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Washbrook, Elizabeth; Waldfogel, Jane; Bradbury, Bruce; Corak, Miles; Ghanghro, Ali A. – Child Development, 2012
In spite of important differences in some of the resources immigrant parents have to invest in their children, and in immigrant selection rules and settlement policies, there are significant similarities in the relative positions of 4- and 5-year-old children of immigrants in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Children…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Foreign Countries, Official Languages, Child Development
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Mendelson, Morton J.; Ferland, Mark B. – Child Development, 1982
Twenty-seven 4-month-old infants heard a repetitive auditory rhythm, then viewed silent film of puppet opening/closing its mouth, either in the familiar rhythm or a novel rhythm. Results showed infants exposed to the novel condition watched the film longer than infants shown the familiar condition, providing evidence for auditory-visual transfer…
Descriptors: Auditory Stimuli, Cognitive Processes, Discrimination Learning, Foreign Countries
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Pressley, Michael; Bryant, Susan L. – Child Development, 1982
In order to examine the effects of interrogative strategies in promoting children's associative learning, children five and six years of age, as well as sixth-grade children, were first presented with a variety of picture-paired associates and then tested for the ability to memorize them. (MP)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Associative Learning, Children, Foreign Countries
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Genesee, Fred; Lambert, W. E. – Child Development, 1983
Evaluates the effectiveness of double-immersion programs in which English-speaking children received instruction in Hebrew and French either before or along with first-language instruction. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries, French
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Brainerd, Charles J.; Howe, Mark L. – Child Development, 1980
The question of whether or not a certain mathematical model is applicable to the paired-associate data of preschool children as well as adults was examined in five experiments. (Author/MP)
Descriptors: Age Differences, College Students, Foreign Countries, Mathematical Models