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Cultivating Intellectual Dialogue at Home
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Steinmeyer, Patricia – Parenting for High Potential, 2012
Advanced verbal ability is a trait associated with giftedness, and as a teacher, the author observes that many high-ability children flourish in the classroom when they are encouraged to explain their thoughts and reasoning. Engaging children in discussion helps students gain knowledge, think creatively, and develop critical thinking skills.…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Verbal Ability, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Parent Child Relationship
Number of Siblings and Intellectual Development: The Resource Dilution Explanation.
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Downey, Douglas B. – American Psychologist, 2001
Resource dilution model suggests that as the number of children increases, parental resources for each child decline. Assesses whether resource dilution could explain the effect of siblings on intellectual development tests. Identifies flaws in recent critiques of this position, discussing it as an explanation for why children with few siblings…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Family Influence, Family Size, Intellectual Development
The Birth Order Puzzle.
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Zajonc, R. B.; And Others – Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1979
Discusses the controversy of the relationship between birth order and intellectual performance through a detailed evaluation of the confluence model which assumes that the rate of intellectual growth is a function of the intellectual environment within the family and associated with the special circumstances of last children. (CM)
Descriptors: Birth Order, Children, Evaluation, Family Environment
The Family Dynamics of Intellectual Development.
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Zajonc, R. B. – American Psychologist, 2001
Birth order effects on intellectual performance show both positive and negative results. Considers the intellectual aspects of siblings' changing environments, explaining that birth order and family size effects depend crucially on the age at which children are tested. Within-family data conceal patterns of aggregate effects that are revealed by…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Birth Order, Child Development, Family (Sociological Unit)
Special Needs of Adolescent Mothers and Their Infants: Innovative Programs that Meet These Needs.
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Lorance, Anne G.; Etheridge, George W. – 1990
This paper examines the needs of adolescent mothers and their infants and describes innovative programs designed to meet those needs. It discusses characteristics of adolescent mothers, including their educational level, their obstetric performance, their parenting practices, and the socioeconomic consequences of early parenthood. The paper then…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Development, Early Parenthood, Emotional Development
Center-Based Evening Child Care: Implications for Young Children's Development.
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Anme, Tokie; Segal, Uma A. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2003
This study examined the effects of child day care, evening care, and night care on the development and adaptation of young children in Japan. Caregivers completed a survey on the home childrearing environment, their feelings of self-efficacy, and the presence of child care support. Results of the discriminant analysis indicated that factors in the…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Caregiver Attitudes, Child Care, Child Care Centers