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Download full textBirch, Herbert G.; Grotberg, Edith H., Ed. – 1971
A survey of the evidence shows that some degrees of malnutrition is relatively widespread among poor children. However, the effects of inadequate nutrition on growth and mental development depend to a large extent on the severity, the timing (pre and postnatal), and the duration of the nutritional deprivation. The data are inadequate on the true…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Early Childhood Education, Intellectual Development, Learning
Peer reviewedRamey, Craig T.; And Others – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1975
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Environment, Home Visits, Infants, Intellectual Development
Goldsmith, Robert H. – 1980
Nutritional deficiencies and imbalances can influence learning directly or indirectly. Fatigue, boredom and low motivation may be the result of poor nutrition. Some vision problems, it is known, are related to deficiencies in vitamin A. A number of studies indicate that protein-caloric malnutrition affects intellectual and psychomotor development.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Drug Abuse, Educational Environment, Influences
Klein, Pnina S.; And Others – 1974
This study investigated the specific learning abilities and general adjustment of 50 children, 5-14 years of age, who had pyloric stenosis (PS) in infancy, compared to 44 siblings and 50 matched control children. PS involves a period of brief starvation in early infancy, unrelated to socioeconomic conditions and is surgically correctable. The…
Descriptors: Attention Span, Behavior Problems, Body Weight, Children
Greydanus, Donald E., Ed. – 1991
The second in a three-volume series of childcare books developed by the American Academy of Pediatrics and Feeling Fine Programs, this reference book addresses medical and parenting concerns related to raising an adolescent. The book provides scientific information and advice on how to promote the physical, emotional, cognitive, and psychological…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Child Rearing
Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock. Home Economics Instructional Materials Center. – 1982
This guide for postsecondary child development instructors is intended for use in courses on caring for infants and toddlers in a child care setting. The materials are most effective when coordinated with a carefully selected textbook. Access to a quality care center for laboratory work is essential. An introduction describes the instructor's…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Child Care Occupations, Child Caregivers, Child Development
Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock. Home Economics Instructional Materials Center. – 1982
This manual is designed as a laboratory experience guide and workbook for postsecondary students in courses on caring for infants and toddlers in a child care setting. It is divided into six units: (1) Guidance and Interactions, (2) Physical Development, (3) Intellectual Development, (4) Social and Emotional Development, (5) Environments, and (6)…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Child Care Occupations, Child Caregivers, Child Development
