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Direct linkKawabata, Yoshito; Crick, Nicki R. – Developmental Psychology, 2008
The purpose of this study was to examine the frequency and correlates of cross-racial/ethnic friendships. The sample consisted of 509 (188 African American, 135 European American, 106 Asian American, and 80 Latino) children in 4th grade from 39 classrooms in several public elementary schools. The authors hypothesized that (a) the frequency of…
Descriptors: African American Students, Friendship, Social Adjustment, Grade 4
The Impact of Exposure to Domestic Violence on Children and Young People: A Review of the Literature
Holt, Stephanie; Buckley, Helen; Whelan, Sadhbh – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2008
Objective: This article reviews the literature concerning the impact of exposure to domestic violence on the health and developmental well-being of children and young people. Impact is explored across four separate yet inter-related domains (domestic violence exposure and child abuse; impact on parental capacity; impact on child and adolescent…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Family Violence, Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse
Prisiazhnaia, N. V. – Russian Education and Society, 2008
According to official statistics, in Russia there are over 800,000 orphans and children who are deprived of parental care; 260,000 are living and being taught in more than 4,000 state boarding institutions. The category "orphan child" consists of children up to the age of eighteen, one or both of whose parents have died. The term…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Disadvantaged Youth, Parent Child Relationship, Foreign Countries
Graber, Kim C.; Locke, Lawrence F.; Lambdin, Dolly; Solmon, Melinda A. – Elementary School Journal, 2008
Elementary school physical education has repeatedly been shaped by the forces of history. Presently, concerns about the obesity epidemic and the low levels of physical activity in children are exerting a major influence on curriculum. Whereas building physical fitness has been a dominant influence during wartime, the focus today is on (a)…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Obesity, Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level
Fernyhough, Charles – Developmental Review, 2008
The ideas of Vygotsky [Vygotsky, L. S. (1987). "Thinking and speech." In "The collected works of L. S. Vygotsky," (Vol. 1). New York: Plenum. (Original work published 1934.)] have been increasingly influential in accounting for social-environmental influences on the development of social understanding (SU). In the first part of this article, I…
Descriptors: Language Role, Social Experience, Cognitive Development, Social Environment
Download full textFairbanks, Dwight W. – 1976
This guide to the Child Development Specialist (CDS) Program of the Oregon public schools is intended for districts considering the establishment of CDS programs of their own. Suggestions for establishing a program are drawn from experiences of primary-grade pilot projects in six Oregon school districts. The essence of the CDS Program is…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Development Specialists, Childhood Needs, Community Role
Peer reviewedClunies-Ross, Graham G. – Journal of Special Education, 1979
The development of 36 Down's syndrome infants and children (ages 3-35 months) who had been involved in an early intervention project for periods ranging between four months and two years was assessed. (Author/DLS)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Child Development Centers, Cognitive Development
Matijevic, Milan; Radovanovic, Diana – Online Submission, 2007
The authors consider the present and future of new media and the classroom environment of pupils in primary education. Some experts are inclined to see the future of the classroom teaching environment solely through the perspective of new media, primarily computers and the Internet. The authors agree that these media are essential for modern…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Education, Classroom Environment, Educational Media
Garcia-Cazorla, A.; Serrano, M.; Perez-Duenas, B.; Gonzalez, V.; Ormazabal, A.; Pineda, M.; Fernandez-Alvarez, E.; Campistol, J. M. D.; Artuch, R. M. D. – Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2007
Neurotransmitters are essential in young children for differentiation and neuronal growth of the developing nervous system. We aimed to identify possible factors related to secondary neurotransmitter abnormalities in pediatric patients with neurological disorders. We analyzed cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and biogenic amine metabolites in 56 infants…
Descriptors: Anatomy, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Infants, Neurological Impairments
Crouter, Ann C.; Whiteman, Shawn D.; McHale, Susan M.; Osgood, D. Wayne – Child Development, 2007
The development of gender attitudes in 402 youth (201 firstborn and 201 secondborn siblings) in 201 European American families was examined using data collected on seven occasions across 9 years. Pooling across siblings and using multilevel modeling, we examined gender attitude development from ages 7 to 19. Consistent with an ecological…
Descriptors: Siblings, Birth Order, Sex Role, Gender Issues
Murphy, Laura M. Bennett; Laurie-Rose, Cynthia; Brinkman, Tara M.; McNamara, Kelly A. – Early Child Development and Care, 2007
The current study examines the relationship between sustained attention and social competence in preschool children. While studies demonstrate that children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) exhibit poor social competence, less is known about typically developing children. Since children with ADHD have associated behavior…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Interpersonal Competence, Behavior Problems, Play
Swanson, James M.; Elliott, Glen R.; Greenhill, Laurence L.; Wigal, Timothy; Arnold, L. Eugene; Vitiello, Benedetto; Hechtman, Lily; Epstein, Jeffery N.; Pelham, William E.; Abikoff, Howard B.; Newcorn, Jeffrey H.; Molina, Brooke S. G.; Hinshaw, Stephen P.; Wells, Karen C.; Hoza, Betsy; Jensen, Peter S.; Gibbons, Robert D.; Hur, Kwan; Stehli, Annamarie; Davies, Mark; March, John S.; Conners, C. Keith; Caron, Mark; Volkow, Nora D. – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2007
Objective: To evaluate the hypothesis of stimulant medication effect on physical growth in the follow-up phase of the Multimodal Treatment Study of Children With ADHD. Method: Naturalistic subgroups were established based on patterns of treatment with stimulant medication at baseline, 14-, 24-, and 36-month assessments: not medicated (n = 65),…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Stimulants, Norms, Statistical Analysis
Winskel, Heather; Widjaja, Vivilia – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2007
The aim of the present study was to investigate the grain size predominantly used by children learning to read and spell in Indonesian. Indonesian is an orthographically transparent language, and the syllable is a salient unit. Tasks assessing various levels of phonological awareness as well as letter knowledge, reading familiar words and…
Descriptors: Spelling, Syllables, Phonemes, Phonological Awareness
Bagdi, Aparna; Vacca, John; Waninger, Kendra N. – Dimensions of Early Childhood, 2007
All children have their own unique ways of interacting with their environments, connecting with people around them, and learning about their world. Babies take in information from their senses and use this information to respond to people and events. Children's daily experiences facilitate integration of their senses. These early sensory…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Infants, Toddlers, Sensory Integration
Tanaka, Yoko; Kato, Motoichiro; Muramatsu, Taro; Saito, Fumie; Sato, Seiji; Matsuo, Nobutake; Shintaku, Haruo; Okano, Yoshiyuki; Kondo, Hiroshi; Nukazawa, Tatsushi – Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2007
Executive function (EF) has been presumed to be mediated by the dopaminergic system in the prefrontal cortex. However, little is known about the early development of this function and the roles dopamine plays in it. Tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) deficiencies are genetic disorders affecting catecholamine and serotonin biosynthesis which, if untreated,…
Descriptors: Genetic Disorders, Females, Intelligence Quotient, Males
