Author noted the changes in the conception of the learning process since the turn of the century. He further considered the role of the physical environment in changing ideas about learning. (Editor/RK)

Summarizes human and animal studies of the feedback system of in infant-mother-infant interactions. It is shown that mutual modifications of behaviors can be depicted as a system of continuous feedback in which both mother and infant contribute to developmental success or failure. (Author/CS)

The authors propose that television, while entertaining children, also socializes them. To support this conclusion they review the literature regarding effects of television content on aggressive and prosocial behavior and social attitudes. (Editor)

Attempts to demonstrate how crucial a role value presuppositions have in determining the "facts" upon which children are judged, learning situations are structured, and relationships in general established. (Author/RJ)

Black, black Puerto Rican, white Puerto Rican, and white children were instructed to draw and color with crayons two persons, one female and one male, in a study designed to validate a scale developed by the author to measure black identity for black subjects, ages five to seventeen. (SF)

Through longitudinal studies of 200 children being reared in alternative family styles or in traditional two-parent families, researchers investigated family values and the way they are transmitted through child-rearing practices. (CS)

Discusses several sources that deal with the affective development of children via reading and literature. (TO)

This curriculum guide for public fire educators was developed to assist them in planning and implementing fire educational programs for older Americans (over 65), adults, youthful firesetters, and children. This booklet's content is in four parts: (1) Over 65 and Fire Safety discusses five broad questions which provide the framework for planning…

The purpose of this study was to construct a valid instrument that would accurately measure parental attitudes toward the motor development of young children. A Likert scaled attitude statement was developed with responses ranging from "very strongly agree" to "very strongly disagree." Parents were asked to reply to 20 statements on the subject. A…

This paper presents a survey of consumer needs for various types of parent education curriculum materials. The paper suggests that needs assessment should be an important part of any curriculum development process. The survey addressed four questions: (1) current sources of information about children, (2) desirable content for new materials, (3)…

This report is a collection of five papers emphasizing the significance of the young child's motor development. Each paper addresses at least one of four objectives: (1) to help develop clearer insights concerning the significance of physical activity in the early years of childhood; (2) to examine the existing body of knowledge from research and…

Presents two perspectives bearing on the concept of social competence, the motivational and the socio-cultural; the author was a member of a panel of black experts convened to review, from a black perspective, the lists of outcomes and measures which Rand plans to use to evaluate Head Start. (JM)