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This is a guide for those researching child development, especially its connections to education.

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Education
Developmental psychology

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Developmental Psychology
Education and psychology
Neurosciences and learning
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Background information

Handbook of psychology / editor-in-chief, Irving B. Weiner.
2nd ed. Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2013.
Green Library » Stacks » BF121 .H213 2013 V.1
Select the Table of Contents to see the chapters available electronically.
A comprehensive guide to intellectual & developmental disabilities / edited by Ivan Brown and Maire Percy.
Baltimore, Md. : Paul H. Brookes, c2007.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Reference (non-circulating) » HV1570 .C66 2007
A Comprehensive Guide to Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities"is intended to appeal to an international audience of people whose careers or personal lives include disability. The information presented in purposely designed to be useful to a broad audience, yet to reflect current trends, policies, and practices that are common across many areas of the world."
Handbook of child psychology / editors-in-chief, William Damon and Richard M. Lerner.
6th ed. Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2006.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Reference (non-circulating) » BF721 .H242 2006 V.1
Handbook of educational psychology / edited by Patricia A. Alexander, Philip H. Winne.
2nd ed. Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum, 2006.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Reference (non-circulating) » LB1051 .H2354 2006
Sections include: "Foundations of the Discipline," "Development and Individual Differences," "Cognition and Cognitive Process," "Motivation," "Educational Content," "Society and Cultural Perspectives," "The Educational Context," and "Assessment of Learning, Development, and Teaching."
Handbook of research on schools, schooling, and human development / edited by Judith L. Meece, Jacquelynne S. Eccles.
New York : Routledge, 2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1507 .H255 2010
Handbook of research on the education of young children / edited by Bernard Spodek, Olivia N. Saracho.
2nd ed. Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2006.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1119 .H25 2006
Sections include "Early Childhood Education and Child Development," "Early Childhood Educational Curriculum," "Foundations of Early Childhood Educational Policy," and "Research and Evaluations Strategies for Early Childhood Education."
Handbook of research on the education of young children / edited by Olivia N. Saracho with Bernard Spodek.
3rd ed. New York : Routledge, 2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Reference (non-circulating) » LB1119 .H25 2013

