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Investigating Creativity in Youth: Research and Methods.

Fishkin, Anne S., Ed.; Cramond, Bonnie, Ed.; Olszewski-Kubilius, Paula, Ed. – 1999

This book explores the conceptual and historical bases for examining creativity, cognitive functioning and creativity, cultural influences on creativity, research methodologies for examining creativity, assessment of creativity, and effectiveness of major creativity training models. Chapters include: (1) "Issues in Studying Creativity in Youth"…

Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes

Neighborhood Poverty. Context and Consequences for Children. Volume I.

Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne, Ed.; Duncan, Greg J., Ed.; Aber, J. Lawrence, Ed. – 1997

Drawing from national and city-based sources, Volume 1 reports the empirical evidence concerning the relationship between children and community. The chapters are: (1) "Neighborhoods and Communities as Contexts for Development" (Martha A. Gephart); (2) "Development in Context: Implications for Studying Neighborhood Effects" (J. Lawrence Aber,…

Descriptors: Child Health, Children, Cognitive Development, Community Influence

Talents Unfolding: Cognition and Development.

Friedman, Reva C., Ed.; Shore, Bruce M., Ed. – 2000

In this book, developmental, educational, cognitive, and professional psychologists explore early identification of giftedness, what happens when child prodigies grow up, and environmental characteristics that are needed for talent to develop into genius. The nature of creativity and domain-specific expertise is examined, along with how psychology…

Descriptors: Ability Identification, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages

Neighborhood Poverty. Policy Implications in Studying Neighborhoods. Volume II.

Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne, Ed.; Duncan, Greg J., Ed.; Aber, J. Lawrence, Ed. – 1997

Volume 2 of the "Neighborhood Poverty" series incorporates empirical data on neighborhood poverty into discussions of policy and program development. The chapters are: (1) "Ecological Perspectives on the Neighborhood Context of Urban Poverty: Past and Present" (Robert J. Sampson and Jeffrey D. Morenoff); (2) "The Influence of Neighborhoods on…

Descriptors: Child Health, Children, Cognitive Development, Community Influence

Child Development within Culturally Structured Environments. Volume 3: Comparative-Cultural and Constructivist Perspectives.

Valsiner, Jaan, Ed. – 1995

Using a comparative-cultural perspective, this collection of essays examines the co-constructivist nature of human development in culturally organized environments. The contributions also cover a large age span--infancy to adulthood. Chapters in part 1 cover two different directions in the study of early adult-infant interaction from a comparative…

Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Development, Child Psychology, Children