Discusses the relationship between child development and early childhood education. Focuses specifically on the issue of socialization and current research on mediated learning experience. (Author/CM)

Notes that children would learn much more from stories if they were allowed to relax, enjoy a story, and discover what it is they want or need from books. (HOD)

In a Swedish sample of five autistic children (12 to 18 years old), deterioration or severe symptom aggravation at the onset of puberty that followed earlier improvement is described. It is suggested that autistic children with pubertal deterioration may constitute a meaningful subgroup of the syndrome. (Author/SB)

Briefly reports on findings from a study designed to identify differences and similarities between social workers' and foster parents' attitudes towards issues of child guidance. (Author/MP)

A model is proposed in which stereotypes are assumed to function as schemas that serve to organize and structure information. The thesis is advanced that sex stereotyping is a normal cognitive process and is best examined in terms of information-processing constructs. (Author/RH)

Examined whether the density of play continues to increase as children grow older. Four- and five-year-olds made simple constructions using few materials, six- and seven-year-olds made more constructions with more materials, and eight-to ten-year-olds made fewer but much more extensive and integrated constructions. (Author/DB)

Two articles focus on the meanings children, including exceptional children, associate with death and dying and on ways to help children deal with death. (Author/CL)

Discusses some of the problems involved in social science teaching at the elementary school level, including general lack of knowledge among subject matter specialists about children, ignorance of child development specialists regarding social science disciplines, and the failure of educators to observe children's behavior before they develop and…

Auditory discrimination of voiceless fricatives was studied in 200 Ss between the ages of four and six and one-half years. (Author)

Five outdoor games beneficial to the development of children's motor skills are described. (LH)

Describes a child-oriented activities playroom at a family health center. Emphasizes the value of evaluating children's developmental status and progress by observing them at play in the center. (CM)

A pediatrician examines the hazards of children in traffic and stresses the developmental aspects of childhood accidents. Journal availability: see EC 114 123. (CL)

A list of films dealing with child development is presented. (AP)

Outlines the major needs of parents which can be met by educational television and examines the support services needed to gain the full potential of television in this context. (BD)

As they attempted to form three-dimensional shapes, children aged three to eight were observed and analyzed in terms of problem solving behavior. (JC)