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McKay, Rebecca Burdette – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The dilemma of reconciling developmentally appropriate, constructivist reading instruction with mandated high-stakes tests was confronted by four second-grade teachers through their selection of two active professional development methods. To continue and deepen their use of an interactive model of reading focused on comprehension, the teachers…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Case Studies, Reading Instruction, Reading Comprehension
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Raman, Lakshmi; Gelman, Susan A. – Developmental Psychology, 2008
The present studies examined beliefs concerning the impact of psychosocial factors in the transmission of contagious illness, injuries, and disgust. In Studies 1 and 2, participants ranging from preschoolers through adults judged the likelihood that a character would get sick (or injured) after being contaminated by another individual who was…
Descriptors: Injuries, Personality, Emotional Response, Communicable Diseases