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Campbell, Richard L.; Martinez-Perez, Luis A. – 1979
This report presents the results of a study of the relationship between self concept and academic achievement and between self concept and intellectual development in minority group school children. The subjects were second grade black and Hispanic children in an urban school. The Stanford Achievement Test was used to measure academic achievement…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Blacks, Elementary Education, Grade 2
Download full textKlausmeier, Herbert J.; And Others – 1976
This document reports the results of two studies performed to determine the effectiveness of special lessons in facilitating the attainment by children of the basic concept "tree." The first study, which utilized 103 fifth-grade students, also investigated the effects of pretesting. Results showed no significant effects of pretesting and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Educational Research, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedMednick, Birgitte R. – Child Development, 1977
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Intellectual Development
Peer reviewedPrawat, Richard S.; Hanes, Bailey F. – Child Study Journal, 1978
Descriptors: Age, Cognitive Development, Comprehension, Conservation (Concept)
Sedlak, Andrea J. – 1977
This paper presents a study of age differences in children's plan interpretations, interpretations of the interrelationship between actions, goals and outcomes. It is suggested that developmental differences exist which affect children's ability to recognize the necessity for internal and external consistency before labeling behaviors as…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Attribution Theory, Componential Analysis
Digneo, Ellen Hartnett, Ed.; Shaya, Tila, Ed. – 1968
The report, covering 1965-68, deals first with a program entitled Improved Preparation for Culturally-Deprived Rural Children, which was designed to improve reading skills of elementary school students. Background of the Western States Small Schools Project for New Mexico is described, as well as how Carrizozo Public Schools were selected for the…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Comprehension, Consultation Programs, Diagnostic Teaching
Knox, Gary A. – 1970
This paper is a working draft of a study which has examined the accumulated research on child growth and development. The draft is designed as an input paper to enable the Marin Social Studies Project to refine its rationale and criteria for a recommended K-12 social studies program of curriculum options. Identification of the capabilities of…
Descriptors: Child Development, Citations (References), Curriculum Development, Developmental Psychology
Cicirelli, Victor G.; And Others – 1972
This study identified behaviors of sibling pairs interacting on a cognitive task and related these behaviors to sibling structure variables (age and sex of each sibling and age spacing between them) and to measure of cognitive abilities of the younger sibling. Subjects were 160 sibling pairs randomly selected from appropriate subpopulations of…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Development, Classification, Cognitive Development
