Studies the simultaneous language development in American Sign Language and spoken English by a hearing girl. Findings show: (1) a mixture of oral and manual babbling, (2) a code-switching ability across modalities, and (3) a single syntactic system incorporating rules from both languages but with two separate lexicons. (Author/PJM)

A comprehensive activity program requires a conceptual framework to guide appropriate curriculum design. An understanding of motor development and of the ways physical settings interact with the learning child are essential to program construction. (JN)

Adolescents from one inner-city, two suburban, and one private school were tested using the Washington University Sentence Completion Test of Ego Development. Both test-retest correlations and change scores supported the hypothesized sequence of ego development. Significant correlation between ego level and intelligence occurred in two schools.…

This study investigated the relative effectiveness of principle testing discussion (PTD) and its possible interaction with moral development levels in students' demonstrations of positive attitudes toward women, the physically handicapped, and East Indians. Analysis of attitude scale responses provided equivocal support for the use of PTD.…

Six hundred adolescents and 25 teachers responded to incidents containing a moral issue. Overall there was moral development with age, as suggested by Piaget, but many (by Piaget's definitions) immature responses were recorded on some incidents, even by adults. The context in which issues were presented was an important influence. (Author/SJL)

Determined developmental level to be a major factor at lower level chemistry courses but not as important for higher level ones. Suggests Lawson's test to be a useful tool in studying the basics of chemical education, evaluating courses as to the appropriate level, and in counseling individual students. (Author/JN)

The use of symbols in the play of young children during the preoperational period of cognitive development provides the foundation in representation that will be needed later when using higher abstract forms such as written words. (JN)

Compares the stages of print awareness in two children to emphasize the developmental stages of literacy. Emphasizes the importance of parents and teachers responding appropriately as children develop their reading and writing skills. (HTH)

Investigated the interrelationships among young adults' levels of moral reasoning, their preferred discipline style, and the way they say they would reason with children on moral issues. (Author/DB)

Studies the developmental stages deaf children pass through in acquiring the adult forms of pronominal classifiers in American Sign Language. Data were obtained on production, comprehension, and imitation from nine children aged 3 to 11. Complexities of classifier usage influence the learning strategies used. (PJM)

This second article in a series on children's artistic learning reviews the developmental process of symbolization and symbol representation by young children and analyzes the symbolism in works by three boys. Practical teaching considerations are discussed. For part one of this series, see the September, 1980 issue of this journal. (SJL)

The purpose of this study was to develop and field test an instrument to measure the importance of interests, capacities, and values to a population of 1220 students, grades 5-12. Specifically, it sought to examine the middle (tentative) stage of Ginzberg's three-stage developmental theory of occupational decision-making. (Author/SJL)

Three studies assessed the relationship between expressive writing (poetry writing and journal keeping) and ego identity development among high school and college students. Poetry writers were more likely to be in the identity achiever status. No differences were found between students keeping personal journals and those who had not. (Author/GDC)

A student's progression from high school to higher education is a major life transition which poses a multitude of challenges, stresses, and developmental tasks. More of a preventive orientation is needed to help students bridge the psychological, social, and academic gaps between high school and university life. (Author)

Describes research involving a technique for use with poor readers, called "read-along," in which a tutor reads aloud an interesting story with the student required to do no more than follow the line of print and read along with the tutor when possible. (AEA)