Sigel replies that Kendler's reactions to his article appear more appropriate to psychology as a field rather than to developmental psychology, in particular, since the 1970s. (Author)

Introduces children's librarians to the theories of cognitive growth in children formulated by Jean Piaget. An annotated bibliography of three primary and 16 secondary references is provided to promote insight and to reinforce commitment to children's services. Five references are listed. (RAA)

Examples are presented which highlight some problems associated with intervention programs for high-risk infants. These studies suggest a number of implications for social policy. Infant intervention will be continuously effective only if policymakers consult with not only program directors, but also clinicians, teachers, researchers and parents.…

Recounts an incident illustrating a child's development of communication skills and offers suggestions for parents to help facilitate that development. (HTH)

Describes a technique which teachers can use to help students adjust to the problems of growing from childhood to adulthood. The technique consists of a three-stage process of bibliotherapy: identification, catharsis, and insight. (Author/DB)

Aimed to provide an extensive and integrative review of empirical studies of pretend play in children. Attempts were made to sort out what is known from what is supposed but unconfirmed, and to identify the theoretical implications of the former and the relevance of the latter. (Author/RH)

Outlines three constructs, the assumptive reality of childhood and the imaginary audience and personal fable of adolescence, which help explain normal and problem behavior. Counselors are asked to accept the young person's view of reality as valid and help him/her distinguish between personal and social reality. (Author)

The questions 17 mothers addressed to their children, aged 18-34 months, during a play session were examined for the purpose they served in the conversation and the forms used to express them. (RH)

Describes and presents findings from an educational research study in which 100 students in primary schools were tested with regard to individual variation which could be detected when the children viewed a white disc on a dark background which momentarily disappeared. Findings regarding the smallest dark interval for which the disk was reported…

Discusses a study undertaken to determine whether young children are aware that people differ in skin color and to assess the value judgments that children attach to their color-related observations. Findings indicated that among 120 children from a mixed-race primary school, the White children named White friends predominantly and non-White…

To test the hypothesis that early intervention can enhance the development of high risk preterm infants, a prescribed multimodal sensory enrichment program, within a regional neonatal intensive care unit, was designed and implemented with 28 preterm infants. Journal Availability: American Academy of Pediatrics, P.O. Box 1034, Evanston, IL 60204…

Medical, educational, and psychological research supports the idea that first-graders benefit from a shortened school day. An examination of the implementation of this idea in two Connecticut towns is offered. (LH)

The article describes procedures for developing and evaluating the pretend play of mentally handicapped children and provides illustrative case studies on the use of the observation scheme to evaluate children's progress. (SBH)

Current social science research is reviewed to argue that to consider childhood is to consider a period and form of human development that may not yet have been adequately defined, and that attempts to examine childhood have been only partially realized. Implications of these arguments are discussed. (JMF)

Examines Jean Piaget's theories on the laws of formal logic, and Johnson's claim that the law of noncontradiction is only descriptive of macroscopic objectives. Suggests Piaget and Johnson are wrong, since the possibility of saying anything significant and informative presupposes the law of noncontradiction is followed. (Author)