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Peer reviewedMurphy, Lois B. – Childhood Education, 1973
Author stresses the great need for each teacher to use all of the available resources along with his own fresh look at the child in his situation in order to discover the meaning of the child's behavior from the child's own point of view. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Feedback, Intelligence
Peer reviewedLavach, John F.; Ries, Roger R. – Social Education, 1978
Reviews aspects of child development from various theoretical perspectives. Discusses developmental trends in pre-school years, early elementary years, and upper elementary years. (AV)
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages, Elementary Education
Download full textOgletree, Earl – 1973
It is only out of a sound theoretical rationale of readiness that practical educational application can derive. The child gradually gains voluntary control of movement throughout the states of locomotive, speech and cognitive development. Thinking is a more subtle form of movement. Voluntary control of movement is an integral part of learning. An…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Growth Patterns, Learning Theories
Slaff, Bertram – 1978
Adolescent turmoil has been investigated as a manifestation of normative crisis functioning. Anna Freud and Erikson look upon this as almost universal. Daniel and Judith Offer found this quality present in only 21% of their sample of male high school non-patient students. Masterson in his longterm study reported that adolescent turmoil was at most…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescent Behavior, Adolescents, Behavior Problems
Livingston, Robert B.; And Others – 1975
The degree to which under nourishment exists in a local community such as San Diego, California, and in the U.S. at large, and whether it is severe enough to interfere with brain development is the focus of this report. After establishing criteria for nutrition intake that would represent unambiguous jeopardy to brain development, these criteria…
Descriptors: Brain, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Eating Habits
Silvestro, John R. – 1978
The efficacy of second dentition, the number of erupted teeth, as an index in assessing school readiness was examined. A series of cognitive, achievement, and social-emotional instruments were administered to a group of 41 first- and 43 second-grade children. The tests used in this study were: Devereux Elementary School Behavior Rating Scale,…
Descriptors: Age, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Dental Evaluation
Peer reviewedLenneberg, Eric H. – Science, 1969
The author's purpose in this article is to discuss the aspects of language (especially the development of language in children) to which biological concepts are most appropriately applied. While results of past studies would seem to show that language development is contingent on specific language training, it is important to distinguish between…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Biological Influences, Child Development, Child Language
