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Barnes, Richard E.; Griffin, Kim – 1973
There is an assumed relationship between a person's self-esteem, speech anxiety, and low cognitive complexity, but further research is needed for support of this premise. An important question to explore is how a child with speech anxiety (lack of confidence in communication situations) perceives others. Based on balance theory, the answer is that…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Child Development, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development
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Sheridan, Margaret K. – International Journal of Early Childhood, 1991
Discusses the influence of culture and family and the importance of self-esteem in the development of competency in young children. Describes the role of the teacher in creating a developmentally appropriate environment that fosters self-initiated learning and a personal locus of control. (SH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Competence, Cultural Influences, Early Childhood Education
Zakharova, A. V. – Soviet Education, 1990
Examines self-assessment as a personality structure that changes in its development as individuals mature. Explains prognosticative, actual (or correcting), and retrospective self-assessment. Develops a structural-dynamic explanatory model, characterizing self-assessment as a systemic formation. Relates self-evaluation to achievement, volitional…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Emotional Development, Foreign Countries, Individual Psychology
Curry, Nancy E.; Johnson, Carl N. – 1990
This guidebook rejects a simplistic view of children's development of self-esteem in favor of a perspective that locates the concept in the larger contexts of children's social, cognitive, moral, and personality development. Part I concerns ways in which young children develop a sense of value. A general introduction to the concept of self-esteem…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages, Early Childhood Education, Elementary School Students
Montemayor, Raymond; Eisen, Marvin – 1975
Developmental changes in self-perceptions were studied in children and adolescents in grades 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12. The responses of subjects to the question Who am I? were analyzed by means of a 30-category scoring system. Children described themselves in terms of their physical appearance and their behavior, while adolescents referred to their…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Age Differences
PRINDIVILLE, SISTER FRANCIS DE SALES – 1967
TEACHERS INCREASE THEIR STUDENTS' DISCOURAGEMENT AND CONFUSION BY IGNORING THEIR PERSONAL GROWTH AND BY NOT RELATING SCHOOL SITUATIONS TO LIFE PROBLEMS. FOR SLOW LEARNERS, THIS MAY LEAD TO FAILURE, FRUSTRATION, AND BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS. IF THE TEACHER IS TO HELP SLOW LEARNERS, HE MUST BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THEM, KNOW WHAT THEY EXPECT FROM EDUCATION,…
Descriptors: Aspiration, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Development, English Instruction
Cage, Bob N.; And Others – 1971
Instituted by the Migrant Section, Florida State Department of Education for the 1970-71 school year, the Migrant Compensatory Learn and Earn Program operatived 30 mobile units (2 on elementary, 4 on high school, and 24 on junior high school campuses) which housed 4 pre-vocational programs (Hospital, Housekeeping, Auto Tune-up, and Supermarket) on…
Descriptors: Attendance, Attitudes, Basic Skills, Behavior Change