This study represents part of an extended research program designed to explore the various parameters of imaginative play in children and their relationship to the later development of daydreaming and various cognitive skills or personality characteristics. The specific focus of this investigation was on role of adult intervention represented…

This paper explores the relationship between age and individual differences. Two hypotheses were tested through the use of repeated measures of functioning in terms of social, psychological, and physiological parameters: (1) individual differences do not decrease with age, and (2) individuals tend to maintain the same rank in relation to age peers…

This report summarizes research evidence of the values in early childhood education with emphasis on nursery school education. Included are studies of the effects of nursery school and kindergarten on children's social, personal, emotional, and intellectual development, and later school achievement. Other reports focus on race awareness, dramatic…

This cross-cultural study investigates differences in self concept development in the United States and Denmark. The research is based on known societal and educational differences between Danish and American societies. These differences, from which hypotheses were drawn, involve (1) greater assignment of responsibility at early ages to Danish…

This document reports on Phase II of a 2-year research project. The first phase had investigated the effects of socioeconomic mix on the cognitive and social development of disadvantaged preschoolers. The objectives of Phase II were (1) to continue assessment of effects on the disadvantaged subjects over a 2-year span during which there were four…

Eight papers report on the project at Austin State School, funded by a Hospital Improvement (HIP) grant, which used a multidisciplinary team to implement socialization programs for institutionalized mildly retarded persons exhibiting socially inept behavior. Two papers consider social rehabilitation and the task of trying to move residents out…

The guide cross references publications of the Special Education Curriculum Development Center (SECDC) prepared for inservice training programs of teachers of the mentally retarded in Iowa. It is intended to assist teachers in locating materials in SECDC documents that pertain to teaching a particular concept. Materials, divided into 20 major…

The purpose of this study was to investigate the self-concept of the southwestern Indian adolescent. Hypotheses tested were (1) that a selected sample of self-reference statements can be used to obtain a composite self-concept of the Indian adolescent; (2) that the composite self-concept of the Indian adolescent varies according to tribal groups;…

The authors investigate MacDonald's (1969) hypothesis that a sex by birth order interaction should be observed in measures related to sex typing. Since first borns are more thoroughly socialized, MacDonald reasons, and since parental expectations differ according to the child's sex, then first born boys and girls on sex typed variables.…

The smiles and laughter of an infant form the beginning of the developmental process of interpersonal interaction and socialization. The earliest smiles are automatic expressions of internal states, but soon infants' smiles are communications of pleasure. The developmental changes in smiling and laughing in early infancy reflect the rapidity with…

The labeling perspective is analyzed in terms of its contribution to the development of a general theory of deviant behavior. The implicit model of social organization framing the labeling process is described, and the limiting conditions for its application explored. Special attention is accorded to the interplay between social organizational and…

THE PRESENT STUDY WAS DESIGNED TO OBTAIN AN OVERVIEW OF THE SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL STATUS OF YOUNG ADULTS WHO HAD BEEN DIAGNOSED AS SEVERLY DISABLED READERS IN THEIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL YEARS. OCCUPATIONAL POSITION, LEVEL OF EDUCATION, LEVEL OF READING SKILL, EDUCATIONAL STATUS, ATTITUDES TOWARD READING AND REMEDIAL HELP, AND MARITAL STATUS WERE…

The Extension Aids Branch (EAB) produces films, radio programs, posters, leaflets, and other media which support the Ministry's agricultural extention and rural development programs. The Evaluation and Action Research Unit works with EAB to do formative evaluation of each media project or campaign during the production stage. (JEG)

Discusses the pros and cons of video as an educational medium in European countries, as well as in developing nations, and discusses such problems as cost and planned obsolescence, which must be taken into account when video use is being considered. (JEG)

The article describes a math-oriented approach to remediating learning disabilities in children. (SBH)