Explores preschoolers' responses to life and childhood experiences and how this response carries over into their subsequent response to literature. (HTH)

Presents highlights of four "learning biographies" resulting from observations of children's writing in response to literature. The observations indicated that the connections children made to texts in reading and writing and how these are used to develop writing strategies and competence were related to their motivations and…

The paper describes the evaluation of two levels of a center-based early intervention project offering two-day services for toddlers and five-day services for preschoolers with mild/moderate cognitive delays. Effects of services were assessed in terms of developmental change and the number of objectives achieved. (Author/CL)

A strong case can be made for inclusion of music in any general curriculum because of some special features of the human brain and the muscular system to which it is bonded. Music can help us fulfill our biological heritage. (RM)

A study of preschoolers confirmed findings that toy choices reflect the sex typing of social behavior. Although toy choice was not related to all behaviors idenitifed in earlier studies as sex-typed, those for which there were clear gender differences in this study (socializing with peers and spontaneous prosocial behavior) were related to…

Preschool children transferring to new schools were observed during a two-week period prior to separation from classmates. "Anticipatory" reactions by departing children were similar to behaviors noted in young children separated from their mothers during the mother's hospitalization for the birth of another child. (Author/RH)

Proposed developmental steps for hopping over distance were tested to determine their comprehensiveness and accuracy. The proposed arm action component required modification, but the leg action was properly ordered. The pattern of sex differences was consistent with earlier research. The non-chosen leg was developmentally behind the chosen leg in…

A group of young children were studied to investigate their ability to sense expressive qualities in art and to respond to verbal clues which describe these qualities. Results are presented. (DF)

Nine handicapped and nine nonhandicapped preschoolers were observed in three settings that differed in grouping, supervision, and teacher direction. Handicapped children spent less time on-task and interacted more frequently with adults and less frequently with peers than did nonhandicapped children. Furthermore, handicapped and nonhandicapped…

Educational practices, administration, and finance at Norwegian colleges, universities, and other postsecondary educational institutions are examined. Teacher education for all levels of the school system is also discussed. (RM)

The paper advocates the development of movement programs for preschool visually impaired children to compensate for their orientation deficits. The author asserts that skills necessary for acquisition of spatial concepts should be taught through movement programs at an early age in the normal developmental sequence instead of attempting to remedy…

Contrasts several conceptualizations about the interdependency of three empathy responses in kindergarten children: cognitive (understanding), affective (sharing), and facial empathy (facially expressing another's affect). Results corroborated a conceptualization in which affective and facial empathy were mediated by cognitive empathy. (Author/RH)

The Test of Sensory Integration, which measures preschoolers' ability to organize, process, and synthesize input from different sensory channels, was evaluated in terms of domain and construct validity, interobserver reliability and decision reliability, and retest stability. Results suggested that total test scores can be used reliably and…

Large group activities in which affection was discussed, modeled, and practiced were effective in increasing peer interaction of three isolate preschool children, two of whom were developmentally disabled. Activities were designed to lessen aversion to touching and to increase peer social approaches, smiling, and active affectionate physical…

Comparison revealed that the percentage of Ss identified differed between the two tests for articulation, vocabulary, language, comprehension, and language expression; higher than normal percentages of speech deficits were identified on both tests; and the same individuals were not always identified for diagnostic testing. (Author/CL)