Describes the evolution of a research project examining the impact of early schooling on children's language, cognitive, reading, math and, to a lesser extent, social development. Proposes that implementing an individualized instructional program, which tailors amounts and types of instruction to individual child characteristics or entering levels…

Discuss how teachers should respond to children and adolescents with unexpected chronic illnesses or mental disorders. (PKP)

A psychotherapist recounts her personal and professional development in concepts of self-esteem. The article considers core conditions for development of healthy self-esteem, the powerful effects wrought by teachers who create healthy emotional environments, emotional intelligence and emotional literacy, current initiatives to develop emotional…

Describes the Center for Early Education and Development at the University of Minnesota, which provides a model for creating links between the research resources of a university and professionals who work directly with young children and families. (EVL)

Examines relationship of employed parents' (N=321) concerns about their children to parents' own well-being and orientation to work. Results indicated that three child-related concerns, taken together, generally accounted for substantial amounts of variance in parents' psychological and physical well-being but less of the variance in their…

The study compared maternal judgments about the development of their young disabled children with independently obtained developmental testing data for 53 children. Results indicated (1) maternal and professional estimates were highly correlated; (2) mothers systematically provided higher estimates across developmental domains; and (3) child IQ…

Deconstructs the prevailing paradigm of childhood development. Argues that childhood is a social construction and traces changing images of childhood throughout history. Criticizes well-intentioned but devitalizing day care and kindergarten practices. Argues for a child-centered perception of childhood. (FMW)

The work of Leta Hollingworth (1886-1939) concerning gifted adolescents is reviewed in the context of current thinking. A new synthesis is offered which sees the gifted adolescent in a state of disequilibrium (defined as discrepancy between expectancy and achievement) and constantly in a process of adjusting to the disequilibrium. (Author/DB)

Although the Montessori method has been known and practiced for almost a century in Europe and Asia, only recently has it gained recognition in American public schools. The key to the Montessori method's success is teachers specially trained to translate child development principles into classroom design, instructional strategies, and…

Stresses the need for directors of early childhood programs to be knowledgeable in the field of child development. Compares state requirements for child care directors, and reviews research on the relationship between staff education and training and program quality. (PCB)

Describes the development of a curriculum guide for gifted students enrolled in child development and guidance programs in Virginia Beach City Schools, intended to encourage such students to enter child-related professions. (SK)

Studies the sequence in development of conservation concepts in 19 language-impaired children aged 6-9 years and 20 children of 3-11 years who had no impairment. The two groups showed a similar sequence of development regardless of delay. Conservation of number appeared first, followed by weight, substance, length, area, and volume. (RJC)

Cites literature supporting view that as adults, children from single-parent families have less success in school, lower earnings, and lower occupational prestige than children from intact, two-parent families. Proposes that one reason why children from one-parent families achieve less as adults is that they lack exposure to hierarchical models of…

Relates how a child's love of Yoko Kawashima Watkins's book, <IT>So Far from the Bamboo Grove <RO>led to a friendship with Watkins. Considers the repercussions of this friendship on the child's reading motivation and development. (MM)

Reports that, even though young infants can discriminate among different facial expressions, there are individual differences in infants' expressivity and ability to produce and discriminate facial expressions. (PCB)