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Peer reviewedRibiere, Germaine Anne – Impact of Science on Society, 1973
The human body provides a medium for man's expression of existence in intellectual, emotional, religious, and social fields. The child starts learning about his body after birth and becomes fully aware of it when he reaches maturity. The fully matured body enables man to carry on dialogue with himself, others and the universe. (PS)
Descriptors: Behavior, Behavior Development, Biology, Body Image
Peer reviewedGruber, Joseph J. – Education, 1972
Author briefly summarizes the research and objectives of physical education programs. (CB)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Exercise (Physiology), Mental Health, Motor Development
Peer reviewedAnd Others; Rundle, A. T. – Journal of Mental Deficiency Research, 1972
Descriptors: Age, Child Development, Downs Syndrome, Drafting
Peer reviewedHavighurst, Robert J. – Journal of School Health, 1972
Descriptors: Biology, Child Development, Cognitive Objectives, Environmental Influences
Peer reviewedDreyer, Albert S.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1971
Discusses how differing cognitive style in adolescents relates to their adaptation to pubescent body change. (NH)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Body Image, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Tests
Peer reviewedWinnick, Joseph P.; Landers, Daniel M. – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1971
Descriptors: Equipment Utilization, Exceptional Child Education, Handicapped Children, Physical Activities
Peer reviewedLacey, Harvey M. – Child Welfare, 1970
Groups symptoms, and suggests resources and energy be concentrated on educational and psychological intervention, rather than on causes. (NH)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Behavior Problems, Exceptional Persons
Dayton, Delbert H. – Children, 1969
Relates studies of the effects of pre- and post-natal and childhood malnutrition on physical and mental development. Discusses national and international nutrition problems and solutions. (DR)
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Early Childhood Education, Health
Peer reviewedThornburg, Hershel D. – Theory into Practice, 1983
The issue of whether or not early adolescence is a transitional or stable period of development may be dependent on our ability to describe ways in which early adolescents are quantitatively and qualitatively different from when they were children and how these early adolescent characteristics are forerunners to the more elaborate constructs of…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages
Sylwester, Robert – Instructor, 1982
The first of a series of articles on the human brain focuses on the cyclic nature of brain development. Educational and social issues evolving from current discoveries about the brain are also discussed. (CJ)
Descriptors: Child Development, Children, Cognitive Processes, Educational Trends
Cowan, W. Maxwell – Scientific American, 1979
This discussion focuses on the problem in neurobiology in which neurons are able to make correct connections as the brain develops in utero. (Author/SA)
Descriptors: Biology, Human Development, Individual Development, Medical Research
Teeple, J.; Massey, B. – Research Quarterly, 1976
Results of research on the influence of body size and composition on peak force and maximal rate of static strength exertion as measured from force-time curves indicates that rate of force production is somewhat independent of peak force, yet influenced by body size and composition, as is peak force. (MB)
Descriptors: Body Height, Body Weight, Child Development, Growth Patterns
Peer reviewedPerkins, Stanley A. – Exceptional Children, 1977
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Handicapped Children, Infants, Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedMcCabe, Marita P.; Ricciardelli, Lina A. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2003
Examined factors predicting body change strategies to increase weight and muscle mass among adolescent males over an 8-month period. Results for 435 adolescent boys show that extreme body change strategies are predicted by the adoption of more normative body change strategies at an earlier time, and that body change strategies are affected by…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Body Image, Change, Longitudinal Studies
Peer reviewedLockhart, Kristi L.; Chang, Bernard; Story, Tyler – Child Development, 2002
Four studies explored children's beliefs about the stability of positive traits among three groups. Findings indicated that younger children were more likely than older children or adults to believe that negative physical and psychological traits would change positively, that they could control the expression of a trait, and that extreme positive…
Descriptors: Adults, Beliefs, Childhood Attitudes, Children
