In this article, we address the topic of death from historic and contemporary perspectives. In the first section, we describe the changes in life expectancy, personal experience, and public awareness of death that have occurred over the past century. In the next section, we examine the impact these changes have had on the mastery of the two…

The report provides an annual report and financial review for 1994 of the Bernard van Leer Foundation, a private institution that was created for broad humanitarian purposes in 1949, and shows the varied aspects of the foundation's activities in the project field. In addition, it includes a number of feature articles which highlight specific…

Part of a prospective longitudinal study examining factors that account for developmental outcomes for high-risk children, this investigation focused on how successful adaptation at 12 and 18 months is related to adaptation at 24 months, 42 months, and 4.5 to 5 years of age. Assessments at each age were designed to indicate how the child was…

Part 1 of this dissertation contains an introductory chapter entitled, "The Children Shout Fight Fight," in which the written analytical process named Scriptotherapy is discussed. In Chapter 1, "Early Adolescence an Ongoing Process," early adolescent growth and development, the process of moral development, temperament types…

The reasoning ability of 20 ninth grade, 20 eleventh grade, and 15 college freshman boys was explored. Three tasks in reasoning were given each student. In the "turtles task" the student was asked to test a hypothesis; from his responses the investigator determined whether the student tested the hypothesis by trying to find confirming instance or,…

Used as an integral part of the migrant student skills system operated by the Migrant Student Record Transfer System (MSRTS), the mini-math skills list contains a catalog of math skills typical of the K-3 grade range. The document presents an explanation of terminology used for the MSRTS mini-math outline: areas, topics, subtopics, skills, and…

Research and theoretical literature about adult development and adult learning are synthesized within a conceptual framework that has three basic domains: life phase, developmental stage, and learning style. The life phase includes theories that identify age-linked periods of stability and transition throughout adulthood. The development stage…

This curriculum guide describes and gives procedures for implementing the Comp Curriculum, which is composed of objectives categorized by age (birth to 5) and domains of developmental tasks (communication, self care, motor and problem solving), for handicapped and nonhandicapped children. (The objectives themselves are listed in a separate…

This document provides lists of behavioral objectives intended to be used in planning learning experiences for children from birth to age 5. The objectives are arranged by age level under four general areas or domains: communication, self-care, motor and problem solving. Since basic objectives are included, the lists are also appropriate for…

The Analysis of Developmental Learning Skills (ADLS) is a school readiness test, designed to diagnose lags in developmental skills in four and five year old children. The nine subtests are: motor coordination, visual performance, visual perception, visual memory, auditory perception, auditory memory, language development, conceptual development,…

The role of language in conservation tasks and the development of the concept of conservation of quantity in young children are investigated in this study. A total of 50 children, aged 3.0 to 4.7 years, were divided into three groups according to age with a large number clustered around age 4.0 years. Children were randomly assigned to one of two…

Developmental writing activities (186), based on the theory that the process of writing can be arranged in a hierarchical chain of learning experiences, are divided among six chapters: "The Ebb and Flow of Writing,""Composition Writing as an Artistic Expression,""Spelling Problems and the Flow of Expression,""Traditional and Experimental Verse…

The study attempted to identify and discern between the felt and real educational interests and needs of Presbyterian church members over 65 years of age, to discover ways by which ministers identify these interests and needs, and to suggest implications for Christian religious education. Data were obtained from mailed questionnaires from 187…

To determine the applicability of Super's vocational development theory for explaining the vocational behavior of selected young practical nursing students during the exploration vocational life stage, data were drawn from instruments previously administered to 485 students enrolled in a parent study. Data analysis revealed that the early part of…

Four dimensions of training for preschool teaching are suggested in this paper: (1) developmental stages of the teacher; (2) training needs of each stage; (3) location of the training; and (4) timing of training. The growth of preschool teachers generally occurs in stages associated with survival, consolidation, renewal, and maturity. Training…