Describes a study of 708 eleventh and twelfth graders of cognitive development and their ability to learn physics. The theories of Piaget were used as a model to study the teaching and learning of physics. (MDR)

Presents a study of the effects of preschool experience on achievement, readiness to learn, and creativity among 60 black and 60 white first grade boys and girls in a rural area. (BD)

The authors describe their Career Education Readiness Test for grades K-6, a series of six subtests each measuring a different dimension: sex role stereotyping, rewards for work, occupational esteem, vocational categories, occupational responsibilities, and world of work vocabulary. (MF)

A study of the validity of Guglielmino's Self-Directed Learning Readiness Scale using Black and White college students and comparing their ratings to faculty assessments is reported and compared with an earlier study. Some conflicting results are found, but the scale's validity is supported. (MSE)

Reviews research literature to determine implications for educational programs for elderly persons. Showed that, in general, researchers fall far short of providing useful information to practitioners in this field. Suggested that laboratory research on cognition and learning must be followed by research conducted in the actual educational…

Suggested are a few topics or techniques which should not be presented in planetarium astronomy until appropriate levels of potential comprehension are reached. (EB)

This book synthesizes the implications of research done by the National Center for Research in Mathematical Sciences (NCRMS) by integrating two bodies of research: the study of teaching and the study of learning mathematics. This research was organized around content domains and/or continuing issues in education such as equity and assessment of…

This evaluation study examined changes in school readiness among 35 children who participated during the 2002-2003 fiscal year in two programs: (1) Project Family Read, an educational and parent education program operating during the school year for families of children not enrolled in regulated child care in Granville County, North Carolina; and…

Self-regulation of behavior generally refers to controlled, cognitive monitoring of the actions and steps required to obtain a goal, or to bring about a desired response from the environment. Age-related changes in self-regulation as well as individual differences at a given age or developmental stage play fundamental roles in shaping children's…

Field trips are a regular part of many programs for young children. Field trips can serve a variety of purposes, such as exposing children to new things or helping children to see familiar things in new ways. The purpose of this study was to learn the meaning children gave to a field trip. Cameras were made available to each of the children in a…

Self-regulation of behavior generally refers to controlled, cognitive monitoring of the actions and steps required to obtain a goal, or to bring about a desired response from the environment. Age-related changes in self-regulation as well as individual differences at a given age or developmental stage play fundamental roles in shaping children's…

Interest in early education and school readiness gives rise to opportunities for promoting health development as well as addressing barriers to development and learning. This brief highlights the need to approach early education and school readiness from a perspective of addressing barriers. The brief discusses the marginalization and…

This article describes how the author's infant son enthusiastically played with buttons from the age of 5 months to his first birthday. The article details his play routines and how they changed over time. It draws on recent neurological research about how the brain grows to argue that this play provided the foundation for her son's cognitive and…

This paper contends that a person's readiness for academic learning should be based on his/her developmental readiness, not on chronological age requirements. Human beings develop at their own neurological rates (biological clock). The paper first cites research on a "sensitive learning period" in which learning is mastered in a more efficient…