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Cook, Heather D., Ed.; Kohl , Harold W., III, Ed. – National Academies Press, 2013
Physical inactivity is a key determinant of health across the lifespan. A lack of activity increases the risk of heart disease, colon and breast cancer, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, osteoporosis, anxiety and depression and others diseases. Emerging literature has suggested that in terms of mortality, the global population health burden of…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level, Health Promotion, Health Behavior
Snyder, Jon; Lit, Ira – National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education, 2010
This paper makes a fundamentally simple line of empirically supported argumentation. The increasing demands for high level student learning can best be achieved by the use of the substantive research evidence of the past decade demonstrating that developmentally oriented instruction facilitates academic, behavioral, and social performance. Most…
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, Developmental Stages, Child Development, Adolescent Development
Wolfe, Patricia – ASCD, 2010
While you don't need to be a scientist to understand brain-compatible teaching, you'll be far more effective when you base your teaching practices on the very best scientific information. This expanded and updated ASCD best-seller delivers that essential information in clear, everyday language that any teacher can immediately incorporate into…
Descriptors: Nutrition, Short Term Memory, Long Term Memory, Anatomy
Levine, Laura E.; Munsch, Joyce – SAGE Publications (CA), 2010
Within each chapter of this innovative topical text, the authors engage students by demonstrating the wide range of real-world applications of psychological research connected to child development. In particular, the distinctive Active Learning features incorporated throughout the book foster a dynamic and personal learning process for students.…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Extracurricular Activities, Active Learning, Adolescent Development
Herman, William E. – Online Submission, 2008
This paper outlines a qualitative research tool designed to explore personal identity formation as described by Erik Erikson and offers self-reflective and anonymous evaluative comments made by college students after completing this task. Subjects compiled a list of 200 myths, customs, fables, rituals, and beliefs from their family of origin and…
Descriptors: Research Tools, Qualitative Research, Research Methodology, Identification (Psychology)
Pressley, Michael; McCormick, Christine B. – Guilford Publications, 2006
Filling a tremendous need, this is the first graduate-level child development text written specifically for future educators. The volume provides a solid understanding of major theories of development, focusing on how each has informed research and practice in educational contexts. Topics include the impact of biology and early experiences on the…
Descriptors: Gender Role, Motivation, Social Theories, Language Acquisition
Ma, Imei – Childhood Education, 2006
Peer relationships play an important role in socialization during childhood and young adolescence. Negative relationships may pose multiple difficulties for children related to their development that can have lifelong influences. Research indicates that the quality of peer relationships is associated with a variety of outcomes, such as social…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Social Adjustment, Peer Relationship, Socialization
Lodico, Marguerite G.; Voegtle, Katherine H. – SAGE Publications (CA), 2005
The uniqueness of this book lies in the multiple perspectives drawn from youth, their parents, and their teachers. These perspectives provide a range of lenses through which a student or beginning teacher may view child and adolescent development. The complex processes of development occur within a social context, and therefore a professional…
Descriptors: Developmental Stages, Case Studies, Adolescent Development, Child Development

Healy, Jane M. – Holistic Education Review, 1995
By understanding the development of the human mind, parents and teachers can learn how to help guide children and adolescents into adulthood. The article examines mental growth at various ages, stumbling blocks to learning, ways of understanding the adolescent mind, and what to look for in a middle school. (SM)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Child Development, Children

van der Veer, Rene – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 1994
Maintains that a major theme in Lev Vygotsky's later research was concept formation or conceptual development in child development. States that Vygotsky argued that the acquisition of mature academic concepts forms the crowning achievement of adolescence. Argues that the view raises a number of criticisms. (CFR)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Vocational Instructional Materials Lab. – 1991
This Ohio Competency Analysis Profile (OCAP), derived from a modified Developing a Curriculum (DACUM) process, is a current comprehensive and verified employer competency program list for the GRADS (Graduation, Reality, and Dual Role Skills) program. Each unit (with or without subunits) contains competencies and competency builders that identify…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Basic Skills, Child Development, Child Rearing
Wood, Chip – 1997
Expanded from its previous edition to include ages 13 and 14, this book provides teachers and parents with a quick reference on important childhood developmental issues, explaining what children should be learning and doing in the classroom at each developmental stage. The book begins by discussing how developmental issues can affect…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Age Differences, Child Development
Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock. Curriculum Center for Family and Consumer Sciences. – 2002
This teacher resource guide is an instructional resource for these three separate courses: exploring education careers, elementary school teacher assistant, and elementary school teaching internship. (Exploring education careers is designed as a field-based internship that provides students a background knowledge of child and adolescent…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Career Development, Career Education, Career Exploration
Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock. Curriculum Center for Family and Consumer Sciences. – 2003
This curriculum guide contains instructional materials for a one- or two-year field-based internship that provides students a background knowledge of child and adolescent development principles and principles of effective teaching practices by allowing students to work under the joint direction and supervision of both a family and consumer…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Career Development, Career Education, Career Exploration
Comer, James P., Ed.; Joyner, Edward T., Ed.; Ben-Avie, Michael, Ed. – Corwin Press, 2004
Children and adolescents who enjoy healthy growth and development along six primary pathways are the students who learn well and achieve success in school and in life. But children from poorly functioning families and impoverished social networks too often find themselves without adequate preparation and support for the academic challenges that…
Descriptors: Youth Leaders, Team Training, Social Networks, Child Development