Thirty fourth graders assisted a nonretrded or retarded confederate in constructing an erector set. Ss were classified into high, moderate, or low role-taking groups. Significant associations were found between levels of role-taking and key prosocial behaviors, and distinctions between high and moderate/low role takers were revealed. (Author/CL)

This paper employs an autobiographical method using biographical elements from narrated experiences from Cyprus, Saudi Arabia, and the United States, where she has come to study. The paper offers perspectives on the September 11, 2001 tragedy and other acts of terrorism, violence, and mass destruction. It describes how the author's Cyprus…

The terrible disaster on September 11, 2001 is a poignant event people from all over the globe will discuss for years to come. The impact of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center (New York) and the Pentagon (Washington, DC) not only hindered an ailing U.S. economy, but also rocked the global market system. In 2002, there surfaced more…

Investigates the relationships among the first three stages of cognitive, role-taking, and moral development in both transitional and nontransitional subjects ages 5 to 14 years in order to determine whether the pattern of associations conformed more adequately to the "functional unity" model or to the "necessary but not…

Twenty-two subjects (school-age children, their younger siblings, and their best friends) were observed in their homes while playing a popular board game. Five roles were operationalized and observed: teacher, learner, manager, managee, and playmate. (Author/RH)

This article describes some of the problems in the areas of ethics, rapport and understanding which confront researchers when they assume the role of a friend in observing and interacting with children. (EB)

Writing and reading are intimately related in their objective-expression role, face-adjustment role, audience role, and logical role. (DD)

A total of 68 children between 10 and 12 years of age were given two role-taking tasks, a self-image questionnaire, and the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test in order to determine the relation between role taking, referential communication, and self-image. (Author/SB)

To make the best use of one's creativity in problem solving, it is important to first create an atmosphere in which creativity can flourish. Two methods that can be used to generate ideas are brainstorming and analogizing. After generating ideas, the best solution must be chosen and then the chosen ideas must be implemented. (MLW)

Observed 32 preschoolers' interactions with their toddler siblings. Preschoolers' references about emotions were more likely to be about the toddler than the self. Preschoolers who were skillful perspective takers talked more about internal emotional states and more frequently about the toddler and themselves than did poor perspective takers. (BC)

Describes how an integrated approach to scientific investigation was used to provide a better image of science to potential college students. (ZWH)

Investigated relationship between young children's ability to predict another observer's interpretation of an ambiguous picture and to identify the source of a misinterpretation after it had occurred. Found that six-year-olds were more likely than four- and five-year-olds to predict that a puppet would misinterpret the target-restricted view and…

African American women administrators can be effective mentors because they bring to their jobs a unique and diverse perspective both as women and minorities. Important benefits from African American women mentors for the academic community are reviewed. Formal, informal, and peer mentoring, and women mentors' experiences are discussed. (EMK)

Three experiments examined assumption that children attribute human properties to nonhuman agents. Two- to 8-year-olds participated in false-belief tests concerning human and various nonhuman agents, including animals and God, and in a modified perspective-taking task including nonhuman agents. Results suggested that children do not consistently…