Type and quality of nonfamilial child care were found to have no significant effect on peer social skills, sociability with strange adults, and child personality. The major determinants of personality maturity were background variables. Prior social skills and age were the best predictors of peer social skills. (PCB)

Describes early admission as the first step in adjusting formal educational programing to meet the educational, social, and emotional needs of intellectually advanced children. Emphasizes the benefits to the child and potential benefits to society of meeting the intellectually advanced child's needs, advocating that school systems establish early…

Examined differences in social and cognitive functioning of 38 divorced- and 42 intact-family preschool children enrolled in day care. Also explored relationships of environmental factors (such as family and community support and substitute child care) to child adjustment. Findings have implications for research and direct service to preschoolers…

Indicates that (1) children's violations decreased with age; (2) in the dyadic context, fathers assumed a more directive role in response to children's violations than did mothers; (3) there were no between-parent differences between parents regarding reactions to children's violations in the triadic context. (NKA)

Analyzes Paule Marshall's "Brown Girl, Brownstones" as a novel about a Black girl's necessary struggle to release herself from an emotionally intense relationship with her mother. Argues that the daughter's conflict is resolved only after she accepts her identification with her mother as a Black woman. (KH)

Using evidence from recent research studies, it is argued that population growth is not a major obstacle to the social and economic growth of developing nations. (RM)

Using a longitudinal design, investigates the interactive behaviors of mothers of normal infants and mothers of infants who are known to differ on a host of cognitive, behavioral, and biological parameters. Examines the developmental course of emotional expressivity in these infants. (HOD)

Challenges the effectiveness of housing professionals in programming and student development. Identifies four problem areas that call for educational leadership responses: (1) volatility of student living conditions; (2) program inadequacy and contradiction; (3) institutional narcissism; and (4) absence of faculty role models. (JAC)

Many aspects of social change in the United States are reducing the amount of caring and interpersonal contact available to children, thus enhancing the likelihood of social failure. Schools and other social institutions can be reorganized and redirected to provide more positive social support. (PGD)

Describes the Higher-Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) Program developed to help Chapter 1 students learn better thinking skills that improve basic skills and social confidence. (MD)

Evaluates fourth-to seventh-grade children on two aspects of social cognition: interpersonal understanding and means-ends problem-solving ability. Relates the two variables to sex, age, IQ, social class, and multiple dimensions of competence. Both variables significantly correlated with I.Q. while interpersonal understanding also correlated with…

Reports results of a poll of 900 Minnesota high school students regarding various educational issues and relates results to the findings in "A Nation at Risk." Includes a student letter to the education committee of the Minnesota legislature. (SB)

Investigates the antecedents of individual differences in cognitive/language competence for 121 24-month-olds who were also assessed at 6 and 13 months. Warm verbal interactions between mother and child at three ages were associated with child competence at 24 months. Socioeconomic status was also modestly correlated. (Author/CB)

The purpose of this descriptive study is to examine the content of early learning standards developed by state-level organizations in order to address the following research questions: (1) To what extent have various dimensions of development and learning (i.e., the dimensions of physical and motor, social and emotional, approaches toward…

This study explored how children are socialized through discipline in the preschool classroom. Using detailed descriptions of teacher-student interactions and an interpretive method, the study mapped the process of the children's socialization and the role of discipline. The case study in one 4-year-olds' room examined early socialization…