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Quimby, Freeman H.; Chapman, Cynthia B. – 1974
The contents of this working paper comprise a series of journal articles focusing on nutrition and special groups. Papers relating to those on the aged are entitled: Nutrition and Health of Older People, and Nutrition for the Aged--A Summation. Those on the American Indian discuss nutrition intake and food patterns, contemporary dietary patterns,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Development, Disadvantaged, Eating Habits
Download full textCooperative Educational Service Agency 3, Gillett, WI. – 1972
Project Patrol is an experimental approach to pre-school education involving a parent training program, based on the techniques of behavior modification. This report includes the rationale, the analysis of main objectives, and the administrative organization of the project at the completion of its second year in operation. Project Patrol is based…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Child Development, Community Programs, Group Dynamics
Christensen, Rosemary; And Others – 1973
The second of 2 volumes of position papers presented at the first Native American Teacher Corps Conference (Denver, Colorado; April 26-29, 1973), is composed of 8 position papers. These include: Indian education: the rights of a people; education and politics; school as it relates to present and future societies; multi-cultural teacher education…
Descriptors: American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Child Development, Community Involvement
Reimanis, Gunars – 1971
The research presented in this document has two main hypotheses: (1) From locus of control theory, it was predicted that a warm, supportive, and consistent or stable home environment relates positively to internal control; (2) Methods derived from locus of control theory which increase an individual's observation and experience of behavior-effect…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Child Development, College Students, Elementary School Students
Bergan, John R.; Curry, Dal R. – 1970
This report describes the pilot year operation of the Tucson Early Education Psychological Services (TEEPS) program, which is based on the position that the quality of psychological services in the public schools can be increased by establishing educational systems in which the functions of psychology in education are embodied in system components…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Behavioral Objectives, Child Development
White House Conference on Children, Washington, DC. – 1971
Most of this document consists of the individual reports approved by the 25 Forums at the 1970 White House Conference on Children. Also included are the conference preamble that set the tone of the conference proceedings; the letter of transmittal submitted to the President by the national conference chairman, Stephen Hess; and an appendix…
Descriptors: Bias, Child Care, Child Development, Civil Liberties
Silberman, Adolph, Ed.; And Others – 1971
This case study booklet, written by the program's counseling staff, evolved from five actual cases in which a psychologist and counselors were involved. Both the techniques and the results are specified in the hope that counselors and psychologists in other districts will attempt similar methods in helping children with deviant behavior problems.…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Modification, Case Records, Case Studies
National Consortia for Bilingual Education, Fort Worth, TX.
The Readiness Checklist is a 69-item instrument that provides a measure of the psychomotor development of children. It covers seven main areas: general health, movement patterns and muscular coordination, auditory skills, visual skills, speech and language, personal independence, and social adjustment. The checklist is designed to measure a…
Descriptors: Auditory Evaluation, Behavior Patterns, Bilingual Education, Child Development
Prescott, Elizabeth; And Others – 1972
Differences among day care environments and factors related to these differences are examined. Also, the probable effectiveness of group day care in meeting the developmental needs of children is discussed. Chapters I and II give the rationale and procedures of the study. Chapter III provides a description of patterns of teacher behavior and…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Child Care, Child Development, Child Rearing
Mueller, Jeanne – 1971
A comprehensive study of the types of care provided for Swedish children is presented. The point is made that the three major frameworks which support the Swedish philosophy of early childhood education are those of Arnold Gesell, Jean Piaget, and Erik H. Erikson. From all three sources, preschool teachers learn the concept of epigenesis, the…
Descriptors: Child Development, Concept Formation, Day Care, Early Childhood Education
Soderbergh, Ragnhild – 1971
The project described in this report examines the development of Swedish-speaking children's syntax from the appearance of the first two-work sentences until all the basic syntactical rules are mastered. The procedures and techniques for the experiment are described and preliminary findings are discussed. Children practice language by repeating an…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Children, Imitation
HILL, EDWIN C.; HILL, MARGARET K. – 1966
SELECTED ASPECTS OF COMPOSITIONS, WRITTEN BY INTERMEDIATE GRADE CHILDREN (FOURTH, FIFTH, AND SIXTH GRADES), WERE STUDIED TO REVEAL GROWTH GRADIENTS OF WRITTEN LANGUAGE BY THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERISTICS (1) SEX, (2) CHRONOLOGICAL AGE, (3) GRADE LEVEL, (4) GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION, AND (5) RESIDENCE AREA. THE SUBJECTS WERE 14,400 CHILDREN IN FOUR…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Elementary School Students, Geographic Location
CAVANAGH, CATHERINE; RAHMLOW, HAROLD F. – 1966
TO IMPROVE COMPATIBILITY BETWEEN ACADEMIC CURRICULUMS OFFERED IN CHILD CARE AND THE ACTUAL WORLD OF WORK IN THAT FIELD, A SPECIAL RESEARCH TEAM DEVELOPED AND FIELD TESTED A SURVEY INSTRUMENT DESIGNED TO OBTAIN UP-TO-DATE FACTS ABOUT MAJOR TYPES AND COMBINATIONS OF TASKS PERFORMED BY CHILD CARE WORKERS. FIELD TESTING WAS DONE WITH EMPLOYEES OF A…
Descriptors: Child Care, Child Development, Curriculum Research, Day Care
Lamendella, John T. – 1975
The prelinguistic child's attempts at communication cannot be viewed as rudimentary language. More than cataloguing overt acts, we need to understand the functional character of both language and non-language communication capabilities, and in particular the maturational stages of the internal communication systems that produce overt behavior in…
Descriptors: Body Language, Child Development, Child Language, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Mathews, Walter M.; Stepp, Ermel, Jr. – 1976
This report presents a statistical description of the Appalachian child. The population studied were fifth, sixth and seventh grade boys and girls, in home and school environments. There is no commentary beyond a brief explanation of the meaning of each scale or measure employed. Some of the areas for which data are presented are: locus of…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Child Development, Children, Conferences
