Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 6 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 32 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 82 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 195 |
Descriptor
Source
Author
| Barry, Sharon | 10 |
| Hedges, Helen | 6 |
| Katz, Lilian G. | 4 |
| Abrahamson, Richard F. | 3 |
| Alexander, Joyce M. | 3 |
| Chambers, Aidan | 3 |
| Cooper, Maria | 3 |
| Daniel, Brigid | 3 |
| Feeley, Joan T. | 3 |
| Feldman, S. Shirley | 3 |
| Johnson, Kathy E. | 3 |
| More ▼ | |
Publication Type
Education Level
Audience
| Practitioners | 63 |
| Teachers | 54 |
| Parents | 31 |
| Researchers | 17 |
| Media Staff | 9 |
| Students | 6 |
| Policymakers | 3 |
| Administrators | 2 |
| Counselors | 1 |
Location
| Australia | 17 |
| United Kingdom (England) | 15 |
| United Kingdom | 10 |
| New Zealand | 8 |
| Canada | 7 |
| United States | 7 |
| Germany | 5 |
| Japan | 5 |
| Pennsylvania | 4 |
| Sweden | 4 |
| United Kingdom (Great Britain) | 4 |
| More ▼ | |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
| United Nations Convention on… | 2 |
| Education Consolidation… | 1 |
| Goals 2000 | 1 |
Assessments and Surveys
| ACT Assessment | 2 |
| Childhood Autism Rating Scale | 2 |
| Early Childhood Environment… | 1 |
| Infant Toddler Environment… | 1 |
| Peabody Picture Vocabulary… | 1 |
| Program for International… | 1 |
| Woodcock Johnson Tests of… | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Moore, Helen H. – 1997
This collection of 180 poems was assembled with classroom needs in mind. Intended to delight students every day, the collection's poems span the school year from September to summertime. Its introduction gives teachers before-, during-, and after-reading ideas. Sections in the collection include: Me and My World, Primary Concepts, Seasons and…
Descriptors: Childhood Interests, Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Figurative Language
Download full textSobel, David – 1997
When teachers lay the weight of the world's ecological problems on elementary students before they have fostered the kind of connectedness that underlies appropriate environmental education, they create a condition of fear and disempowerment called "ecophobia." The paper suggests that teachers must lead with emotional connectedness…
Descriptors: Child Development, Childhood Interests, Children, Conservation (Environment)
Hickey, Daniel T.; And Others – 1994
This study examined three instruments developed for studying anchored science learning environments. The evaluated instruments (Science/Space Task Interest Survey, Science/Space Attitude Survey, and Science/Space Activity Survey) were developed to be used to study any space-related school science environment in middle and upper grades. The…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Attitude Measures, Childhood Interests, Classroom Environment
Swayne, Philip E. – 1975
Designed to assess children's preferences for story settings, the instrument requires children to indicate their preference for a story setting in each of 36 pairs of contrasting pictures, 12 pairs in each of the following categories: (1) fantasy versus realism, (2) past versus contemporary, and (3) geographically remote versus the near-at-hand.…
Descriptors: Childhood Interests, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Forced Choice Technique
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1988
Twenty-one papers from the Open Forum on Core Programs are included in this collection: (1) "The IFLA (International Federal of Library Associations) UAP (Universal Availability of Publications) Programme" (M. F. Plassard, IFLA Programme Officer); (2) "Progress Report on IFLA Core Programme for Universal Dataflow and…
Descriptors: Childhood Interests, Cultural Pluralism, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education
Northwest Regional Educational Lab., Portland, OR. – 1977
Designed as supplementary reading materials appropriate for Indian and non-Indian children in the primary grades, this series of 20 booklets presents legends and stories of Northwest tribes. Stories in this first level of a six-level series were developed by the Blackfeet, Northern Cheyenne, Skokomish, Shoshone-Bannock, Crow, and Muckleshoot…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Literature, American Indians, Childhood Interests
Northwest Regional Educational Lab., Portland, OR. – 1978
Designed as supplementary reading materials for Indian and non-Indian children in the primary grades, this series of 10 booklets presents 13 legends and 7 stories of Northwest tribes. Stories in this second level of the six-level series were developed cooperatively by people of the Crow, Muckleshoot, Skokomish, Blackfeet, Northern Cheyenne,…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Literature, American Indians, Childhood Interests
Northwest Regional Educational Lab., Portland, OR. – 1978
Designed as supplementary reading materials for Indian and non-Indian children in the primary grades, this series of 20 booklets presents legends and stories of Northwest tribes. Stories in this third level of the six-level series were developed cooperatively by people of the Blackfeet, Kootenai, Jamestown-Clallam, Assiniboine, Sioux,…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Literature, American Indians, Childhood Interests
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
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1985
This document contains two papers on library services for children which were presented at the 1985 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) conference. In "Children's Services of Public Libraries in the United States," Selma K. Richardson (United States) discusses goals and guidelines which have been prepared nationally for public…
Descriptors: Childhood Interests, Children, Childrens Literature, Developing Nations
Terry, Ann – 1974
The responses of 422 fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students were analyzed in a survey that sought (1) to determine what poems selected for the survey were most enjoyed by the students; (2) to analyze the most popular poems considering such characteristics as the form, content, certain poetic elements, and age of the poem; and (3) to determine any…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Childhood Interests, Educational Research, Intermediate Grades
Barry, Sharon; And Others – 1979
This student guide for a program exploring both the harmful and helpful aspects of television viewing for children is designed around a magazine format to allow maximum flexibility to different groups using the materials. The guide is divided into seven sections: (1) an overview of the theme and contents; (2) a summary of the major learnings of…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Rearing, Childhood Interests, Educational Television
Grover, Robert John – 1976
In order to determine the variables which influence children's choice of books, 52 second-grade students from one elementary school were selected and interviewed. Twenty books, which circulated most frequently among second-grade children, were designated "high preference"; another 20, randomly selected from 634 books which were borrowed only once,…
Descriptors: Books, Childhood Interests, Childrens Literature, Doctoral Dissertations
British Broadcasting Corp., London (England). – 1974
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) made a study of British children and the mass media. Statistics were gathered by the BBC Audience Research Department from January to March of 1973. The aim of the study was to examine the influence of television and radio in the lives of children under the age of 15, to describe the aims and range of…
Descriptors: Audiences, Broadcast Television, Childhood Interests, Childhood Needs
LaConte, Christine; LaConte, Ronald – Connecticut English Journal, 1969
Observations of American instructors and students in England, as well as English publications, reveal that English primary teachers treat writing as a way for children to share their personal experiences, and they correspondingly emphasize freedom of expression, fluency, and the retention and development of imaginative responses. Teachers enrich…
Descriptors: Childhood Interests, Creative Writing, Creativity, Educational Objectives
