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Vong, Keang Ieng Peggy; Mak, Chi Kuan Miranda; Leung, Shing On; Chang, Shih-Hui – Creativity Research Journal, 2020
This study investigated the relationship among gender, sibling constellation, age, and young children's creativity performance in the Fluency, Imagination, Originality dimensions of creativity, as well as the developmental trajectory of their creativity performance. In total, 493 young children took the Torrance's Thinking Creatively in Action and…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Predictor Variables, Young Children, Performance Factors
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Solomon, Tracy L.; Vasilyeva, Marina; Huttenlocher, Janellen; Levine, Susan C. – Developmental Psychology, 2015
Understanding measurement units is critical to mathematics and science learning, but it is a topic that American students find difficult. In 3 studies, we investigated the challenges underlying this difficulty in kindergarten and second grade by comparing performance on different versions of a linear measurement task. Children measured crayons…
Descriptors: Children, Spatial Ability, Concept Formation, Measurement
Frase, Katharine G., Ed.; Latanision, Ronald M., Ed.; Pearson, Greg, Ed. – National Academies Press, 2017
The vitality of the innovation economy in the United States depends on the availability of a highly educated technical workforce. A key component of this workforce consists of engineers, engineering technicians, and engineering technologists. However, unlike the much better-known field of engineering, engineering technology (ET) is unfamiliar to…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Innovation, Technology Education, Employment Opportunities
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Jackowicz, Stephen, Ed.; Sahin, Ismail, Ed. – Online Submission, 2021
"Proceedings of International Conference on Humanities, Social and Education Sciences" includes full papers presented at the International Conference on Humanities, Social and Education Sciences (iHSES) which took place on April 22-25, 2021 in New York, USA-www.ihses.net. The aim of the conference is to offer opportunities to share…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Handheld Devices, Audio Equipment, Foreign Students
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Vernon-Feagans, Lynne; Gallagher, Kathleen; Ginsberg, Marnie C.; Amendum, Steve; Kainz, Kirsten; Rose, Jason; Burchinal, Margaret – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2010
With the advent of "Response to Intervention" there has been emphasis on preventing reading disabilities. This study examined the effectiveness of a classroom teacher Tier II intervention for struggling readers in kindergarten and first grade called the Targeted Reading Intervention. Three rural schools were randomly assigned to…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Rural Schools, Intervention, Kindergarten
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Lehman, Elyse Brauch; Olson, Vanessa A.; Aquilino, Sally A.; Hall, Laura C. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2006
Elementary school children in three grade groups (Grades K/1, 3, and 5/6) completed either the auditory or the visual 1/9 vigilance task from the Gordon Diagnostic System (GDS) as well as subtests from the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children--Third Edition and auditory or visual processing subtests from the Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Cognitive…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Performance Tests, Cognitive Tests, Intelligence Tests