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Jansen, Katie; Kiefer, Sarah M. – Middle School Journal, 2020
Effective educators value young adolescents, are prepared to teach them, and are knowledgeable about this age group. Middle level educators' understanding of adolescent brain development and developmentally responsive teaching strategies can help to support all adolescents' cognitive and social-emotional development in school. This article…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Middle School Students, Cognitive Development, Social Development
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McKown, Clark – Future of Children, 2017
In the push to boost young people's social and emotional learning (SEL), assessment has lagged behind policy and practice. We have few usable, feasible, and scalable tools to assess children's SEL. And without good assessments, teachers, administrators, parents, and policymakers can't get the data they need to make informed decisions about SEL.…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Evaluation Methods, Definitions
Nebraska Department of Education, 2018
The Early Learning Guidelines: Nebraska's Birth to Five Learning and Development Standards (hereafter referred to as the Guidelines) is a resource to provide information about young children's learning and development. The Guidelines are intended to assist adults in planning and providing meaningful learning experiences and environments for…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Child Development, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Thompson, Ross A. – Zero to Three (J), 2009
Self-regulatory limitations are typical of young children, whose impulsiveness, distractibility, and emotional outbursts can amuse and frustrate parents and practitioners. During the last 30 years, however, research into the development of self-regulation has revealed that early childhood is a very early stage in the maturation of brain regions…
Descriptors: Young Children, Self Control, Behavior Modification, Self Management
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Belka, David – Teaching Elementary Physical Education, 2004
The traditional approach for teaching physical education in early elementary school has emphasized "fun" activities and many low-organized games. For very young children, ages three through about eight years of age, the curricular time that has been used for low-organized and competitive games can be substituted with more developmentally…
Descriptors: Skill Development, Young Children, Physical Education, Preschool Children
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Flicker, Eileen S.; Hoffman, Janet Andron – Young Children, 2002
Describes a classroom management approach called developmental discipline that incorporates observation with knowledge of the individual child, situation, and child development to guide appropriate behavior. Discusses factors associated with behavior problems and how teachers can work with parents to apply developmental discipline techniques and…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Behavior Problems, Child Behavior, Classroom Environment