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Perrez, Meinrad; And Others – 1987
The influence of age at adoption, ethnic background, sex of adopted child, and social class of adoptive parents on the intellectual, emotional, and social development of adopted children was studied. An intragroup comparison showed that the variables studied had very little relevance. Comparison with a control group showed no significant…
Descriptors: Adopted Children, Adoption, Age Differences, Emotional Development
Overman, Bette C. – 1980
Findings regarding the functions of schooling from the perspectives of teachers, parents and students in the elementary and secondary schools that participated in "A Study of Schooling" are presented. These functions were classified into four major categories: social, intellectual, personal, and vocational development. Study participants were…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Educational Attitudes, Individual Development, Intellectual Development
Melcer, Donald; And Others – 1970
This is a report of the therapeutic unit developed under the auspices of Head Start for the education of atypical low income children who cannot be contained in regular Head Start classrooms. The primary objective for this first year descriptive phase was to determine if the teaching staff could work productively with six pupils who presented a…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Therapy, Home Visits, Intellectual Development
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Solow, Razel E. – Roeper Review, 1995
A year-long qualitative study of 10 families of gifted children (grades 5 to 8) found 4 levels of parental reasoning concerning their child's social and emotional development: (1) no framework; (2) an intellectual framework only; (3) a full intellectual and partial social-emotional framework; and (4) a comprehensive framework recognizing both…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Adolescent Development, Child Development, Child Rearing
Cabler, Jesse K.; And Others – Bureau of School Service Bulletin, 1974
This report describes: (1) a study of desirable kindergarten goals as perceived by the principals, teachers, and parents of Kentucky's 1973-74 pilot kindergarten programs; and (2) a study of the learning needs of entering first-grade pupils as perceived by a structured sample of first-grade teachers in Kentucky. In the first study, data collected…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Age Differences, Educational Objectives, Grade 1
Price, Jean B., II – 1974
This position paper surveys recent study results on the variable effects of both socioeconomic status and parent-child relationships on the development of competence in young children. Research results imply that certain ways that parents interact with their children are more effective than others in aiding the development of a child's social,…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Child Development, Child Rearing, Cognitive Ability