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Clunies-Ross, Graham G. – Journal of Special Education, 1979
The development of 36 Down's syndrome infants and children (ages 3-35 months) who had been involved in an early intervention project for periods ranging between four months and two years was assessed. (Author/DLS)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Child Development Centers, Cognitive Development
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Boehnke, Klaus; Merkens, Hans – Zeitschrift fur Padagogik, 1995
Considers the problems inherent in researching changes in social values and individual perspectives among selected age groups. Asserts that studies aimed at researching both aspects need to be organized as longitudinal studies. Utilizes data taken from a study of East and West Berlin adolescents to reveal specific research problems. (MJP)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Age Differences, Beliefs, Cognitive Development
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Liben, Lynn S.; Bigler, Rebecca S. – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 2002
Four studies established the reliability and validity of measures for assessing attitudes toward others and sex typing of self in occupations, activities, and traits. A fifth study provided longitudinal data from children tested 4 times from age 11 to 13 years. Data supported conceptual distinctions among individual's gender attitudes toward…
Descriptors: Activities, Age Differences, Childhood Attitudes, Cognitive Processes
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St. George, Diane Marie M.; Thomas, Stephen B. – Journal of School Health, 1997
This study evaluated the association between middle school students' perceived risk of fighting and actual fighting behavior, examining the effects of race, gender, and grade. Surveys indicated that perceived risk of fighting was high, and one in five students fought regularly. There were associations between race, gender, grade, and fighting. (SM)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Black Students, Comprehensive School Health Education, Conflict Resolution
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Black, Maureen M.; And Others – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 1997
Studied factors associated with sexual intercourse and substance use among young, low income, African-American adolescents. Found that sexual activity was associated with parental conflict and having sexually active friends. Boys reported less parental monitoring and family and community support than girls and were more likely to report sexual…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adolescents, Age Differences, At Risk Persons
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Clifford, Margaret M.; And Others – Journal of Experimental Education, 1990
Academic risk taking--the selection of schoollike tasks ranging in difficulty and probability of success--was examined for 602 students in grades 4, 6, and 8 in Taiwan. Results of a self-report measure of tolerance for failure and a risk-taking task are discussed concerning self-enhancement versus self-assessment goals, metacognitive skills, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Child Development, Cognitive Processes
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Davey, Beth – American Educational Research Journal, 1988
To explore question-answering strategy differences between young "good" and older "poor" readers, 60 fifth and sixth grade good readers and 60 ninth and tenth grade poor readers responded to questions about passages read and reinspected. Strategies used were inferred through analysis of response errors. Implications for reading…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
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Goldsmith-Phillips, Josephine – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1989
The reliance of 12, 18, and 22 children in grades 2, 4, and 6, respectively, on context- versus word-based information was studied. Factor analysis of error scores yielded a structure reflecting 3 information sources: graphophonic information; context to identify words; and comprehension monitoring. Age differences in decoding strategies were…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Children, Cognitive Development
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Schiele, Jerome H.; Francis, E. Aracelis – Journal of Social Work Education, 1996
A survey of 90 former Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) Ethnic Minority Doctoral Fellows found Hispanic Americans were most likely to be full, tenured professors, and that more males than females were tenured, most who applied had been awarded promotion and tenure, scholarly productivity was attributed to a minority of respondents, and…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Asian Americans, Blacks, Careers
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Parry, Linda E.; Wharton, Robert R. – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1995
Describes a study that compared faculty use of computer networks in the fields of science and engineering and business, and examined the extent to which individual and professional factors affected use. Gender, age, frequency of use, types of use, and general feelings of expertise in using the networks are discussed. (LRW)
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Age Differences, Business Administration Education, College Faculty
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Hancin-Bhatt, Barbara; Nagy, William – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1994
A total of 196 Latino bilingual students in grades 4, 6, and 8 were asked to give the Spanish equivalent for English words, some of which had derivational and inflectional suffixes. The results indicated that the students' ability to translate cognates increased with age above and beyond any increase in their vocabulary knowledge in Spanish and…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Bilingual Students, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
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Wright, Raymond E.; Rosenberg, Sheldon – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1993
A study with 28 fourth graders, 30 eighth graders, and 30 college students demonstrates that the relationship between knowledge of the requirements of a globally coherent essay and the ability to produce such an essay generally remains statistically significant when the effect of grade level is removed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Coherence, College Students, Comparative Analysis
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Probert, Belinda – Australian Universities' Review, 1998
Reports a study of pay equity among both academic and nonacademic staff at 18 Australian universities. Addresses topics including employment level, tenure (faculty), age differences, years in higher education, family needs, employment qualifications, career progression, job content, and research productivity (faculty). (MSE)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Career Ladders, Careers, College Faculty
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Russell, Andrew J. – Educational Psychology, 1997
Reports on a study of 257 London Train Operators who viewed a short Computer-based Training Module (CBT), completed a Cognitive Styles Analysis, and then performed related tasks. Multivariate analysis revealed the influence on learning performance of age, cognitive style, and attitude to technology. Includes tables, graphs, and statistical…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Age Differences, Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Style
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Greenberger, Ellen; Chen, Chuansheng – Developmental Psychology, 1996
Examined associations between perceived family relationships and depressive symptoms in two ethnic contexts--European American and Asian American--at two developmentally important points--early adolescence and late adolescence/early adulthood. Found that ethnic differences in depressed mood not evident in the early adolescent sample emerged in the…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Age Differences, Asian Americans, College Students
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