New books

Developmental transitions across the lifespan : selected works of Leo B. Hendry / Leo B Hendry.
[1st edition].
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » BF724 .H464 2015
Teaching embodied : cultural practice in Japanese preschools / Akiko Hayashi and Joseph Tobin.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1140.25 .J3 H39 2015
Play from birth to twelve : contexts, perspectives, and meanings / edited by Doris Pronin Fromberg and Doris Bergen.
Third edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1137 .P5545 2015
What if everybody understood child development? : straight talk about bettering education and children's lives / Rae Pica.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1139.23 .P52 2015
Practice-oriented.
Learning from picturebooks : perspectives from child development and literacy studies / edited by Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer, Jörg Meibauer, Kerstin Nachtigäller and Katharina J. Rohlfing.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1044.9 .P49 L43 2015
Ripe for change : garden-based learning in schools / Jane S. Hirschi.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » SB55 .H57 2015
Child development in Africa : views from inside / Robert Serpell, Kofi Marfo, editors.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » HQ750 .A1 N4 NO.146
Sleep and development : advancing theory and research / edited by Mona El-Sheikh and Avi Sadeh ; with commentary by Angela F. Lukowski.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1103 .S6 V.80:NO.1
Rereading personal narrative and life course / Brian Schiff, editor.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » HQ750 .A1 N4 NO.145
A critical companion to early childhood / edited by Michael Reed & Rosie Walker.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1139.23 .C75 2015
Learning over time : learning trajectories in mathematics education / edited by Alan P. Maloney (North Carolina State University), Jere Confrey (North Carolina State University), Kenny H. Nguyen (Catlin Gabel School).
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » QA135.6 .L434 2014
Understanding children's development in the early years : questions practitioners frequently ask / Christine Macintyre.
Second edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1140.2 .M325 2015
Practice-oriented.
The early years matter : education, care, and the well-being of children, birth to 8 / Marilou Hyson and Heather Biggar Tomlinson ; foreword by Jacqueline Jones.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1140.23 .H97 2014
Practice-oriented.
Writing development in children with hearing loss, dyslexia, or oral language problems : implications for assessment and instruction / edited by Barbara Arfé, Julie Dockrell, Virginia Berninger.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1139 .W7 W75 2014
Why love matters : how affection shapes a baby's brain / Sue Gerhardt.
Second edition.
SAL1&2 (on-campus shelving) » Stacks » RJ134 .G47 2015
Practice-oriented.
Pathways to adulthood for disconnected young men in low-income communities / Kevin Roy, Nikki Jones, editors.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » HQ750 .A1 N4 NO.143
Learning and teaching early math : the learning trajectories approach / Douglas H. Clements and Julie Sarama.
Second edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » QA135.6 .C55 2014
Mary Sheridan's from birth to five years : children's developmental progress / Ajay Sharma and Helen Cockerill ; illustrations by Nobou Okawa.
Fourth edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » RJ131 .S53 2014
Practice-oriented.
Characteristics of effective early learning : helping young children become learners for life / edited by Helen Moylett.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1139.23 .C43 2013
Practice-oriented.
Boys and girls : superheroes in the doll corner / Vivian Gussin Paley.
New edition /
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1195 .P18 2014
Developing attachment in early years settings : nurturing secure relationships from birth to five years / Veronica Read.
Second edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » HQ778.7 .G7 R43 2014
Betwixt and between : understanding and meeting the social and emotional development needs of students during the middle school transition years / Nicholas D. Young and Christine N. Michael.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1623 .B483 2014
Practice-oriented.
Educating and caring for very young children : the infant/toddler curriculum / Doris Bergen, Rebecca Reid, and Louis Torelli ; foreword by Bettye Caldwell.
2nd ed. New York : Teachers College Press, c2009.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1139.4 .B47 2009
Practice-oriented.
Tell me a story : sharing stories to enrich your child's world / Elaine Reese.
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1042 .R44 2013
Provision and progress for two year olds / Chris Dukes and Maggie Smith.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1139.23 .D84 2014 F
Practice-oriented.
Necessary spaces : exploring the richness of African American childhood in the South / Saundra Murray Nettles, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC2802 .S9 N47 2013
Exemplar methods and research : strategies for investigation / M. Kyle Matsuba, Pamela Ebstyne King, Kendall Cotton Bronk, editors.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » HQ750 .A1 N4 NO.142
Research partnerships in early childhood education : teachers and researchers in collaboration / edited by Judith Duncan and Lindsey Conner.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1139.23 .R446 2013
Visual methodologies and digital tools for researching with young children : transforming visuality / Marilyn Fleer, Avis Ridgway, editors.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1117 .V57 2014
Today's youth, tomorrow's leaders : how parents and educators can influence and guide the learning process / Dr. Smita Guha.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » HQ769 .G925 2014

