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Carson, David K.; And Others – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1986
Explores the relations between temperament, communicative competence, and humor expression among four- and five-year-old nursery school children. Shows that ratings of communicative competence and various dimensions of temperament account for a significant proportion of the variance in the reported frequency of children's laughter and verbal and…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Development, Emotional Development
Amundson, Kristen – 1992
There is a growing awareness today of the critical impact of the preschool years on a child's later academic success. Some studies indicate that many children today are less well prepared for school than were children beginning school 5 years ago. This publication examines what is known about school readiness; discusses the reasons why some…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Welfare, Cognitive Development, Early Childhood Education
Levenstein, Phyllis – 1974
Described in this report is a home-based, cognitive-affective intervention program involving 93 mothers and their children. This demonstration program sought to show that the principal cognitive element missing from the experience of low-income children in preparation for schooling is a sufficient amount of concept-building verbal interaction in…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Emotional Development, Home Visits, Intervention
ENKI Corp., San Fernando, CA. – 1968
This document is Part I of a two-part project whose goal was to identify the sequential development of child behavior from birth through age seven and to identify the materials which could be used to strengthen or initiate a behavioral facet. Research on child development was collected, organized, and analyzed for correlative events pertinent to…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Behavior Development, Child Development, Classification