This paper reviews observational studies of infant-environment interaction during the first year of life. First, the utility of ecological and ethological perspectives for the assessment of organism-environment interactions is explored. Second, the observational research is categorized and discussed along methodological lines in terms of variable…

Presented at a symposium on Children, Families, and New Video/Computer Technologies, this keynote address assesses technological advances in television and computer science and raises questions concerning their impact on child development and the quality of family life. The new technology described combines video communications technology and…

Intended for parents of young physically handicapped children, the bibliography lists approximately 70 references on normal development; effects of the disability on family relationships; and on the course, treatment, and prognosis of the disability. Entries are arranged alphabetically by author within each of the three general headings, and…

This paper relates problems of today's world to music education in general, and the Kodaly program in particular. An eclectic approach to developing music instruction based on the work of Suzuki, Orff and Kodaly is suggested and the principles of instruction formulated by Zoltan Kodaly are reviewed. (Author/RH)

This paper presents a concise non-technical explanation of the process of classroom developmental assessment, a child-centered, classroom-centered multi-dimensional assessment process designed to help teachers find out as much as possible about individual children so that appropriate educational experiences can be planned for each child. A…

Preschoolers' ability to utilize language in spatial problem solving was tested with 64 predominately middle-class children. The number of correct responses was analyzed using an age/sex/medium analysis of variance. It was found that the verbal response mode leads to substantially more correct responses than do pictures and that girls performed…

Prior research has indicated that, although negative mood induction procedures reliably lead to enhanced helping in adults, such procedures do not produce increased helping in young children. Consistent with the negative state relief model, it was expected that, relative to neutral mood subjects, children in a negative mood would be more generous…

This manual provides information on preventive treatment and improving the health and food of infants, young children, and their mothers in developing nations. The nutrition needs of women during and following pregnancy are outlined, as well as the benefits and problems of breast feeding and weaning techniques. A discussion is presented on the…

The author, a producer for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), discusses the nature of the problems involved in producing several educational television series intended to advise parents on the subjects of child rearing and child development. (LS)

A research project was aimed at measuring the relationship between infant vocalizations and linguistic development and determining the feasibility of using infant vocalizations as a predictor of later psychological and intellectual status. However, a method was needed to analyze the vocalizations of infants. This report describes a method used to…

Curriculum guidelines for teacher use in organizing and teaching a course to prepare 11th and 12th grade students for entry level child care occupations were developed as part of a pilot study which is reported in VT 006 870. Major emphasis of the program included orientation to the world of work, types of child care services, duties of the child…

This chapter, to be included in "Carmichael's Manual of Child Psychology," edited by P.A. Mussen, deals with the connection between the acquisition of language and the growth of intellect, and the connection between both of these and the process of maturation. The author feels that various theories of development cannot account for the child's…

The study, conducted by Temple University's Institute for Survey Research during September - December of 1976, consisted of interviews of more than 2,200 children aged 7 to 11, and more than 1,700 of their parents. The interviews, of a scientifically selected sample, were structured to determine the general environment in which children…

The purposes of this paper are to examine more intensively than was attempted in the authors' first paper (not available through ERIC) a subset of the parent-child studies published in Child Development and Journal of Marriage and the Family for evidence of qualitative differences in the methodological approaches used in the two journals, and to…

Child rearing and parenting practices during the 1920s, the impact of science and scientific discoveries during this period, medical advances and the concurrent decline in the death-rate of infants and young children are discussed in this paper. Also discussed is the impact of the theories of psychologists G. Stanley Hall, Lewis Terman, and John…