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Adland, David – Opinion, 1968
Social contact through informal speech, a basic adolescent need, can be most effectively developed in secondary schools through the learning, working, and creating situations of drama activities. Since drama is conflict and living language is action, the process of making a play is as important as the play. Thus, drama creation within a small…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Creative Activities, Creative Development, Creative Dramatics
Van De Riet, Vernon; Resnick, Michael B. – 1973
This evaluation report consists of a description and longitudinal analysis of the long term educational impact of the Learning to Learn Program on children from poverty backgrounds. The program is based on the principle that children's development follows an orderly sequence of growth from motor to perceptual to symbolic stages. The results of…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education
Ayllon, Teodoro; And Others – Research and Development Report, 1971
The Atlanta Public School System conducted four major programs during the summer of 1971. These were Youth-Tutoring-Youth, Community Schools, Handicapped Children, and Prekindergarten Instruction. Evaluation of the Prekindergarten (Pre-K) project was contracted to the Laboratory for Applied Behavior Research at Georgia State University. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Change, Behavioral Science Research, Comparative Analysis
ERIC Clearinghouse on Early Childhood Education, Champaign, IL. – 1976
This selective bibliography cites recent ERIC documents and journal articles focusing on various aspects of infant day care including the effects of day care on infant development and on parent-child interaction and program and staff requirements for infant day care. Entries include resumes from "Resources in Education" (RIE), August 1972-August…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Annotated Bibliographies, Child Care, Child Development
Deloria, Dennis; And Others – 1974
This is the executive summary of the National Home Start Evaluation interim report. Home Start, a federally-funded 3-year (1972-1975) demonstration program home-based for low-income families with 3- to 5-year-old children was designed to enhance a mother's skills in dealing with her own children and to provide comprehensive social-emotional,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Case Studies, Cost Effectiveness, Demonstration Programs
Anderson, Zola – 1976
This booklet is designed to help the preschool teacher understand the children in her classroom and assist them in social-emotional development. The booklet has four objectives: (1) to increase the teacher's understanding of the child's needs; (2) to discuss ways the teacher can provide a climate for healthy emotional growth; (3) to help the…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Aggression, Behavior Problems, Classroom Environment
Adelman, Howard S.; Taylor, Linda – Corwin Press, 2005
Every teacher knows about barriers to learning and teaching that interferes with student progress and academic achievement. These barriers to learning can hamper a student's ability to participate effectively and benefit fully from classroom instruction and other educational activities. For school improvement efforts to succeed in ways that truly…
Descriptors: Guidance, Educational Change, Instructional Improvement, Student Participation
Nadeau, Debra Fuchs; LaRue, Candace Mayer; Allen, Jennifer; Cohen, Jonathan; Hyman, Lauren – 2002
This guide describes a series of ways to translate research findings and general ideas on youth violence into day-to-day teaching and learning in homes and schools. Five sections include: (1) "Teaching and Learning Core Social Emotional Competencies" (e.g., what educators, counselors, and parents can do, and promoting core social and…
Descriptors: Bullying, Conflict Resolution, Cultural Pluralism, Decision Making
Cohen, Jonathan, Ed. – 1999
Based on the view that social and emotional learning (SEL) needs to be an integral part of middle school education, this book provides an overview to social and emotional learning and the development of middle school students, presents a representative range of SEL programs and perspectives, and offers reflections on the current status of SEL and…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Development, Change Strategies, Conflict Resolution
US Department of Health and Human Services, 2005
This research brief describes the developmental risks present in a cohort of children coming into contact with the child welfare system between 1999 and 2000, as well as the services the children receive to address these risks. The findings are drawn from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW), a unique study that provides…
Descriptors: Health Services, Child Welfare, Mental Health, Developmental Delays
Bowler, Peter; Linke, Pam – 1996
Language acquisition and other developmental processes in children do not occur haphazardly, but rather follow a sequence that is well-established, and though subject to a moderate variation in detail from child to child, surprisingly uniform. This book provides information to parents concerning their children's development levels and attainments…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Development, Child Behavior, Child Development
Hawkins, J. David – 1997
The promotion of academic success has been linked to children's social and emotional wellness, reduction in risky behaviors, and promotion of social and emotional competence. This chapter briefly summarizes the evidence regarding the link between academic performance and health risk behaviors, including substance abuse, delinquency, teen sexual…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Adolescents
Farber, Betty, Ed. – 2000
Based on the assumption that a belief in one's worth and competence will encourage children's achievement and protect against failure, this book for parents presents guidelines and activities for helping to guide children to a strong, enduring sense of self-esteem and competence. Section 1 describes the building blocks of self-esteem, focusing on…
Descriptors: Books, Child Development, Child Rearing, Childrens Literature
Archer, Caroline – 1999
Noting that adopted and foster children may have suffered early traumatic experiences, often expressed in emotional and behavioral problems that become increasingly problematic as the child approaches adolescence, this book presents strategies to help adoptive and foster parents deal with their youngsters' troubling behavior and to make them feel…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Adopted Children, Adoptive Parents
Hargreaves, Andy; Fullan, Michael – 1998
Accomplishing significant improvement in teaching and learning requires strong, open, and interactive relationships between schools and the community. Chapter 1, "What's Out There," explores the vital role of teacher morale in successful reforms and argues that teachers and schools should actively connect, in more effective ways, with…
Descriptors: Economic Change, Educational Change, Educational Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education
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