Two articles focus on the meanings children, including exceptional children, associate with death and dying and on ways to help children deal with death. (Author/CL)

Discusses some of the problems involved in social science teaching at the elementary school level, including general lack of knowledge among subject matter specialists about children, ignorance of child development specialists regarding social science disciplines, and the failure of educators to observe children's behavior before they develop and…

Auditory discrimination of voiceless fricatives was studied in 200 Ss between the ages of four and six and one-half years. (Author)

Five outdoor games beneficial to the development of children's motor skills are described. (LH)

Describes a child-oriented activities playroom at a family health center. Emphasizes the value of evaluating children's developmental status and progress by observing them at play in the center. (CM)

A pediatrician examines the hazards of children in traffic and stresses the developmental aspects of childhood accidents. Journal availability: see EC 114 123. (CL)

A list of films dealing with child development is presented. (AP)

Outlines the major needs of parents which can be met by educational television and examines the support services needed to gain the full potential of television in this context. (BD)

As they attempted to form three-dimensional shapes, children aged three to eight were observed and analyzed in terms of problem solving behavior. (JC)

Reviews the history of the several editions of the "Handbook of Child Psychology" from 1931 to the present. Identifies continuing themes and alterations in theoretical orientation within the field of human development that are found in the handbook's editions. Discusses the strategy behind and the contents of the 1997 edition. (BC)

Describes the Youth Development Learning Network's extended evaluation, a collaboration of funders, program administrators, youth workers, and evaluators, that illustrates the process of building capacity for youth and youth workers. (SLD)

Advocates an environmentally congruent conception of child development and includes Montessori theory as part of a biocentric view where child development connects to the laws of nature. Explains orientations to the world informing development of a biocentric vision of childhood: mastery, immersion, and engagement. Discusses how mastery and…

Examines ways to model the production function for cognitive achievement to capture theoretical notions that child development is a cumulative process involving family and school inputs and ability. Develops a modeling framework that accommodates several known estimating equations, discussing how to address data limitations and highlighting the…

Reviews the literature on parental divorce and early childhood development, using developmental psychopathology as an organizing framework. Because this review is unique in its focus on divorce-related issues specific to young children, limitations of existing research are noted and directions for future research are suggested. (Contains 63…