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Johnson, Pattie – Teaching Research Infant and Child Center Newsletter, 1989
The Infant Monitoring Project was initiated in Polk County, Oregon, to address the need for monitoring the development of infants and young children designated as "at risk." The project involved a cooperative effort between the Polk County Health Department and the Teaching Research Division of the Oregon State System of Higher…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Biological Influences, Child Development, Environmental Influences
Pelletier, Jean-Gerard – Children in the Tropics, 1993
This report examines the immediate and underlying causes of malnutrition in the developing world. The first section discusses the effects of malnutrition on childhood development and examines the efficacy of nutritional rehabilitation. The second section addresses the medical effects of severe malnutrition, including the onset of ponderostatural…
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Child Health, Children, Cultural Influences
Miller, Phyllis, Ed. – Mensa 21 Research Journal, 1990
Eight issues of this research journal on gifted children include the following topics: (1) Profile of a Gifted Child: The Johns Hopkins Program for Mathematically Precocious Youth--Fall 1986; (2) The Impact of the Arts on Our Civilization: Excerpts from Colloquium III (Louisville, Kentucky)--Summer 1987; (3) Why Are Asians so Smart? An…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Academically Gifted, Acceleration (Education), Biological Influences