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Amponsah, Mark Owusu; Mahama, Inuusah; Takyi Wadieh, Ebenezer – Participatory Educational Research, 2022
Curiosity and academic self-concept as psychological constructs are often mentioned in education and psychology. These constructs are elusive in terms of how they are exhibited or portrayed and measured. Despite their elusive nature, they are highly significant to the success or otherwise of learners. Therefore, the current study explored…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Personality Traits, Self Concept, High School Students
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Farhan Ali; Yuhan Wang; Serena J.-W. Wang; Gaoxia Zhu – npj Science of Learning, 2025
Arousing and sustaining young students' curiosity within school environments is an important concern in contemporary education. Our study investigated the triggers of curiosity in elementary classrooms centered around social constructivist discourse, specifically knowledge-building. To this end, we performed longitudinal network analysis on 4166…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Arousal Patterns, Constructivism (Learning), Classroom Communication
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Foley, Gilbert M. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2017
The nature of play and an overview of the stages of play in the first 5 years of childhood are discussed. The core features of sensorimotor, functional, and symbolic play are identified. Vignettes describing how play serves a regulatory function punctuate each section. A conceptual framework for the construct of regulation is presented and…
Descriptors: Play, Young Children, Vignettes, Emotional Response