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Eggers, Kurt; Jansson-Verkasalo, Eira – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate whether previously reported parental questionnaire-based differences in attentional shifting and inhibitory control (AS and IC; Eggers, De Nil, & Van den Bergh, 2010) would be supported by direct measurement of AS and IC using a computer task. Method: Participants were 16 Finnish children…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Parent Attitudes, Attention, Inhibition
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Hotulainen, Risto; Lappalainen, Kristiina; Ruoho, Kari; Savolainen, Hannu – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2010
During a 15-year longitudinal study, 31 Finnish students (risk group) who had been identified as having deficiencies in reading and writing readiness at pre-school through the German Breuer-Weuffen Differentiation Test were compared with their peers (n = 62) in order to study long-term differences that emerged at the starting point of the study.…
Descriptors: Writing Readiness, Academic Achievement, Predictor Variables, Longitudinal Studies
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Tossavainen, Kerttu; Turunen, Hannele; Jakonen, Sirkka; Vertio, Harri – Children & Society, 2004
The purpose of the study was to describe school nurses' (N=24) and teachers' (N=25) opinions of how the health-related goals in their counselling and instruction were attained and to find out the possible differences between the two groups in the Finnish European Network of Health Promoting Schools. The data were collected by a questionnaire and…
Descriptors: First Aid, Comprehensive School Health Education, Health Behavior, School Nurses