Child care workers often seek advice from experts and are frequently themselves viewed as experts as they help parents and others. This article discusses some of the significant issues facing those who provide guidance and those who receive it. (Author)

This article reviews nine student development programs which were planned, executed, evaluated and them maintained, modified or eliminated as appropriate. Concludes that such systematic planning, execution and evaluation are essential. (Author/HMV)

Presents a study which investigated the sources of control over behavior: internal or environmental. Results are discussed in terms of the Theory of Propositional Control. (DP)

Summarizes some of the major issues on which psychological theories of motivation differ, and provides a list of readings which relate to the controversy on the nature of motivation. (JR)

The author argues that in educational settings in which there is a low tolerance for "disruptive" and "antisocial" behavior, the nurturing capacity for creativity is also low. Creative persons exhibit not only anti-social behaviors, but also behaviors such as originality, self-sufficiency, and independence in thought and judgment, which may be…

Describes a study designed to test (1) the effects of an educational prosocial television program on learning and behavior of kindergarten children; and (2) two types of training, verbal labeling and role playing, designed to help children learn the content of the program. Children were able to generalize learning. (ED)

This study was designed to determine the extent to which (speech) motor timing control, as defined by a statistical model, improves in consistency with age and the degree to which peripheral feedback is used by children to maintain this consistency. Clinical applications and possible genetic implications are discussed. (Author/ED)

Discusses the deleterious effects of television on children's behavior, focusing on television as a medium of communication, and not on the quality of its programming. The criticisms include distortion and mediation of reality, interference with creative and social development, unidirectionality, violence, and inducement toward passivity. (ED)

Research supported in part by OEO Headstart Subcontract No. 1410 with Michigan State University Headstart Evaluation and Research Center.

Research supported by U.S. Office of Education Contracts OEC-3-10-032 and OEC-6-10-108.