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Elizabeth Ashton – Routledge Research in Education, 2022
This book provides a fresh approach to motivation in primary school children by exploring the role of metaphor and symbol in language and art as a means of expressing insights developed through learning. The book investigates and transcends Piaget's dominant child developmental theories and considers alternative theories from psychiatry, not least…
Descriptors: Language Role, Figurative Language, Student Motivation, Elementary School Students
Newton, Nicki – Eye on Education, 2019
In this book from bestselling author Dr. Nicki Newton, you'll learn how to level math workstations to engage K-2 students in meaningful, purposeful, rigorous practice. We know students don't learn at the same pace, so how do we take into account where they are and differentiate instruction? Dr. Nicki has the answers, showing how leveled…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Primary Education, Workstations, Individualized Instruction
Grey House Publishing, 2022
"The Autism Spectrum Handbook & Resource Guide" combines valuable, easy-to-understand educational information for consumers, patients, and their families, with official reports and releases about monitoring childhood growth and important milestones, community statistics, living with an ASD, and treatments and further resources for…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Child Development, Risk, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
Guralnick, Michael J. – Brookes Publishing Company, 2019
After decades of rapid evolution and groundbreaking research, the field of early intervention can be understood within a common framework: the Developmental Systems Approach (DSA). Created by a highly influential leader in the field, Michael Guralnick, this evidence-based, relationship-oriented, family-centered framework focuses on strengthening…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Family Environment, Interaction, Family Relationship
Garvis, Susanne; Phillipson, Sivanes; Clarke, Sharryn; Harrison, Linda; McCormack, Jane; Pendergast, Donna – Oxford University Press, 2018
"Child Development and Learning" integrates concepts of learning and development into one comprehensive text for understanding child development. At its core is the belief that learning and development are intertwined. As children learn, they also develop. As children develop, they also learn. With an understanding of how children…
Descriptors: Child Development, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Developmental Stages
Sheridan, Susan Rich – Online Submission, 2009
An emphasis on scribbles and drawing as important brain-building behavior makes this book's Neuroconstructive theory of child development and Scribbling/Drawing/Writing practice unique. A child's brain builds itself in response to genetics, DNA codes, and the environment. One of the pre-determined ways a child's brain naturally builds itself is by…
Descriptors: Young Children, Child Development, Freehand Drawing, Writing Skills
Saracho, Olivia N. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
Play provides young children with the opportunity to express their ideas, symbolize, and test their knowledge of the world. It provides the basis for inquiry in literacy, science, social studies, mathematics, art, music, and movement. Through play, young children become active learners engaged in explorations about themselves, their community, and…
Descriptors: Play, Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Physical Environment
Chawarska, Katarzyna, Ed.; Klin, Ami, Ed.; Volkmar, Fred R., Ed. – Guilford Publications, 2008
Rich with clinical insights, this volume reviews the state of the science of identifying and treating autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in very young children. Leading authorities examine critical research issues and present innovative approaches to assessing social, cognitive, adaptive, communication, and sensory-motor impairments in the first two…
Descriptors: Autism, Toddlers, Disability Identification, Infants
Frommer, Eva A. – 1994
Originally written for students at St. Thomas' Hospital in London, this guide to child development offers an overview of child development for parents, teachers, and all adults concerned with raising children. Many of the book's ideas come from direct work with children and draw on Rudolf Steiner's approach to child development. The book's…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Behavior, Child Development
Sobel, David – 1993
This book describes a study of childhood experiences with creating personal space in the outdoors, the role these spaces play in children's evolving sense of self, and implications of place-making for education. Chapter 1 describes the author's personal interests that led to the study, the study population, and the way in which each study site was…
Descriptors: Child Development, Childhood Interests, Children, Developmental Stages
Elkind, David – 1994
Employing a child-centered approach to the growth and development of children from birth to age 16, this book describes in detail the personal, social, and intellectual development of children as they progress from infancy through adolescence. It contains anecdotes and examples that capture the unique qualities of each age and stage of child…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Behavior, Child Development, Developmental Stages
Valadian, Isabelle; Porter, Douglas – 1977
In 16 self-contained units, this programmed text explores those aspects of growth and development that form the basis of child health care. The text is designed for a wide audience--students beginning their study of growth and development, health-related and social service personnel, medical students, and physicians. The first two units cover…
Descriptors: Anatomy, Child Development, Developmental Stages, Health
Grigorenko, Elena L., Ed.; Naples, Adam J., Ed. – Psychology Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2007
As the first title in the new series, "New Directions in Communication Disorders Research: Integrative Approaches", this volume discusses a unique phenomenon in cognitive science, single-word reading, which is an essential element in successful reading competence. Single-word reading is an interdisciplinary area of research that incorporates…
Descriptors: Expertise, Feedback (Response), Spelling, Morphology (Languages)
Ames, Louise Bates; And Others – 1989
Although the basic growth changes for teenagers are the same as they were 20 or 30 years ago, the environment in which these changes occur has changed. This book describes the characteristic changes in human behavior which take place from year to year between the ages of 10 and 14. Part 1 of the book describes the longitudinal research, which…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Behavior Problems
Lodico, Marguerite G.; Voegtle, Katherine H. – SAGE Publications (CA), 2005
The uniqueness of this book lies in the multiple perspectives drawn from youth, their parents, and their teachers. These perspectives provide a range of lenses through which a student or beginning teacher may view child and adolescent development. The complex processes of development occur within a social context, and therefore a professional…
Descriptors: Developmental Stages, Case Studies, Adolescent Development, Child Development
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