Home Start programs, designed to provide child development services to children in their homes, are located in 15 states. (DS)

Author, co-director of Britain's National Child Development Study, defines longitudinal studies and gives reasons for their particular contribution to educational thought and practice.'' (Editor/SP)

Caretaker-infant interaction within the first year of life was studied in a group of 10 Wolof infants. The pattern of caretaker-infant interaction was more strongly related to age of infant than any other variable investigated. The often-found result that African infants show precocious development within the first year was confirmed for the…

A review of some of the basic research on how children use television and on how children are influenced by parents' attitudes towards the role of television. (AA)

A survey is made of teaching ideas spanning a decade--the 1960's. (CK)

Early childhood teachers need not worry about program content duplication but should realize that the standard materials for early childhood programs are merely tools to be used for the satisfaction of the three major early childhood drives; curiosity, interest in other children, and the handling of emotional impulses. (AJ)

This paper is based upon a doctoral dissertation submitted to Stanford University.

Contrasts developmental models in terms of their assumptions about the joint roles of experience and maturation in behavior, and the similarities of these assumptions to those made in learning theories. Presents experimental methods for separating maturation and experience effects. (Author/NH)

The question of who should possess the rights over children's education is discussed. (DB)