Path analysis of data from survey of 159 families indicated that for families with daughters parental traits and child adjustment are mediated by parental acceptance. Relations between parental traits and other variables in the path model are less dramatic when parents' report of their own personality characteristics are employed rather than the…

Examination of preschoolers' stereotypes about sex differences in emotionality found that although this group consistently associated fear with females, gender attribution was situation-specific for anger and happiness. In explaining attributions, girls made greater use of sex-role and imagery categories than boys, and younger children gave more…

A study of the possible influence of a college's structure and organization on students' affective development suggests that students' academic and social integration tend to mediate the influences of structural characteristics. (MSE)

Interests of preschool children were naturalistically identified through patterns of attention in the classroom and were related to assessing (1) direction of attentional shift, (2) level of recognition, and (3) likelihood of recall. Findings are interpreted in terms of cognitive/affective conceptualization of interest as central figure of…

Describes the development of a two-session home observational scheme for the study of the interactions between mothers and their two- and three-year-old children, with the main thrust on socio-emotional development. The tool focuses on parental responsivity and sensitivity, affect, social communication, and social control and has a combination of…

The classroom technique of helping students assume a new identity in the target language culture, one component of the Lozanov method of instruction, is discussed. Lists of useful French first and family names, professions, and cities are provided for use in this exercise. A sample dossier is included. (MSE)

Compared 75 adolescents' experience in daily interactions with family and friends, using self-reports. When with their friends, these adolescents reported a situation more conducive to enjoyment. However, those adolescents who spent more time with friends than with family showed poorer school performance and wider mood variability. (JAC)

This paper investigates the effect of multiage groupings on children's self concepts, their attitudes toward school, and their academic achievement in reading and mathematics. Results indicate that, in general, multiage groupings produced better self concepts and attitudes, though no significant academic differences were found. (SB)

The role of values as related to pure and applied sciences are discussed. In addition, an attempt is made to relate the process of science to values in an educational context. (Author/EB)

Father involvement with first-born infants in caretaking, affective proximal, and social activities was observed in a naturalistic home setting with mothers also present. Fathers were more involved in social activities, particularly play with the infant, than in physical caretaking. (Author)

This new and expanded Third Edition analyzes blindness within the context of two overlapping theoretical constructs: the development of self-esteem and the process of adjusting to social and/or physical trauma. The book is divided into four sections. The first section, provides an overview of blindness and the essential background for subsequent…

This document brings into a dialogue some of the theoretical frameworks used to study affect in mathematics education. It presents affect as a representational system, affect as one regulator of the dynamic self, affect in a socio-constructivist framework, and affect as embodied. It also evaluates these frameworks from different perspectives:…

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…

This qualitative study followed 41 fourth- and fifth-grade students from the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 through December of that year, in an attempt to understand how these students were affected by the attacks and subsequent government actions. Class assignments and teachers' anecdotal journals were analyzed. Through their work and…

The purpose of this paper is to provide guidance for instructional sequencing in emotional literacy curricula. First, the concepts of instructional sequence and the problems involved with instructional sequence in the affective domain of learning are addressed. Then, through the analysis of the emotional literacy curriculum, Promoting Alternative…