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Feshbach, Norma Deitch; Feshbach, Seymour – Child Development, 1987
Data indicate that for girls, affective dispositional factors (empathy, depressive affectivity, aggression, and self-concept) are intimately linked to cognitive development and academic achievement. (PCB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Behavior, Cognitive Development, Preadolescents

Heyns, Barbara – Child Development, 1987
Reviews the literature on the effects of summer programs, and offers a reinterpretation of the role of summer learning in cognitive development. (PCB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Development, Compensatory Education, Elementary Education

Wagner, Daniel A.; Spratt, Jennifer E. – Child Development, 1987
Results indicate specific and positive effects of Quranic schooling on serial memory but not on other memory or cognitive tasks. These findings replicate earlier reports that Quranic schooling affects specific (and not general) memory skills. (PCB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries, Memory