In this paper, language teachers are urged to recognize the importance of adolescent psychology, and suggestions are given on how such knowledge can be used advantageously in reinforcing language learning and in teaching literature and cultural context. Parental attitudes toward education and language study and the reasons behind the choice of…

Balance academic and maturational needs of students and maintain both academic standards and the quality of an expanding school environment are the recommendations of six independent school heads. Their responses in this book of essays are to critics of secondary education who propose (1) that more education should take place outside the school in…

Argues that inconsistency in addressing issues of students' rights is widespread, even in Supreme Court decisions. Proposes that the rebuttable presumption of adolescent maturity is justified by psychological evidence. Extends the analysis to considerations of intellectual freedom in public secondary schools, governmental constraints on…

A study of 55 growth-disturbed children, aged 8-17, was conducted to assess how rate of physical maturation and pubertal development influences cognitive and neuropsychological functioning. The sample included 27 boys with short stature and delayed pubertal development (SSB), 15 girls with delayed puberty (DPG), and 13 girls with precocious…

Intellectual, academic, and social-emotional development were compared for physically handicapped, homebound students with whom a method of combined instruction was tried for 15 months which utilized radio broadcasts, group telephone hook-up with subject specialist broadcast teachers, and regular visits from home instruction teachers. The 30…

Emphasizing individual development and exploring the conflicts that American Indian girls may face because of societally or individually imposed sex roles, this leaders' guide for "Growing Up-Unit for Girls" includes concepts, objectives, background information, and learning experiences for the unit. There are learning experiences for…

An initiation ceremony which marks the passage from adolescence to adulthood in an African village is the topic of this learning module for elementary and secondary students. A reading is adapted from the autobiography of a Guinean youth who participated in the initiation experience with other boys in his village at the age of 12 years. A lesson…

This lesson book presents the curriculum of the Rock and Water program, which aims to assist boys in their development to adulthood by emphasizing the importance of being conscious of their own power and responsibility within society. The program focuses on the process of growth to adulthood via five steps: (1) self defense; (2) standing up for…

This special issue of the "Courrier," a journal for professionals concerned with issues related to the physical and psychological development of children, provides (1) an overview of 25 years of internationally coordinated research, (2) a selection of papers published by the research teams, and (3) a description of the teams and their…

In order to clarify the complicated relationship between the onset of puberty and the transition from elementary to junior high school, a controlled study was designed that compared the transition of grade 5 elementary school students to grade 6 in an elementary school with the transition of grade 6 elementary school students to grade 7 in a…

THE MAJOR PURPOSE OF THE STUDY WAS A TRIAL AND EVALUATION OF AN EXPERIMENTAL CURRICULUM UNIT DESIGNED TO PROVIDE A STRUCTURAL PROGRAM IN SOCIAL PERCEPTION AND BEHAVIOR FOR EDUCABLE MENTALLY RETARDED ADOLESCENTS. THE PROGRAM WAS DEVISED IN THE FORM OF SEQUENTIAL SIMULATION OR ILLUSTRATIONS LEADING TO SKILLS IN PERCEIVING WHICH CUES ARE RELEVANT,…

This study examined antecedents to early patterned alcohol and tobacco use and marijuana experimentation between ages 11 and 16 for an at-risk male sample. Findings suggested that family, peer, and child characteristics were inextricably connected within an ecology of development. A structural equation prediction model suggested a higher order…