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Review of Three Recent Randomized Trials of School-Based Mentoring: Making Sense of Mixed Findings. Social Policy Report. Volume 24, Number 3
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Wheeler, Marc E.; Keller, Thomas E.; DuBois, David L. – Society for Research in Child Development, 2010
Between 2007 and 2009, reports were released on the results of three separate large-scale random assignment studies of the effectiveness of school-based mentoring programs for youth. The studies evaluated programs implemented by Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (BBBSA) affiliates (Herrera et al., 2007), Communities In Schools of San Antonio,…
Descriptors: Mentors, Schools, Campuses, Intervention
Home Visitation and Young Children: An Approach Worth Investing In? Social Policy Report. Volume XXIII, Number IV
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Astuto, Jennifer; Allen, LaRue – Society for Research in Child Development, 2009
More than 10 million children from birth through age six in the US live in low-income families. Although large investments in early childhood intervention programs are evident, is the field fully exploiting its potential to address the diverse needs of children and families? One means of addressing this question is to focus on the efficacy of…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Low Income Groups, Models, Federal Legislation
The Better Beginnings, Better Futures Project: Findings from Grade 3 to Grade 9
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Peters, Ray DeV.; Bradshaw, Alison J.; Petrunka, Kelly; Nelson, Geoffrey; Herry, Yves; Craig, Wendy M.; Arnold, Robert; Parker, Kevin C. H.; Khan, Shahriar R.; Hoch, Jeffrey S.; Pancer, S. Mark; Loomis, Colleen; Belanger, Jean-Marc; Evers, Susan; Maltais, Claire; Thompson, Katherine; Rossiter, Melissa D. – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 2010
Although comprehensive and ecological approaches to early childhood prevention are commonly advocated, there are few examples of long-term follow-up of such programs. In this monograph, we investigate the medium- and long-term effects of an ecological, community-based prevention project for primary school children and families living in three…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Quasiexperimental Design, Prevention, Economically Disadvantaged
The Developmental Course of Gender Differentiation: Conceptualizing, Measuring, and Evaluating Constructs and Pathways.
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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
Conceptualizing, Measuring, and Evaluating the Developmental Course of Gender Differentiation: Compliments, Queries, and Quandaries.
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Ruble, Diane N.; Martin, Carol Lynn – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 2002
Identifies contributions of Liben and Bigler's studies to gender development related to measuring self and other sex typing, developing a theoretical account of the self-other relation, and incorporating individual differences. Raises questions about measures used and interpretations of the findings. Suggests issues for future research:…
Descriptors: Activities, Age Differences, Childhood Attitudes, Cognitive Processes
Measures and Models of Gender Differentiation.
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Powlishta, Kimberly K. – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 2002
Discusses two major contributions of Liben and Bigler's work: (1) introduction of new measures of sex typing; and (2) the proposal that there are two plausible ways in which gender attitudes and sex typing of self might be related. Considers the importance of context on gender salience for information processing. Asserts that Liben and Bigler's…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Childhood Attitudes, Cognitive Processes, Early Adolescents
Extending the Study of Gender Differentiation.
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Liben, Lynn S.; Bigler, Rebecca S. – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 2002
Responds to concerns that individual items included as stereotypes in the Occupation Activity Trait Scales (children's and adult's versions) are not highly stereotyped. Discusses future directions for research, noting that a developmental approach is critical to understanding gender differentiation establishment and that it is also important to…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Childhood Attitudes, Cognitive Processes, Early Adolescents
How Children and Adolescents Evaluate Gender and Racial Exclusion.
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Killen, Melanie; Lee-Kim, Jennie; McGlothlin, Heidi; Stangor, Charles – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 2002
Assessed fourth, seventh, and tenth graders' social reasoning about exclusion in three social contexts: friendship, peer, and school. Found that there were significant patterns of reasoning about exclusion for the context, the target of exclusion, and the degree to which social influence, authority expectations, and cultural norms explained…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Children, Context Effect
Is It Ever OK To Exclude on the Basis of Race or Gender?: The Role of Context, Stereotypes, and Historical Change.
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Helwig, Charles C. – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 2002
Reviews major perspectives through which social exclusion has been examined in developmental and social psychological research and examines their limitations. Maintains that Killen et al.'s findings raise questions about attempts to account for social exclusion solely in terms of broad variables, such as prejudice, and point to the importance of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Context Effect, Developmental Psychology
The Development of Mental Processing: Efficiency, Working Memory, and Thinking.
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Demetriou, Andreas; Christou, Constantinos; Spanoudis, George; Platsidou, Maria – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 2002
Examined, over 1 year, relations between information processing efficiency, working memory, and problem solving in sample of 8-, 10-, 12-, and 14-year-olds. Identified three-stratus hierarchy with individual dimensions organized in three constructs: processing efficiency, working memory, and problem solving. Found that individual dimensions were…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
A New Kind of Developmental Science: Using Models To Integrate Theory and Research.
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Fischer, Kurt W.; Dawson, Theo L. – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 2002
Maintains that Demetriou and his colleagues' project shows how developmental scientists can assess concepts from multiple frameworks and relate them through explicit modeling and targeted research to build explanations powerfully grounded in data and theory. Presents doubts related to specific conclusions because of issues related to the design of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
The Intentionality Model and Language Acquisition: Engagement, Effort, and the Essential Tension in Development.
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Bloom, Lois; Tinker, Erin – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 2001
Examined 2-year-olds' language acquisition with an emphasis on the agency and intentionality of the child. Concluded that development depends on the child's expression of intentionality by actions (performance), the essential tension between the child's engagement and effort, and the integration of linguistic, cognitive, and social aspects of the…
Descriptors: Caregiver Speech, Child Language, Cognitive Development, Individual Development
Integration: An Agenda for Developmental Research.
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Scholnick, Ellin Kofsky – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 2001
Finds Bloom and Tinker's description and measurement of active, integrated, and situated children to be a credible scientifically rigorous paradigm for language acquisition research. Highlights their use of the naturalistic, observational method to understand the changing patterns of integration and use of multifaceted abilities in child language…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Developmental Psychology, Intention
Across the Great Divide: Bridging the Gap between Understanding of Toddlers' and Older Children's Thinking.
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Chen, Zhe; Siegler, Robert S. – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 2000
Analyzed 1.5- and 2.5-year-olds' problem solving and learning. Found that changes in toddlers' strategies could be assessed reliably on a trial-by-trial basis, that changes followed the basic form predicted by the overlapping waves model, and that analyses could reveal information about the qualitative and quantitative aspects of their learning.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Individual Differences, Learning Strategies
Breaking the Language Barrier: An Emergentist Coalition Model for the Origins of Word Learning.
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Hollich, George J. – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 2000
Presents emergentist coalition theory of language development characterizing lexical acquisition as the emergent product of cognitive constraints, social-pragmatic factors, and global attentional mechanisms. Details 12 experiments with 12- to 25-month-olds using the development of reference as test case of the theory. Presents evidence that…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attention, Cognitive Development, Constructivism (Learning)
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