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Clark, Anne; O'Brien, Peter – 1983
A longitudinal comparative study was made of the physical growth and development of Australian fourth-grade students from low, medium, and high socioeconomic groups. Specific questions addressed were (1) Do children differing in socioeconomic status differ in anthropometric characteristics and incidence of physical defects? (2) What is the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Congenital Impairments, Disabilities
Duval County Schools, Jacksonville, FL. – 1981
In accordance with the health education curriculum (K-12) in the Duval County Public Schools, Jacksonville, Florida, this curriculum guide for fifth grade is designed to assist the student in gaining an intelligent understanding of health as a unity of physical, mental, and social well-being. This guide contains a course outline, primary and…
Descriptors: Alcohol Education, Behavioral Objectives, Consumer Education, Course Descriptions
Dodge, Diane Trister; And Others – 1989
A supervised, self-instructional training program for the professional development of child caregivers is offered. Included in this volume, the first of two, are orientation materials and six training modules that are organized around the first six functional areas of the Child Development Associate (CDA) Competency Standards. These areas concern…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Child Health, Classroom Environment, Cognitive Development
New Brunswick Dept. of Education, Fredericton (Canada). – 1985
The first part of this guide describes how kindergarten children learn and develop and how teachers can enhance children's intellectual, physical, and social development in the context of their activity in a prepared, play-based environment. Topics addressed include physical development, sensory awareness, motor skills, creative movement, skilled…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Cognitive Development, Curriculum Guides, Early Childhood Education
Grimes, Daniel B. – 1977
To assist local school districts by making available curriculum materials that can be incorporated into the regular instructional program, a set of career awareness curriculum kits were developed by elementary and junior high school teachers in Oregon for grades K-8. The curriculum was based upon five program goals which were mastered by a set of…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Education, Cognitive Development, Communication Skills
Coleman, Madeleine, Ed. – 1977
This book presents a review and analysis of specific questions about education as it relates to black children. Part I contains the methodology, literature review, program narratives, and principles and summary activities charts of the Model Black Child Development Program Description Project. The program narrative section contains ten descriptive…
Descriptors: Black Culture, Black Education, Black Youth, Cognitive Development
Meredith, Howard V. – 1977
This booklet pertains to the size and the form of the human body in infancy, childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. Historic and current information is presented for individuals in population groups of the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Pacific. Differences in size and growth patterns between urban and rural individuals of the same racial…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Birth Order, Body Height, Body Weight
Download full textBossert, Steven T.; Barnett, Bruce G. – 1981
Intended for educators who wish to work with small groups of students from larger classes, this catalog describes seven common instructional grouping arrangements, and four associated concerns, revealed by a 1979-1980 survey of teachers and programs in Nevada, Utah, and northern California. The instructional grouping arrangements include (1)…
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Elementary Secondary Education, Flexible Scheduling, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)
Hillery, Mable A.; Simmons, Patricia M. – 1979
This teaching guide is the first of three volumes designed to teach Afro-American children street/folk/musical games in the elementary classroom. It is one of the Interdependent Learning Models (ILM) whose overall objective is for teachers to use the cultures of their students as vehicles for teaching academic skills and content. This volume…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Culture, Black History, Black Students
Hillery, Mable A.; Hall, Patricia – 1977
This teaching guide is the second of three volumes designed to teach Afro-American children street/folk/musical games in the elementary classroom. It is one of the Interdependent Learning Models (ILM) whose overall objective is for teachers to use the cultures of their students as vehicles for teaching academic skills and content. This volume…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Culture, Black History, Black Students
PENROSE, L.S.; SMITH, G.F. – 1966
BOTH CLINICAL AND PATHOLOGICAL ASPECTS AND MATHEMATICAL ELABORATIONS OF DOWN'S ANOMALY, KNOWN ALSO AS MONGOLISM, ARE PRESENTED IN THIS REFERENCE MANUAL FOR PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL. INFORMATION PROVIDED CONCERNS (1) HISTORICAL STUDIES, (2) PHYSICAL SIGNS, (3) BONES AND MUSCLES, (4) MENTAL DEVELOPMENT, (5) DERMATOGLYPHS, (6) HEMATOLOGY, (7)…
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Child Development, Clinical Diagnosis, Cognitive Development
Kentucky State Dept. of Education, Frankfort. Div. of Program Development. – 1976
Designed to assist the parent in providing language learning opportunities to children at home from infancy through first grade, this practically oriented guidebook includes activities for early childhood to develop sensory awareness and to encourage directed play, investigation, and exploration. Exercises are designed to develop physical…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Concept Formation, Early Childhood Education, Early Experience
Schenectady City School District, NY. – 1968
Assuming the premise that "a child has gone fifty percent of the way in organizing the thinking patterns that we call his intelligence by the time he has reached the age of four, and the next thirty percent by the time he is eight," 50 Schenectady kindergarten-through-first-grade teachers and administrators formulated a chart of behavioral…
Descriptors: Art Appreciation, Behavioral Objectives, Charts, Child Development
PARKER, RONALD K. – 1968
DESCRIBED ARE THE COMPONENTS OF PROJECT KNOW HOW (PKH), AN OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM. DESIGNED TO ATTACK INDIVIDUAL FAMILIAL POVERTY, PKH INVOLVES A PRESCHOOL TRAINING PROGRAM BEGINNING IN THE FIRST YEAR OF LIFE AND CONTINUING TO SCHOOL AGE, A SALARIED ASSISTING MOTHERS PROGRAM, A FATHER'S PROGRAM, AND A FAMILY HEALTH…
Descriptors: Achievement, Child Development, Data Collection, Evaluation Methods
Andrews, J. D., Ed. – 1975
This publication includes 4 panel discussions and 11 individual presentations, highlights from the 1974 National Association for the Education of Young Children conference. The panel discussions are titled: "Men Involved with Young Children;""Who Will Deliver Education to Preschool Children;""Black Concerns;" and…
Descriptors: American Indians, Black Community, Child Advocacy, Child Caregivers
