A parent-report questionnaire, the Gender Behavior Inventory for Boys, containing questions about normal and abnormal gender behaviors, was constructed, factor analyzed, and administered to parents of normal boys and of boys referred to a clinic for the evaluation and treatment of gender disorders. (ST)

Preschool, third-, and sixth-grade classified as socioeconomically disadvantaged or nondisadvantaged were subjects in a voluntary-delay-of-reinforcement paradigm. Results indicated a shift from preference for immediate reinforcement in preschool to deferred selection in sixth grade for both socioeconomic groups. (ST)

The planning and development of a new education center at Particino in Sicily is described. Based upon a maieutic approach to education, the program emphasizes both theoretical and practical processes of collective exploration which takes as its starting point the experience and intuition of the individual student. (SM)

A look at instructional television from the developmental child psychology point of view. (HB)

Well-rounded educational programs for young children will foster attitudes and behaviors which will promote the attainment of the ultimate freedom which is attainable in society-the ability to discipline oneself. (Author)

Purpose of this study was to examine the nature of correlations among tasks purporting to measure communicative, cognitive, role-taking, and spatial egocentrism in childhood. (Author/CB)

Discusses the advantages and disadvantages of the school policy at Summerhill, known for its radical approach to child rearing. Additionally, the innovator of the Summerhill system is queried about his satisfaction with the school. (RK)

This article discusses Erickson's eight stages of man (each describing an emotional tension between two basic types of elements), how they parallel Piaget's model, how Erikson's work can influence educational practice in general and especially how Erickson's theory of identity should affect teacher-student relationships. (JA)

Describes Missouri's programs for early childhood education. Programs range from day care in the inner-city schools of Kansas City to classrooms on wheels that carry teachers and materials to children and their families in rural areas. Heavy stress is placed on helping parents. (Author/JF)

The State is the most appropriate level of government for planning, administering a comprehensive preschool education system. (Author/JN)

Both 4- and 7-year-old children readily reformulated their initial messages when explicitly requested to do so by the listener, and both failed to reformulate when confronted only with nonverbal, facial expressions of listener noncomprehension. (Authors)

A recent study outlines the environmental prerequisites for a successful day care center. (Author)