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Eating Attitudes among Japanese and American Elementary Schoolgirls.
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Mukai, Takayo; McCloskey, Laura A. – Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1996
Examined familial and peer correlates of eating attitudes in 38 American and 70 Japanese preadolescent girls. Responses showed correlates of eating attitudes shared by American and Japanese girls were self-perception of being overweight, number of friends dieting, and frequency of talking with mother about food and diet. Japanese girls were more…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Eating Habits, Elementary School Students, Family Influence
Fifth and Sixth Graders: Their Attitudes about Parents, Peers, School, and Themselves. Skills Essential to Learning Television Projects: Research Report.
Alexander, Janet; Garrett, Candace – 1976
This paper reviews the literature concerning attitudes of fifth and sixth grade students to provide background information for instructional designers and scriptwriters from the Skills Essential to Learning Project, which develops television/film series and related print materials for different grade levels to enhance the teaching of thinking…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Childhood Attitudes, Childhood Interests, Intermediate Grades
Developmental Change in Children's Assessment of Intellectual Competence.
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Stipek, Deborah; Mac Iver, Douglas – Child Development, 1989
Analyzes what is known about how children's judgments of their intellectual competence and their definition and criteria for evaluating competence change with age and experience in achievement contexts. (PCB)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Child Development
A Review of Research on the Educational Potential of 3-2-1 Contact: A Children's TV Series on Science and Technology. A Report for the Children's Television Workshop and the National Science Foundation.
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Chen, Milton – 1984
This report discusses research related to the educational potential of 3-2-1 CONTACT, a PBS (Public Broadcasting Service) series on science and technology, which was produced by the Children's Television Workshop for a primary target audience of 8- to 12-year-olds in both home and school settings. Conducted over a 6-year period (1977-83), this…
Descriptors: Child Development, Childrens Television, Educational Television, Evaluation Methods