The Minnesota Personality Profile II used as a test of construct validity for the Barber Self-Regard Scales--Preschool. Before analysis of data, hypotheses were arrived at concerning predicted relationships between the two instruments. Fifty-two correlation coefficients were predicted as significant or nonsignificant statistically. Hypotheses were…

To assess beliefs related to materialistic values, a 45-item pair comparison questionnaire was administered individually to 120 middle and working class children in kindergarten, third and sixth grades. Item analysis revealed responses of older children were influenced by specific objects mentioned. In contrast, younger children responded more…

Classroom teachers are provided with ideas and procedures for teaching art in grades one through six. The activities encourage individuality, creativity, and aesthetic awareness in the child. For grades one through three, activity suggestions include two-dimensional painting, painting stuffed animals, and painting with sponges; paper tearing and…

Examines the IQs of 75 preschool children perceived to be "at risk" by parents, teachers, and diagnostic nursery staff. Full Scale, Verbal and Performance IQs were correlated with: (a) assessment of problem area (b) socioeconomic and familial variables (c) gross assessments of speech and motor development and (d) improvement in a special preschool…

Project HAPPE (Home Aide for Parents in Preschool Education) focuses on prevention as it relates to early childhood health and development and directs project efforts toward the development of materials on parenting skills. (SB)

The influence of parents on the origin and perpetuation of the developmental disorders of childhood has once again become a matter of controversy with important implications for social work education and practice. Reviewed here is recent research on two disorders--infantile autism and learning disabilities. (Author)

Suggests that effective programs of education for black children be founded upon accurate knowledge of the children's community of orientation. In order to create such programs, developers must be sensitive to the differences between the black community and other ethnic communities. (Author/AM)

This research on the development of moral thinking discusses the degree of moral readiness required for the comprehension of Biblical material by children. A review of the work of Dr. R. Goldman on the growth of children's religious concepts is provided. (Author/DB)

This study explores how mothers socialize their daughters in ways that are systematically different from how the socialize their sons, and whether these differences are related, in turn, to systematically different ways in which fathers socialize their sons and daughters. (Author/EB)

Investigated effects of text availability and variations in directions on children's and adults' ability to draw inferences from information implicit within a text. (AA)

A modified before-after, control-group evaluation design was employed to assess the impact of a demonstration program for 30 multiply handicapped retarded children (mean age 5.6 years). (Author/PHR)

Reviews educational problems and needs related to physical and mental development of children in the Soviet Union and examines recent trends in the science of child development. Emphasizes that educators should link child development to communist ideology. (DB)

The authors describe a parent education course for mothers of nursery-school children, organized and developed by Sheffield (England) University, with an outline for future development of this aspect of adult education. The paper notes how the course content and method gradually changed from content- to client-centered. (MF)

The first of a series of columns which will describe the progress of a longitudinal research project on the writing process funded by the National Institute of Education for two years. (DD)