The Barber Scales of Self-Regard were constructed in such a way as to assess a child's level in a developmental sequence. On each of the seven scales, scale point one describes the least mature level and scale point five describes the most mature level. The scale points in between describe the levels leading to the maturation potentially possible…

The seven Barber Scale of Self-Regard for Preschool Children were developed to provide instruments for assessing levels of development for individual children. This article discusses the question of whether mothers can be objective in rating their own children. Data from the 1974 and 1975 field tests were analyzed to provide an answer. The total…

The Minnesota Personality Profile II used as a test of construct validity for the Barber Self-Regard Scales--Preschool. Before analysis of data, hypotheses were arrived at concerning predicted relationships between the two instruments. Fifty-two correlation coefficients were predicted as significant or nonsignificant statistically. Hypotheses were…

To assess beliefs related to materialistic values, a 45-item pair comparison questionnaire was administered individually to 120 middle and working class children in kindergarten, third and sixth grades. Item analysis revealed responses of older children were influenced by specific objects mentioned. In contrast, younger children responded more…

Classroom teachers are provided with ideas and procedures for teaching art in grades one through six. The activities encourage individuality, creativity, and aesthetic awareness in the child. For grades one through three, activity suggestions include two-dimensional painting, painting stuffed animals, and painting with sponges; paper tearing and…

The influence of parents on the origin and perpetuation of the developmental disorders of childhood has once again become a matter of controversy with important implications for social work education and practice. Reviewed here is recent research on two disorders--infantile autism and learning disabilities. (Author)

This study explores how mothers socialize their daughters in ways that are systematically different from how the socialize their sons, and whether these differences are related, in turn, to systematically different ways in which fathers socialize their sons and daughters. (Author/EB)

Investigated effects of text availability and variations in directions on children's and adults' ability to draw inferences from information implicit within a text. (AA)

A modified before-after, control-group evaluation design was employed to assess the impact of a demonstration program for 30 multiply handicapped retarded children (mean age 5.6 years). (Author/PHR)

Reviews educational problems and needs related to physical and mental development of children in the Soviet Union and examines recent trends in the science of child development. Emphasizes that educators should link child development to communist ideology. (DB)

The authors describe a parent education course for mothers of nursery-school children, organized and developed by Sheffield (England) University, with an outline for future development of this aspect of adult education. The paper notes how the course content and method gradually changed from content- to client-centered. (MF)

The first of a series of columns which will describe the progress of a longitudinal research project on the writing process funded by the National Institute of Education for two years. (DD)

Arthur Retlaw and Associates, Inc., Suite 2080, 1603 Orrington Avenue, Evanston, Illinois 60201. A prospective study was made of the early development of 42 children with sex chromosome aberrations. (Author)

The impact of language (especially written language) on the acquisition of knowledge and skills in children is discussed. (MJB)

Suggests that independent school teachers and administrators need to know as much as possible about television and that they can and should influence the role television plays in their students' lives. Critically evaluates television programming and its impact upon parents and students. Also gives some TV guidelines for parents concerned about…