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Dori Grinenko Baker – Religious Education, 2008
This article will briefly review resources in youth ministry--two groundbreaking classics and a recent surge of good work--that can guide the footsteps of those who work with teens within faith communities. The best resources for ministry with teens engage mind, body, and spirit--always moving toward the practical step of inviting new action in…
Descriptors: Philosophy, Religious Education, Youth, Adolescents
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Anderson, Mike; Reid, Corinne; Nelson, Jeff – Intelligence, 2001
Tested 226 children aged 6 to 9 years on an inspection time (IT) task in year 1. Immediately retested the children to study task familiarity and then tested them 1 year and 2 years later. Results indicate that task experience has a bigger effect on children's IT than maturation. (SLD)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Children, Experience
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Garfinkel, Renee – Adoption Quarterly, 1998
Reviews Goldstein and others' work concerning identification of the least harmful alternative in complex child custody situations. Notes that the book's major assumption is that children's needs are paramount and families are inviolate except in extreme cases. Maintains that the book has clear assumptions and values, recommendations following…
Descriptors: Adopted Children, Adoption, Adoptive Parents, Age Differences
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Penn, Michael L.; And Others – Journal of Black Psychology, 1993
Reviews and critiques the ethnic preference research that views minorities' own-group preference behavior as indicative of self-esteem and identity achievement. The assumption that own-group preference is ideal, normative, or healthy is called into question; and an alternative conceptualization is presented that considers age and maturity of the…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Patterns, Black Attitudes, Cultural Traits