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Sailor, Dorothy H. – International Journal of Early Childhood, 1978
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Research, Foreign Countries, Intellectual Development

Goldstein, David; And Others – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1978
Reports two experiments to assess the usefulness of an alternative position to the "deficit hypothesis" and the "differences hypothesis," namely, that environmental/situational factors attenuate the performance of lower-class children, but that their competence, while genotypically equivalent to that of middle-class children,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Environmental Influences, Intellectual Development, Preschool Children

Amberg, John W. – English Journal, 1977
Analyzes the writing the author has done since he first began to write, and traces his writing development. (DD)
Descriptors: Creative Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Intellectual Development, Writing (Composition)

Friedenberg, Lisa; Olson, Gary M. – Child Development, 1977
Administration of a placement task to 66 preschool and grade school children revealed that the concept of higher/lower was understood earlier than above/below, which in turn was understood earlier than rising/falling. Within each pair of terms, the one referring to upness was comprehended earlier. (Author/JMB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Comprehension, Concept Formation, Early Childhood Education

Tanz, Christine – Journal of Child Language, 1977
A replication and extention of a previous study involved 61 children aged three to five, who were asked to carry out certain instructions. Results indicate that children do observe the distinction between definite and indefinite pronouns as it applies to quantity. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Child Language, Comprehension, Intellectual Development, Language Acquisition

Kramer, Pamela E. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1977
In an investigation of comprehension strategies in young children, children in R. Brown's Stages I, II, and III responded to commands varying in length, grammaticality, and meaning. (SB)
Descriptors: Comprehension, Intellectual Development, Language Acquisition, Language Research

Giroux, Henry A. – Teachers College Record, 1986
A strong conservative current underlies much of what is currently said about authority in schooling. Educational authority should be rooted in the ideal of democratic social transformation, a function it cannot have when conceived of more narrowly in terms of institutional heirarchy and stability. (CB)
Descriptors: Authoritarianism, Educational Philosophy, Intellectual Development, Power Structure

Beineke, John A. – Teacher Education Quarterly, 1985
This article analyzes the findings on critical thinking in six major national reports on the status of education and the subsequent implications for teacher preparation. This information suggests that critical thinking is an essential component of an effective teacher education program. (MT)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Intellectual Development
Roth, Henry; Nicholson, Charles L. – Diagnostique, 1984
Scores of 20 court-identified and 20 school-identified violent and assaultive youth were compared on the Revised Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children and the Peabody Individual Achievement Test. The possibility that court-identified violent and assaultive youth have more severe cognitive deficits that contribute to their excessively aggressive…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Disorders, Intellectual Development, Intelligence Quotient

Agassi, Joseph – Interchange, 1985
The myth that genius never shows up in individuals past early adult life results in the dismissal of all who are not geniuses and the view that their activity contributes nothing. If genius needs goading, it needs also patience, tenderness and reassurance in the educational system. (MT)
Descriptors: Creativity, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Humanistic Education

Bohline, David S. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1985
A referral population of 108 six- to 11-year-olds was divided into Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) and non-ADD subgroups and were compared on two intelligence tests and a measure of depression. Though not intellectually distinct, the ADD group was more depressed relative to teacher ratings. The possibility that diagnostic criteria for ADD are…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Attention Deficit Disorders, Clinical Diagnosis, Depression (Psychology)

Macmillan, C. J. B.; Garrison, James W. – Educational Theory, 1983
The "erotetic" theory of teaching, which is defined by the statement "To teach someone something is to answer that person's question about some subject matter," is clarified and defended in this article. (CJB)
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Epistemology, Intellectual Development, Learning Experience

Paris, Scott G.; Lindauer, Barbara K. – Cognitive Psychology, 1976
A cued recall procedure was employed to assess the effectiveness of implicit and explicit word prompts for sentence memory in children. The implicit cues were much less effective than the explicit cues for 6-7 year olds while the cue types did not differ for 11-12 year olds. (Author/DEP)
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Intellectual Development

Black F. William – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1973
In a sample of children with significant learning disabilities, it was found that those born in warm months had higher IQ's than those born in cold months. The effects of temperature and humidity upon neonatal cortex development are offered as a possible explanation of the differences noted. (ST)
Descriptors: Exceptional Persons, Infant Mortality, Intellectual Development, Intelligence

Taddonio, Robert O. – Journal of School Psychology, 1973
Deaf elementary school children were administered the Leiter International Performance Scale and the five nonauditory, nonverbal subtests of the Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities. The intellectual quotient derived from the Leiter and the psycholinguistic quotient derived from the five visually oriented subtests were then correlated. The…
Descriptors: Deafness, Handicapped Children, Intellectual Development, Intelligence Tests