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Marschark, Marc, Ed.; Knoors, Harry, Ed. – Oxford University Press, 2020
In recent years, the intersection of cognitive psychology, developmental psychology, and neuroscience with regard to deaf individuals has received increasing attention from a variety of academic and educational audiences. Both research and pedagogy have addressed questions about whether deaf children learn in the same ways that hearing children…
Descriptors: Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Learning Processes, Cognitive Ability
Carey, William B., Ed.; McDevitt, Sean C., Ed. – 1994
This collection of essays, in honor of child psychiatry pioneers Stella Chess and Alexander Thomas, focuses on their idea that important life outcomes are the product of ongoing interactions between a child's behavioral style and the complimentarity or lack of fit of the parenting environment. Following an introduction, the remaining chapters are:…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Child Behavior, Child Development, Children
Curtis, Patrick A., Ed.; Dale, Grady, Jr., Ed.; Kendall, Joshua C., Ed. – 1999
Noting that one of the biggest obstacles to reforming the foster care system has been the relative unavailability of research data from the field, this book provides an overview of the current state of foster care, describes the special needs of children living in foster care, and identifies policies and practices that address the foster care…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adoption, Caseworker Approach, Child Welfare
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Tomlinson-Keasey, Carol, Ed. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1990
Eight articles are presented, which examine the following issues defining current research in education of the gifted: (1) identification of separate areas of giftedness; (2) stability and predictability of precocity; (3) fulfillment of potential; (4) socioemotional adjustment of gifted individuals; and (5) sex differences in giftedness. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted, Acceleration (Education), Children