Evaluated relation of performance on the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale: Fourth Edition to performance on the Wide Range Achievement Test-Revised and Woodcock-Johnson Psychoeducational Battery: Tests of Achievement for 31 normal, elementary-aged students using both the area score and Sattler's factor score approaches. (Author/ABL)

Examines the lack of good listening skills among children today, and discusses the advantages of book/audio cassette packages (read-alongs) for developing listening and reading skills. (MES)

Administered to hyperactive second and third graders either black/white form of Matching Familiar Figures Test and one month later a colored version, or the reverse color order in a repeated crossover design. Found addition of nonrelevant color to this task normalized activity of hyperactive children such that group differences were observed only…

Used time series design, Change-over-Time, study to determine usefulness of four tasks in distinguishing maturational factors and neurological characteristics of eight boys diagnosed as neurologically impaired. Results indicated that tasks were characterized by use of regular art materials, interest to subjects, ability to be replicated, and…

Discusses philosophy used to build student interest in various lesson topics taught to guidance groups. Presents three magic activities complete with lesson plans: How to Change Big Problems into Little Ones and How to Keep Little Problems from Getting Bigger; Teaching Friendship Skills and Becoming Aware of Your Feelings; and What Does Your…

Children between four and seven years of age were presented with two snacks under conditions in which they were or were not required to eat the first snack as a means of getting the second. Children in the means-end condition came to devalue the first snack. (BC)

Contends that constructivist teaching pedagogy helps children learn to reason about the world. Notes that children are encouraged to become active learners and to discover meaning in their own world, not only in preformed ideas or definitions of others. Discusses these issues and elaborates on them in form of dialogue. (Author/NB)

Highlights aspects of the relationship of literary studies to other school subjects. Shares excerpts from students' personal notebooks of first and second graders as they reflect upon the meaning that stories hold for them. Makes six specific points about the relations among literature, the academic disciplines, and the ongoing life narratives of…

Examined characteristics of 175 victimized fourth through seventh graders. It was expected that children would be more likely to anticipate tangible rewards, more likely to expect victim suffering, and less likely to expect retaliation when using aggression against victimized targets than when attacking nonvictimized targets. (RH)

Administered Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised (PPVT-R) to 112 elementary school students in computer-automated and standard formats to investigate comparability of test results. Correlations found between standard and modified versions were positive, substantial, and acceptable for clinical use. Considers usefulness of adapted psychological…

Contrasted performance on Differential Ability Scales (DAS) of 30 reading-disabled elementary school students with matched group of children from standardization sample. Results suggest that reading-disabled children demonstrate characteristic profile on DAS, scoring relatively poorly on achievement tests and on two of three diagnostic tests. Low…

Explains minivolleyball to physical education teachers. Minivolleyball adapts the game and environment of volleyball to the physical capabilities of young players; it offers physical education students the chance to have fun while using the proper game skills, concepts, and strategies. (SM)

Discusses how teachers and parents can help children turn everyday experiences into topics to write about, whether in the form of personal journals, autobiographical essays, or poetry. (MDM)

Describes a group social skills counseling strategy for kindergarten children based on Lazarus's seven modalities: behavior, affect, sensation, imagery, cognition, interpersonal relationships, and drugs/biology. Concludes multimodal approach seems suited to needs of young child whose emerging awareness is vitally engaged in each of the seven…

Reveals that during the elementary school years, children acquire a firm understanding of the brain as the primary locus of psychological attributes and identity. The early school years, when children are five to seven years old, appear to be a transitional phase, when performance is variable and subject to task conditions. (RH)