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Rossiter, E. J. R.; Callaghan, C. – Australia and New Zealand Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 1987
Following a literature review on Rett's Syndrome, a case study is presented of a 15-year-old girl with normal development during the first months of life followed by manifestation of behavior abnormalities and deterioration of intellectual level. The child's medical history and the mother's description of the girl's development are included.…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Case Studies, Child Development, Clinical Diagnosis

Koeller, S. A. – Children's Literature in Education, 1988
Argues against ritualized approaches to literature. Endorses four aesthetic teaching stances which vary the conversations that can occur between student and student, student and teacher, and student and literature, and which pursue a "playful" literature curriculum, value the unexpected, and allow conversations where children talk their…
Descriptors: Child Development, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Intellectual Development
Boiarsky, Carolyn; Johnson, Clifford – Curriculum Review, 1983
Addressing major themes of the commission's "Open Letter to the American People," this article discusses reading and writing skills development, and the cognitive skills involved in these processes. An effective teaching method, the Language Experience Approach based on aural/oral language with reading and writing combined, is detailed. (MBR)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Educational Theories, Elementary Secondary Education, Intellectual Development

Marino, Cena D.; McCowan, Richard J. – Child Study Journal, 1976
A review of literature pertaining to the effects of parental absence on children suggests that various types of absenteeism affect children differently. One-parent homes are examined with reference to effects on sex-role development, academic achievement, intellectual development and delinquency in children. (MS)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Children, Death
Brown, David W., Ed. – 1997
A foreword and 11 articles discuss the nature and structure of public scholarship. The contents include: "Foreword" (Deborah Witte); (1) "Public Scholarship: The Dissemination of Knowledge" (Jean Cameron) which maintains the public has claims on higher education as a creator and disseminator of knowledge; (2) "Daring to Be…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Citizen Participation, College Faculty, Educational Change
Frost, Susan H.; Jean, Paul M. – 1999
This qualitative case study explores the influences of sustained discourse across disciplines on college faculty attitudes and behaviors related to scholarship and intellectual interaction. The study, conducted at Emory University (Georgia), involved 25 faculty who had participated in a series of semester-long seminars that explored topics of…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Faculty, Educational Research, Faculty College Relationship
Bromwich, Rose M. – Elem Engl, 1969
Revision of a paper presented at Annual Convention of National Council of Teachers of English (Milwaukee, Wis., November 29, 1968).
Descriptors: Classes (Groups of Students), Concept Formation, Early Childhood Education, Educational Problems

Miller, Louise B.; Bizzell, Rondeall P. – Child Development, 1983
Investigated the academic and intellectual performance of disadvantaged children who had experienced one of four types of prekindergarten program or no prekindergarten at all. IQ measures did not differ significantly among preschool program groups, but differential effects in the three grades, related to both preschool program and sex, were noted…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education

Ramey, Craig T.; Haskins, Ron – Intelligence, 1981
Infants judged to be at risk for subnormal intellectual growth were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups which varied as to educational curriculum activities. Two types of evidence, group differences and parent-child IQ correlations, demonstrate the importance of early environments in intellectual development. (Author/RD)
Descriptors: Control Groups, Day Care, Developmental Programs, Early Experience
Poppenhagen, Brent W.; Byxbee, William E. – Alternative Higher Education: The Journal of Nontraditional Studies, 1980
The issues surrounding faculty role and faculty development are addressed in the context of a nontraditional graduate program that maximizes opportunities for the use of experiential learning. Sponsored experiential learning provides one context through which adult developmental and intellectual goals may be simultaneously recognized and pursued.…
Descriptors: Adult Development, College Credits, College Faculty, Experiential Learning

Cook, V. J. – English Language Teaching Journal, 1979
The gap between the language that foreign language teachers present to their students in the classroom and the language of real-life situations is discussed. The use of dialogues in the classroom and oral comprehension as a learning activity are covered. (SW)
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Comprehension, Dialogs (Language), Elementary Secondary Education
Goldberg, Mark F. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1997
Hirsch, author of "Cultural Literacy" (1987), wishes that progressive instructional methods were carefully monitored to see whether kids are actually learning. An "anti-subject-matter" orientation suits middle-class students better than kids from less educated families. Most elementary curricula stress "tool skills"…
Descriptors: Core Curriculum, Cultural Literacy, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Background

Pascarella, Ernest; And Others – Journal of College Student Development, 1996
Investigated the relative cognitive impacts on black students' attendance at historically black colleges versus predominantly white colleges. Using numerous data types, found that black students attending black colleges did as well or better than their counterparts at the white institutions on standardized measures of writing skills and science…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Colleges, Black Institutions, Blacks

Che Dan, Washima; And Others – World Englishes, 1996
Describes two parallel pieces of research in Malaysia to investigate the claim that a conflict may exist between the implicit values underlying English language teaching and the values of Islam. Findings indicate that the majority of students studying English recognized the dangers of absorbing alien values and felt able to deploy English as a…
Descriptors: Arabic, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Intellectual Development

Clark, F. Thomas – Equity and Excellence, 1989
Summarizes the following differences between adult learners and more "traditional" college age students: (1) chronology; (2) developmental progression; (3) motivation; (4) learning style; and (5) intellectual development. Discusses the debate concerning general education. Discusses the necessity of accommodating the needs of the students and ways…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Cognitive Style, Course Content, Critical Thinking