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Peer reviewedRoush, Cheri L.; Hudson, Lynne M. – Child Study Journal, 1985
Sixty second-, fourth-, and sixth-grade children were given opportunities to donate money to other children in order to establish age-related differences and demand characteristics contributing to variability in donating behavior. Discussion focuses on necessity of incorporating both qualitative and quantitative dimensions in general models of the…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Altruism, Behavior Change, Children
Peer reviewedSafer, Daniel J. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1986
A survey of 200 student folders revealed that elementary school (ES) nonpromotion is primarily associated with low academic achievement and IQ, whereas junior high school (JHS) nonpromotion is mainly correlated to behavioral suspensions and absenteeism. Improved performance occurs in the year following an ES nonpromotion but not following a JHS…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Attendance, Behavior Change
Peer reviewedRonning, Royce R. – American Educational Research Journal, 1977
Evidence is provided for gradual age (and, seemingly, cognitive developmental) changes in the acquisition of complex problem solving strategies. Differential performance as a function of exposure to a child-model exhibiting the best strategy also suggests the role of learning in strategy acquisition. (Author/MV)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Change, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
Peer reviewedScholom, Allan; And Others – Education, 1981
Discusses results of a three-year investigation of personal, social and academic adjustment by learning disabled students. Concludes that younger children in self contained classrooms achieve more academic and personal success than older ones and those in mainstreamed classes. Identifies five critical factors affecting educational outcomes with…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Behavior Change, Class Organization
Download full textHaefner, James E.; And Others – 1975
This study examined the impact on children of two deceptive and two non-deceptive 60-second color commericals inserted in a 25-minute film. The ads were rated as deceptive or non-deceptive by attorneys at the Federal Trade Commission. A total of 102 students aged 11 to 13 and 34 students aged 7 viewed the film with the ads inserted. Pre- and…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attention, Attitude Change, Behavior Change
Roth, Anne I.; Wunderlich, Kenneth W. – 1976
A nutrition education unit, Rat Pak, developed by Dairy Council, Inc., is an attempt to influence students to make wise food choices. It consists of eleven lessons in an instructional sequence which incorporates the use of white rats as a means of illustrating the effect of improper diet while teaching proper diet. The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Age Differences, Animal Behavior, Animal Caretakers
