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Arlin, Patricia Kennedy – Journal of Children in Contemporary Society, 1983
Describes cognitive levels matching (CLM) as a process by which teachers informally and formally assess students' cognitive levels and adapt instruction according to students' needs. Discusses four informal strategies that can assist teachers in acquiring developmental perspective basic to CLM. (CMG)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages, Elementary Secondary Education, Informal Assessment

Cooney, Ellen Ward; Selman, Robert L. – Personnel and Guidance Journal, 1980
For developmental social psychology to be clinically practical, it must use categories of experience similar to categories that counselors, clinicians, and other practitioners find useful. Describes how individuals may function at different levels depending on the context in which they are expressing their understanding. (Author)
Descriptors: Child Psychology, Cognitive Development, Counseling, Counselors

Ivey, Allen E.; Goncalves, Oscar F. – Journal of Counseling and Development, 1988
Presents developmental therapy as supplement to life span theory which can provide specific suggestions for clinical-counseling interventions that may be used to assess developmental level of clients, select counseling skills and theory to match client cognitive-developmental level, and obtain feedback on intervention effectiveness. Discusses…
Descriptors: Client Characteristics (Human Services), Cognitive Development, Counseling Techniques, Developmental Stages

Loftus, Elizabeth F.; Davies, Graham M. – Journal of Social Issues, 1984
Reviews research on children's ability to remember events in relation to that of adults. Concludes that age interacts with other factors, including language and the relative development of knowledge structures, to determine suggestibility. Suggests that children's memories may at times be less easily influenced than adults' memories. (KH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Children, Cognitive Ability

Lapsley, Daniel K.; Enright, Robert D. – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1983
The rigidity construct is reinterpreted in terms of the cognitive developmental approach. A review reveals both cognitive and developmental themes, with an emphasis on the structural and operational properties of rigidity. Notes weaknesses of previous approaches to rigidity and discusses implications and predictions from the proposed model.…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Developmental Stages
International Children's Centre, Paris (France). – 1979
The value of language and intellectual stimulation in young children is stressed in a report designed for health administrators and family planning organizations. First year developmental milestones are outlined, and a baby's need for attention as well as the need to provide information on speech and intellectual development to parents are…
Descriptors: Attention, Childhood Needs, Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages

Flavell, John H. – American Psychologist, 1986
Summarizes recent research which attempted to discover what children of different ages know about the appearance-reality distinction and related phenomena. Findings show that what helps children grasp the distinction is an increased cognizance of the fact that people are sentient subjects who have mental representations of objects and events. (PS)
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Developmental Psychology

Chance, June E.; Goldstein, Alvin G. – Journal of Social Issues, 1984
Reviews studies of face-recognition memory and considers implications for assessing the dependability of children's performances as eyewitnesses. Considers personal factors (age, intellectual differences, and gender) and situational factors (familiarity of face, retention interval, and others). Also identifies developmental questions for future…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development

Welfel, Elizabeth Reynolds – Personnel and Guidance Journal, 1982
Outlines seven stages of the reflective judgment model of intellectual development. Discusses implications of the model for effective career counseling of college students. Explores the theory's career counseling implications for two of the stages. (RC)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Counseling, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Style

Russac, R. J.; Weaver, Sharon T. – Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 1994
Criticizes current prevention education efforts for retaining characteristics of older quantitative approaches to education. Suggests qualitative approach to prevention education be taken and discusses transactional model of substance abuse based on development of the child within both social and family context. Recommends approach that draws…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Alcohol Abuse, Child Development, Cognitive Development
Hauser, Marc D. – Natural History, 1997
Explores the mathematical abilities of human infants compared with various species of animals. Studies indicate that human infants enter the world capable of doing simple mathematical operations. Nonhuman animals can discriminate among sets of objects based on the number of items in each set. Further studies may pinpoint the age at which children…
Descriptors: Animal Behavior, Animals, Behavioral Sciences, Cognitive Development
International Children's Centre, Paris (France). – 1979
The value of infant stimulation is stressed in a report on the characteristics of infant development. The following five areas of development are discussed: sensorimotor, language, mental, emotional, and social. Stages of development during the first year in each of the areas are surveyed, and traditions in different countries are highlighted to…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages, Emotional Development, Infants

Stonewater, Barbara Bradley; Stonewater, Jerry K. – NASPA Journal, 1983
Presents examples of how an understanding of Perry's theory of intellectual development can increase the faculty member's or student personnel worker's understanding of students and improve communication. The theory is translated into developmental clues based on student comments, which can be used for practitioner training. (JAC)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, College Students, Developmental Stages, Evaluation Criteria
Denney, Nancy W. – 1981
This paper presents a model of cognitive development across the life span that is designed to integrate the diverse empirical evidence in the area of cognitive development in childhood and adulthood. Relevant research is reviewed in the relationships between performance and age, and the effects of training on performance. A model is then proposed…
Descriptors: Ability, Adult Development, Age Differences, Aging (Individuals)
National Inst. of Nursing Research (NIH), Bethesda, MD. – 1993
This publication reports the findings of an expert panel convened by the National Center for Nursing Research to address health promotion for older children and adolescents (ages 8 through 18), the role of nurses, and the contributions of nursing science. Three chapters focus on basic science, intervention, and application. Each chapter includes…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Child Development, Cognitive Development
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