Describes ERIC resources that present research on children's language usage and development and that suggest activities for the promotion of language development. (ET)

Responses to criticism of the amount of theory involved in the physical education teacher's training suggest the significance and applicability of theory. The prospective teacher must understand that theoretical knowledge facilitates the ability to interpret and predict behavioral phenomena. (JMF)

The Family Education Association of West-Central Indiana is a response to an expressed community need for parent education. It aims at helping parents understand child behavior; recognize stages of development; clarify values and expectations; reduce family conflict; open communication between parents and children; and build greater mutual respect…

Provides evidence that parent participation in a parent training group contributed to their children's higher self-concept scores compared to the scores of children whose parents had not yet attended the parent training sessions. (RL)

The implications of a few popular beliefs that teachers use to guide their mathematics instruction are examined and some useful alternatives to these beliefs discussed. (MP)

A prospective study of growth and development during the first 2 years of life was performed on 71 preterm SGA (small-for-gestational-age) infants. Journal Availability: C.V. Mosby Company, 11830 Westline Industrial Drive, St. Louis, Missouri 63141. (Author/SBH)

Examines how young people are socialized into various types of modern societies. Probes adult attitudes toward youth, schools as social institutions, and alienation in modern society. (Author/DB)

Describes the conceptual model of newborn organization underlying the Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale (NBAS). Argues that while the NBAS allows for the identification of an individual's behavioral repertoire, attempts to synthesize the resulting data have been plagued with difficulties. Briefly outlines an alternative model for…

Utilizes experimental results to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale as an instrument for measuring individual (rather than group) differences among infants and notes how these differences contribute to parent-infant interaction. (BH)

The author enumerates 23 activities which she has found helpful in teaching high school students about child development. (HMV)

Language is conceptualized as a multi-dimensional entity involving symbolic and cognitive aspects, communicative aspects, and structural-linguistic aspects. Analysis of single-word production of three children revealed developmental changes in the salience of these aspects and differences in functional styles of language acquisition. (CHK)

Earlier generations of developmental psychologists, seeking to make their discipline a normative science, stressed experimental study of children, method over subject matter, and fundamental laws underlying behavior. By contrast, the generation of psychologists after 1970 is inclusive in its research methodology, concerned with the connection…

Describes therapeutic factors in group psychotherapy that can also be applied to the camping experience: group cohesion, interpersonal learning, and altruism. Offers strategies and specific activities for counselors and camp directors to incorporate these factors into the camping experience. (LP)

In response to O'Brien et al., who examined predictors of child outcomes among at-risk infants, this article suggests that the goal of prevention and early detection can be more efficiently met if the focus shifts from prediction to ongoing monitoring of children's developmental growth. A three-step model involving ongoing screening, eligibility…