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Developmental Stages in Children's Narrative Composition.
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McKeough, Anne – 1984
To relate the way in which children structure stories at different age levels to their performance on other tasks or to their general stage of cognitive development, a study required subjects of four age groups to participate in working memory tasks in two different paradigms and to generate stories involving a variety of characters. The structure…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages, Discourse Analysis
SENTENCE STRUCTURES USED BY SUPERIOR STUDENTS IN GRADES FOUR AND TWELVE, AND BY SUPERIOR ADULTS.
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HUNT, KELLOGG W.
THE SEARCH FOR QUANTITATIVE MEASURES IN SENTENCE STRUCTURES THAT ARE SIGNIFICANT INDICATORS OF CHRONOLOGICAL AND MENTAL MATURITY IN SCHOOL CHILDREN WAS THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY. COMPARISONS WERE MADE OF COMPOSITIONS WRITTEN BY STUDENTS OF SUPERIOR IQ AT THE SAME GRADE LEVELS. THIS PART OF THE PROJECT HAD TWO OBJECTIVES--(1) TO SEE WHETHER…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Adult Programs, Age Differences, Child Development
The Nature of the Child as a Learner: An Interview with Kieran Egan.
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Turner, Joy – Montessori Life, 1995
Presents an interview with Kieran Egan, an award-winning professor of education. Egan's research has focused on the role of imagination in learning, providing new understanding on how children's minds work. After presenting an academic portrait of Egan, discusses his opinion on the role of educational theory today and his teaching-as-storytelling…
Descriptors: Child Development, Childhood Attitudes, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
Developmental Resources Guides, K-6. The Best of BES--Basic Educational Skills Materials.
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Southwest Educational Development Lab., Austin, TX. – 1983
One of a series of documents produced by a nationwide network of early childhood education specialists, teachers, parents, and Head Start staff, the guide describes developmental characteristics of preschool and elementary school students by grade level. Arranged into five curriculum areas, the first presents physical, motor, social, cognitive,…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Curriculum Development
Bibliography of Publications. 1980 Supplement. Wisconsin Research and Development Center for Individualized Schooling.
Wisconsin Univ., Madison. Research and Development Center for Individualized Schooling. – 1980
The mission of the Wisconsin Research and Development Center is to improve the quality of education by addressing the full range of issues and problems related to individualized schooling. Each major line of inquiry pursued is designed to culminate in the publication of a "milestone" document such as a book, a monograph, or conference proceedings.…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Communication Skills, Cultural Background
Early Childhood Education--An Updated Collection of Dissertation Abstracts of Reports Dealing with English Language Development and Language Arts Curriculum Focusing on the Disadvantaged.
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Rubin, Katharine – 1976
Three major sections, English language development, language arts curriculum, and historical overviews, compose this bibliography compiled from a review of Dissertation Abstracts International, July 1973-June 1974 and July 1974-June 1975. Its focus is on prekindergarten and primary minority groups and disadvantaged children, and it excludes those…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Child Development, Child Language, Cognitive Development