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The Leading Edge of Early Childhood Education: Linking Science to Policy for a New Generation
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Lesaux, Nonie K., Ed.; Jones, Stephanie M., Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2016
"The Leading Edge of Early Childhood Education" aims to support the effort to simultaneously scale up and improve the quality of early childhood education by bringing together relevant insights from emerging research to provide guidance for this critical, fledgling field. It reflects the growing recognition that early childhood…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Academic Achievement, Cognitive Development, Emotional Development
The Adolescent Brain: Learning, Reasoning, and Decision Making
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Reyna, Valerie F., Ed.; Chapman, Sandra B., Ed.; Dougherty, Michael R., Ed.; Confrey, Jere, Ed. – APA Books, 2011
The period from adolescence through young adulthood is one of great promise and vulnerability. As teenagers approach maturity, they must develop and apply the skills and habits necessary to navigate adulthood and compete in an ever more technological and globalized world. But as parents and researchers have long known, there is a crucial dichotomy…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Young Adults, Brain, Learning
Understanding the Working College Student: New Research and Its Implications for Policy and Practice
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Perna, Laura W., Ed. – Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2010
Despite the fact that work is a fundamental part of life for nearly half of all undergraduate students--with a substantial number of "traditional" dependent undergraduates in employment, and working independent undergraduates averaging 34.5 hours per week--little attention has been given to how working influences the integration and engagement…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Higher Education, Incidence, Adult Learning
Research and Clinical Center for Child Development Annual Report, 1986-1987. No. 10.
Miyake, Kazuo, Ed.; Chen, Shing-jen, Ed. – 1988
Provided in this annual report, the 10th of a series, are the texts of four papers presented at a preconference workshop on new directions for infancy research. The papers focus on the middle European contribution to infancy research, main themes in European research on infant perception and cognition, an innovative therapeutic approach to…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Attachment Behavior, Cognitive Development, Foreign Countries
When They Don't All Speak English: Integrating the ESL Student into the Regular Classroom.
Rigg, Pat, Ed.; Allen, Virginia G., Ed. – 1989
A collection of essays addresses aspects of the integration of limited-English-speaking students into the regular classroom. The articles include: "A Quality Program for Learners of English as a Second Language" (Jean Handscombe); "I Grow for a Living" (Carole Urzua); "The Classroom: A Good Environment for Language…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Development, Curriculum Design
Research and Clinical Center for Child Development Annual Report, 1990-1991, No. 14.
Wakai, Kunio, Ed. – 1992
This annual report by the Research and Clinical Center for Child Development at Hokkaido University in Sapporo, Japan contains 10 articles by Japanese and American researchers on various aspects of children's cognitive and affective development. The following articles are presented: (1) "Making the Cut: Early Schooling and Cognitive…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Children, Childrens Art, Cognitive Development
Transferable Skills in Higher Education. Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Series.
Assiter, Alison, Ed. – 1995
The 16 essays in this book discuss transferable skills in higher education drawing on the experience and information gained from two projects based in England, the Enterprise in Higher Education (EHE), initiated in 1989; and the Royal Society of Arts Education for Capability Initiative, instituted in 1991. Section 1 contains essays on transferable…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Business Administration Education, Chemistry, Cognitive Development
Speaking the Unpleasant. The Politics of (non)Engagement in the Multicultural Education Terrain. SUNY Series, The Social Context of Education.
Chavez, Rudolfo Chavez, Ed.; O'Donnell, James, Ed.; Sleeter, Christine E., Ed. – 1998
This book addresses the clashing, controversial ideological and ontological postures that emanate when multicultural education issues are the sum and substance for engagement by learners in various educational settings. After a preface (C.E. Sleeter) and foreword "Tongue-Tying Multiculturalism" (D. Macedo), the book offers the following…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, College Students, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Pluralism