deprivation during infancy and childhood are cited in this article about the nature and meaning of love. (MF)
Descriptors: Affection, Child Development, Childhood Needs, Emotional Development