The present investigation made the comparison between children's drawings published in 1897 with those of another generation - contemporary children's drawings - in attempting to determine whether learning or maturation are directly responsible for artistic development. (Author/RK)

Considered primitive and contemporary thought processes and their meaning for evaluating the cognitive processes of children. (RK)

Article presented a rapid sketch of some of the problems facing the European states as regards preschool education. (Author)

A study of elementary school children's reasoning processes about every-day objects resulted in implications for the design of curriculum materials used in geography. (Author/KM)

Discusses the relationship between peer popularity and perceived parental behavior of acceptance-rejection. Subjects were 100 children in grades six thru nine, and their families. Results, consistent with previous findings, indicate that children's perceptions of parental behaviors have a pervasive influence on their behavior. (Author/HMV)

Explores children's affective needs, as displayed in a day care setting, and outlines four major steps in individualizing affective needs. Also discusses examples of child behavior that frequently concern teachers. (CS)

describes a program in which junior high school students learned about child development and young children by studying theories of child development, observing preschool children, and working with them in a nursery school setting. (ST)

Describes a program in which junior high school girls, who had taken a course in child development, worked as student teachers in a nursery school. (ST)

This publication lists more than 80 nationally available newsletters, journals and magazines which focus primarily on topics related to the education and development of young children. Included in each listing is information on the availability, scope, price, frequency of publication and price per issue. The guide is divided into two main…

Reviewed is research on parents' and others' responses to a child's temperament and the effects of early temperament on the child's development. Research findings are seen to indicate that children with difficult temperaments need to be handled with an exceptional amount of patience, firmness, and understanding. (SBH)

The first section of this report examines, from a developmental perspective, the major theoretical positions dominating the literature on adult cognition. Two criteria are considered. First, how compatible are the theories with the notion that thinking systems develop within specific environments? Second, what are the implicit or explicit…

Author presented ways in which music therapy can help handicapped children. (Editor/RK)

Author recommended that the traditional lunchroom be abandoned in favor of intimate feeding programs directed and shared by teachers. The school, he said, should be reorganized to center around the feeding of children. (Editor/RK)

Article evaluated a program whose purpose was to teach children to live in harmony with people from other national, racial and cultural groups. (Editor/RK)