Planned activities covering four weeks at the Kindergarten level. (EJS)

Generalizability and durability of the overjustification effect (on decline in intrinsic motivation due to the lack of rewards in behavior modification programs) were examined in 35 normal preschool children and 17 mental age-matched retarded children. (Author/SW)

When the presuppositional and performative abilities of 18 language disordered and 18 normal preschoolers were compared, both groups showed a tendency to encode changing rather than unchanging situational elements and demonstrated similar levels of imperative and declarative performative intent. Performative and presuppositional behaviors were…

Examines the development of social comparison behaviors among preschoolers. Results suggest a stepwise development of social comparison; speculations are made as to the possible basis for the observed developmental sequence. (Author/RH)

The nutritional program used at the Pediatric Language Laboratory--a day care center for preschool children with language-learning disabilities is discussed. Some "do's" and "don'ts" regarding appropriate nutrition are presented. (Author)

Leadership qualities in children in two kindergarten and two nursery school classes were studied through sociograms and observation. Results indicated three specific factors contributing to leadership at this age level: verbal ability, independence, and sense of structure. (DB)

Examines assumptions of the confluence model of the effects of family structure on children's intelligence. Subjects were 24 preschool children. Findings indicate that individual differences in intellectual ability are associated with the amount of time children spend in certain activities and with certain people. (Author/RH)

Lincoln Public Schools (Nebraska) transportation department meets the needs of preschool special education students by route planning, car seats, and special seat belts. (Author/MLF)

A personal account of a mother's search for a nursery school for her 2 1/2-year-old son. (CM)

In Experiment 1, personal sentences containing the subject's name were contrasted at two levels of syntactic complexity with impersonal sentences containing other familiar nouns. Experiment 2 was conducted to rule out focusing of attention as an alternative explanation. Results showed that personalized sentence content facilitated children's…

Analyzes employee survey data from three firms in the same industry and local labor market, two of which offer on-site child care while one does not. Presents detailed descriptive and multivariate analysis of the child care strategies of working parents and how such strategies are affected by the availability of employer-sponsored, on-site care.…

Three studies explored preschoolers' assertions that objects come closer together when part of the distance between them is occluded. Findings indicated that preschoolers do not appear to change the geometries they use to represent space, but do show increases in the generality and explicitness with which they map spatial knowledge onto spatial…