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Taebel, Donald K. – 1971
The development of certain concepts of music in kindergarten, first, and second grade children was researched. Objectives of the study were: (1) To measure the effect of four instructional modes on the performance of tasks which embodied certain musical concepts; (2) To measure the performance differences between age levels; and (3) To measure and…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation
Youmans, E. Grant – 1975
Hypothesizing that a person's views, perceptions, and reactions will vary according to the kind of community in which he lives and that the differences will be influenced by his status position in the community, data were obtained via personal interviews with 803 men and women aged 20 and over living in a rural county in Southern Appalachia and a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adults, Age Differences, Attitudes
Holmberg, M. C. – 1976
This study examines the development of cooperative and negative behavior in a setting in which children of varied ages had regular opportunities for social encounters. Subjects were 16 children, half 16-19 months, half 28-32 months. Each child was observed 30 minutes per day for five days. Behaviors were recorded continuously. A narrative written…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Antisocial Behavior, Behavioral Science Research, Black Youth
Loprest, Pamela; Maag, Elaine – Urban Institute (NJ1), 2003
The early onset of disability (at birth through young adulthood) can affect a person's employment outcomes in myriad ways. In addition to the direct effect of disability on employment, early onset of disability likely affects the acquisition of education and job skills (human capital). This reduced "investment" in human capital in turn may reduce…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Disabilities, Probability, Job Skills
US Department of Health and Human Services, 2005
This research brief describes the developmental risks present in a cohort of children coming into contact with the child welfare system between 1999 and 2000, as well as the services the children receive to address these risks. The findings are drawn from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW), a unique study that provides…
Descriptors: Health Services, Child Welfare, Mental Health, Developmental Delays
Krettenauer, Tobias; Grundmann, Matthias; Keller, Monika; Schmid, Christine – 1997
This longitudinal study examined effects of family socialization on sociomoral reasoning in the context of the peer and parent-child relationships. Subjects were 121 urban Icelandic children. Social class was constructed as a multinominal measure defined by the nature of work, education, authority, and responsibility of the parents in the work…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Child Rearing, Children
Kuther, Tara L.; Higgins-D'Alessandro, Ann – 1999
This paper examines the relation of cognitive and developmental-contextual variables to alcohol use in adolescence and early adulthood in an attempt to increase the understanding of alcohol use during this age period. Components for each of the rational decision making theories, specifically attitude, subjective norm, and self-efficacy, were…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Cognitive Development, College Students
Moore, Erja – 2001
More adults are attending college in Finland, so that now approximately one-third of university students, including one-fourth of undergraduates are aged 30 years or over. A study using national data and adult history accounts found these three reasons connected with the change of the age structure in universities: studying for a second university…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Age Differences, College Students, Developed Nations
Segel, David; Proffitt, Maris M. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1938
This bulletin is one of a series of publications reporting the findings of investigations undertaken during 1936-37 under the research project in universities of the Office of Education. The project was financed under the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935, and conducted in accordance with administrative regulations of the Works Progress…
Descriptors: School Holding Power, College Programs, College Students, Investigations
Johnsrud, Linda K.; Harada, Violet H.; Tabata, Lynn N. – Hawaii Educational Policy Center, 2005
The New Economy Research Grant Program awarded funding in 2003 for this study, the first of its type, to examine faculty use of technology and participation in distance education throughout the University of Hawai'i system. The use of technology in delivering education plays an important role in The New Economy by increasing educational access and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Faculty, Ethnicity, Distance Education
Mackintosh, Helen K.; Guilfoile, Elizabeth – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1964
Published originally in 1952, the bulletin "How Children Learn to Read" was the first in a series designed to illustrate the philosophy and principles set forth in The Place of Subjects in the Curriculum, Bulletin 1949, No. 12. It was planned to describe as simply as possible, especially for inexperienced teachers and for parents, the process of…
Descriptors: Teachers, Reading Skills, Reading Instruction, Learning Processes
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Wilson, Joan; And Others – Education, 1983
Teachers/parents of third- and fourth-grade students at four randomly selected Gary, Indiana, schools participated in a study of effects of age, occupation, race, and education on parent-school communication. Parents who were housewives, high school graduates, and/or 20- to 30-years-old were particularly satisfied with teacher-parent interaction.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Communication Apprehension, Communication Problems, Comparative Analysis
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Dodder, Richard A.; Ogle, Nancy J. – Educational Research Quarterly, 1979
A large survey supported the hypotheses that tolerance--measured by dogmatism, liberalism, conservatism, and authoritarianism--was higher among older than younger undergraduates; and that tolerance was higher in students who had shifted reference groups from home town to college. The role of college environment was discussed. (GDC)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Attitude Measures, College Attendance
Crowther, E. M. – CORE: Collected Original Resources in Education, 1978
Adolescents, ages 11-12 and 13-14, were tested for maturity of judgment about stability-change situations and about time perspective. (CP)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
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Teichler, Ulrich – European Journal of Education, 1996
A study of organized student exchange between universities in the European Community through the ERASMUS and LINGUA programs examined growth in program participation since 1987-88, member states' ratios of students hosted to students sent, student age in relation to periods of study, student expenses abroad for different countries, problems…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, College Students, Comparative Education
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