Child Study Journal articles from September 2000

Child Study Journal archives from September 2000

PROMOTING EARLY LITERACY THROUGH RHYME DETECTION ACTIVITIES DURING HEAD START CIRCLE-TIME.
September 1, 2000... Children from Head Start groups (N = 40] were presented nine 5-minute interventions during circle time. For two groups (n = 20) a phonological-awareness strategy -- rhyme detection -- was presented; the other two groups (n = 20) received...

EARLY MATERNAL DEPRESSION AND CHILDREN'S ADJUSTMENT TO SCHOOL.
September 1, 2000... Renee Burke [1] Teachers rated the problem behaviors, peer relations, and academic performance of twenty-nine 5- to 8-year-old children of either previously depressed or well mothers. The teachers reported more adjustment and behavior...

MECHANISMS BY WHICH FAMILY PROCESSES CONTRIBUTE TO SCHOOL-AGE BOYS' BULLYING.
September 1, 2000... Mechanisms by which family processes contribute to boys' bullying were examined in a sample of 54 mother-son dyads. Boys' bullying was measured by peer nominations, teacher reports, and mother reports. Family processes were categorized as...

THE IMPACT OF RISK FACTORS: A SURVEY OF INNER-CITY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS.
September 1, 2000... At-risk students are characterized by risk factors, that is, attributes and circumstances associated with increased probability of academic, personal, and social failure. A wide range of student, family, school, community, and societal risk...

STUDENT-GENERATED SOLUTIONS TO ENHANCE THE ACADEMIC SUCCESS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN YOUTH.
September 1, 2000... School participants offer a unique, yet often overlooked, perspective about the education of African American students. In the present study, 22 elementary and 21 high school students completed an open-ended questionnaire regarding African...

The Power of Play.(Review)
September 1, 2000... A review of The Power of Play (1998). Produced for the Kohl Children's Museum by Intermedia, Inc., PO Box 455, Winnetka, IL 60093 (38 minutes, VHS) (www.kohlchildrensmuseum.org). This thirty-eight minute video, The Power of Play, emphasizes...