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Peer reviewedDuckworth, Eleanor – Harvard Educational Review, 1972
The author believes that creativity and intelligence in children develop only minimally according to a built-in pace but depend mainly on having the opportunities to develop. (AN)
Descriptors: Child Development, Comprehension, Creative Thinking, Intellectual Development
Fishler, Karol; Koch, Richard – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1991
Comparison of the mental status of 30 subjects with Down's Syndrome mosaicism and 30 matched subjects with trisomy 21 Down's Syndrome found that the mean intelligent quotient of the mosaic Down's Syndrome group was significantly higher and that this group showed better verbal abilities and more normal visual-perceptual skills. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Child Development, Downs Syndrome, Genetics, Intelligence
Download full textSanders, Catherine H.; Stone, David R. – 1969
This paper is concerned with the question of relationship among preferred perceptual modes, selected independent variables which cause individual differences, and the resulting effects on conceptual behavior. Subjects ranged from four and one-half years to eight and one-half years of age. Each child chosen by the plan was screened for color…
Descriptors: Child Development, Children, Concept Formation, Individual Differences
Youniss, James; Robertson, Anne De Shazo – Child Develop, 1970
Results supported Piaget's viewpoint that mental imagery and general symbolic functioning are dependent on the growth of intelligence with respect to the preadolescent period. (Author)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Deafness
Peer reviewedHarnishfeger, Katherine Kipp; Pope, R. Steffen – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1996
Investigated suppression of activation and retrieval paths to information stored in long-term memory. Subjects were 94 children in grades 1, 3, and 5. Found that the ability to intentionally inhibit the maintenance and recall of irrelevant information improves over the elementary years, and children are less able than adults to withhold production…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Child Development, Children
Weiner, Lawrence H.
Kindergarten age children were screened at pre-registration through extensive diagnostic procedures for placement in a class designed for normal children with developmental delays staffed by a Special Education teacher and language therapist. Instruction was prescriptive and individualized. Of the twelve children who were high risk failures at the…
Descriptors: Child Development, Diagnostic Teaching, Emotional Development, Guidance
Peters, Donald L.; Willis, Sherry L. – 1978
This book summarizes theory and discusses major issues pertaining to child development in the early childhood years. Chapter I provides an introduction to the conceptual framework and major theories of child development. Chapter II deals with motor, sensory, and perceptual development. Chapter III focuses on the cognitive-developmental theory of…
Descriptors: Aggression, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Communication (Thought Transfer)
