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"Oh, the Places You'll Go" by Bringing Developmental Science into the World!
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Golinkoff, Roberta M.; Hirsh-Pasek, Kathy; Grob, Rachel; Schlesinger, Mark – Child Development, 2017
Urie Bronfenbrenner and Ernest Boyer argued for leaving the laboratory to conduct rigorous developmental research in the real world where children are found--in the places they go. Contributions to this special issue meet Bronfenbrenner and Boyer's call while at the same time recognizing the continued importance of laboratory research. These…
Descriptors: Child Development, Foreign Countries, Laboratory Experiments, Intervention
Effects of Varying Laboratory Conditions on Behavioral-State Organization in Two- and Eight-Week-Old Infants
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Sostek, Anita Miller; Anders, Thomas F. – Child Development, 1975
An experiment was performed to determine if unfamiliar laboratory conditions can affect infant research results. (JMB)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Environmental Influences, Infant Behavior, Laboratory Experiments
Heterogeneity and Spatial Factors as Determinants of Numeration Ability
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Siegel, Linda S. – Child Development, 1974
The development of the ability to associate numerals with sets of appropriate size was studied in children, ages 4 to 5-1/2. (ST)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Laboratory Experiments, Number Concepts
Visiting the Wizard: Children's Memory for a Recurring Event.
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Price, Derek W. W.; Goodman, Gail S. – Child Development, 1990
Twenty-four preschool-age girls repeatedly experienced an initially novel episode in a laboratory setting. Each child's knowledge of the episode was assessed in an effort to examine the development of the children's scripts for a recurring event. (PCB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Cognitive Processes, Females
Differences in the Vigilance Performance of Second-Grade Children as Related to Sex and Achievement
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Kirchner, Grace L.; Knopf, Irwin J. – Child Development, 1974
Second grade children, divided into high and low achievement groups, were tested on a visual vigilance task in which stimuli occurred 24 times in 30 minutes. High achievers responded correctly more often. (ST)
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Attention Span, Elementary School Students, Laboratory Experiments
"Don't Forget to Take the Cupcakes out of the Oven": Prospective Memory, Strategic Time-Monitoring, and Context.
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Ceci, Stephen J.; Bronfenbrenner, Urie – Child Development, 1985
Investigates strategies of 10-year-olds and 14-year-olds in tasks requiring prospective memory. Subjects were instructed to perform activities after waiting 30 minutes. As predicted, strategic time-monitoring occurred more frequently in the home than in the laboratory. Emphasizes the power of the laboratory as a contrasting context for…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Context Effect, Laboratory Experiments
When Experimental Findings Conflict with Everyday Observations: Reflections on Children's Category Learning.
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Nelson, Deborah G. Kemler – Child Development, 1990
Comments on this issue's article by Ward, Vela, and Hass on children's category learning. Suggests that aspects of the authors' methodology may have led them to underestimate holistic processing. (PCB)
Descriptors: Child Development, Classification, Concept Formation, Holistic Approach
Effects of Children's Spontaneous Verbal Rehearsal on Learning Performance under Delay of Feedback
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Hensley, J. Higgins; And Others – Child Development, 1974
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Feedback, Laboratory Experiments, Learning
Variability in Skill Acquisition
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Eckert, Helen M. – Child Development, 1974
Skill learning was studied in 247 elementary and high school students, using a pursuit rotor. Data were analyzed by repeated-measures ANOVA. (ST)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Elementary School Students, High School Students, Laboratory Experiments
The Effects of Experimental Context and Experimental Background on Infants' Behavior toward Their Mothers and a Stranger
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Brookhart, Joyce; Hock, Ellen – Child Development, 1976
Social behaviors of 10- and 12-month-old infants were studied as a function of experimental context (home and laboratory) and experimental history (home rearing and day care). Results suggested that the experimental context influenced infant social behaviors. No differences attributable to rearing condition as a main effect were found. (Author/SB)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Family Environment, Infants, Laboratory Experiments
Synchrony Demonstrated between Movements of the Neonate and Adult Speech
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Condon, William S.; Sander, Louis W. – Child Development, 1974
Infant reaction to adult speech was studied through frame-by-frame analysis of sound films. Infants' actions were found to be synchronized with the organized speech behavior of the adults in his environment. (ST)
Descriptors: Adults, Behavioral Science Research, Communication (Thought Transfer), Comprehension