Journals

Advances in child development and behavior.
New York, Academic Press, 1963-
Green Library » Stacks » BF721 .A45 V.1 1963
Each annual volume covers a different theme providing "a unique perspective on a question of major interest and significance to developmental and cognitive psychologists, developmental and cognitive scientists, and developmental cognitive neuroscientists, as well as to clinicians who work with children from the special populations on whom much of the research is focused."
Child development.
[Chicago, etc.] Published by the University of Chicago Press for the Society for Research in Child Development [etc.]
Education Library (Cubberley) » Reading Room
"As the flagship journal of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Child Development has published articles, essays, reviews, and tutorials on various topics in the field of child development since 1930. Spanning many disciplines, the journal provides the latest research, not only for researchers and theoreticians, but also for child psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, psychiatric social workers, specialists in early childhood education, educational psychologists, special education teachers, and other researchers."
Childhood education.
[Wheaton, MD, etc., Association for Childhood Education International]
SAL3 (off-campus storage) » Stacks » 370.5 .C538 V.87 2010/2011
Developmental psychology.
[Washington] American Psychological Association.
SAL3 (off-campus storage) » See related record(s) to request item » BF701 .D4 BASE
Early childhood research & practice [electronic resource] : ECRP.
Champaign, IL : ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education, 1999-
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
Early childhood research quarterly.
Norwood, NJ : Ablex Pub. Corp., c1986-
Education Library (Cubberley) » Reading Room
Early education and development.
Brandon, VT : Psychology Press, c1989-
SAL3 (off-campus storage) » Stacks » LB1101 .E27 V.182007
The Future of children / Center for the Future of Children, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation.
Los Altos, Calif. : The Center, c1991-2004.
SAL3 (off-campus storage) » Stacks » RJ101 .F88 V.16 NO.1 2006
Journal of educational psychology.
Baltimore, Md., Warwick & York, Inc. [1910-
Education Library (Cubberley) » Reading Room
Journal of research in childhood education : JRCE.
Wheaton, Md. : Association for Childhood Education International, c1986-
Education Library (Cubberley) » Reading Room
Topics in early childhood special education.
Rockville, Md. : Aspen Systems Corp., c1981-
SAL3 (off-campus storage) » Stacks » LC4019.2 .T66 V.27 2007

Databases

Education databases

ERIC [electronic resource] : the educational resources information center.
[Washington, DC : National Library of Education?, 199?-
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
Bibliographic database of educational resources including articles, reports, and curriculum.
Education full text [electronic resource].
[Bronx, N.Y.] : H.W. Wilson Co.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
Indexes and abstracts articles of English-language periodicals and books on education from 1983 on. Abstracting coverage begins with January 1994. Full-text coverage begins in January 1996 and is available for over half the 600 journals indexed.
Education week American education news site of record [electronic resource].
Bethesda, MD : Editorial Projects in Education, Inc.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
Teachers College record book reviews [electronic resource].
Birmingham, AL : Teachers College Record
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
"Teachers College Record Book Reviews provides comprehensive reviews of the leading books in education and educational research by major scholars in these fields. "

Psychology databases

Contains citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, and technical reports in the field of psychology and psychological aspects of related disciplines.
PsycARTICLES [electronic resource].
Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association,
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
Provides full text access to articles from journals published by APA and allied organizations since 1988. Covers general psychology and specialized basic, applied, clinical, and theoretical research in psychology.
PsycCritiques [electronic resource].
Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
PsycTESTS [electronic resource].
Washington, DC : American Psychological Association.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)

Websites

Association for Childhood Education International
"ACEI is a global community of educators and advocates who unite knowledge, experience, and perspectives in order to exchange information, explore innovation and advocate for children."
Center for Best Practices in Early Childhood
"Our mission is to develop and promote practices designed to improve educational opportunities for all young children. The Center, part of the College of Education and Human services at Western Illinois University, was established in August of 1999. It replaced Macomb Projects, which began in 1975..."
Center for Research on Child Wellbeing
"The Bendheim Thoman Center for Research on Child Wellbeing (CRCW) is an interdisciplinary center at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the Office of Population Research at Princeton University. Our mission is to stimulate basic research, educate faculty and students about issues related to children's policies, and influence policymakers and practitioners at the federal, state, and local levels."
Child Care and Early Education Research Connections
"Child Care and Early Education Research Connections promotes high quality research in child care and early education and the use of that research in policy making. Our vision is that children are well cared for and have rich learning experiences, and their families are supported and able to work. Through this Web site, we offer research and data resources for researchers, policy makers, practitioners, and others."
Institute for Youth Development
"The Institute for Youth Development (IYD) is a non-partisan, non-profit organization founded in 1996 dedicated to ensuring the best possible future for America's children by promoting positive choices and behaviors."
Technology and Young Children
"To lead discussions, share research and information and demonstrate best practices regarding technology so it can be used to benefit children aged 0-8 years."