NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 7 results Save | Export
Metacognitive Comprehension Monitoring: Cognitive Abilities Explain Performance Differences between Younger and Older Adults
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Catharina Tibken; Tobias Richter; Wienke Wannagat – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2024
Purpose: To understand complex expository text, readers often engage in metacognitive comprehension monitoring. Metacognitive monitoring is assumed to rely on basic cognitive abilities (working memory updating, short-term memory, verbal intelligence). These abilities decrease in later adulthood. We thus compared younger and older adults in their…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Cognitive Ability, Performance, Age Differences
Comprehension of "Welcher"-Questions in German-Speaking Children with and without Developmental Language Disorder
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Roesch, Anne Dorothée; Chondrogianni, Vasiliki – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2021
Purpose: This study examined whether monolingual German-speaking preschool children with developmental language disorder (DLD) were facilitated by the presence of case-marking cues in their interpretation of German subject and object "welcher" ("which")-questions, as reported for their typically developing peers. We also…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Questioning Techniques, Cues, Ambiguity (Semantics)
Coping with Broken Achievement-Related Expectations in Students from Elementary School: An Experimental Study
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Pinquart, Martin; Block, Helena – International Journal of Developmental Science, 2020
The experiment analyzed reactions of 115 first- to fourth-graders after realizing that they performed worse than they expected in a computer game. Based on the VIOLEX model of expectation violation, we assessed immunization against achievement feedback, assimilation (striving to increase performance), and accommodation (willingness for expectation…
Descriptors: Coping, Expectation, Defense Mechanisms, Student Reaction
Effects of Balance Training on Balance Performance in Youth: Are There Age Differences?
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Schedler, Simon; Brock, Katharina; Fleischhauer, Fabian; Kiss, Rainer; Muehlbauer, Thomas – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2020
Purpose: In youth, cross-sectional studies reported age differences in balance performance that were in favor of adolescents. Thus, trainability of balance performance might be different in children compared to adolescents. The purpose of this study was therefore to compare the effects of balance training (BT) on balance performance between…
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Age Differences, Pretests Posttests, Children
Does Relative Age Influence Motor Test Performance of Fourth Grade Pupils?
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Wattie, Nick; Tietjens, Maike; Schorer, Jörg; Ghanbari, Marie-Christine; Strauss, Bernd; Seidel, Ilka; Baker, Joseph – European Physical Education Review, 2014
The aim of the current study was to explore relative age's influence on physical and motor tests among fourth grade children (9 to 10 years) from Germany. Data from 1218 children (49% female) who had performed the German Motor Ability Test (Bös et al., 2009) were analysed. The test battery, which was comprised of physical and motor tests, included…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Age Differences, Grade 4, Elementary School Students
Evaluation of Telephone Health Coaching of German Health Insurants with Chronic Conditions
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Härter, Martin; Dwinger, Sarah; Seebauer, Laura; Simon, Daniela; Herbarth, Lutz; Siegmund-Schultze, Elisabeth; Temmert, Daniel; Bermejo, Isaac; Dirmaier, Jörg – Health Education Journal, 2013
Objective: This study aimed to investigate how patients with chronic conditions evaluate telephone health coaching provided by their health insurance company. Methods: A retrospective survey was conducted among coaching participants ("n" = 834). Outcomes included the general evaluation of the coaching, the evaluation of process and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Patients, Chronic Illness, Age Differences
Foundations of an Age-Differentiated Adaptation of the Human-Computer Interface
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Schneider, N.; Schreiber, S.; Wilkes, J.; Grandt, M.; Schlick, C. M. – Behaviour & Information Technology, 2008
An important issue of the demographic change in the German population is the maintenance and promotion of the employability of aging workforces. However, there are hardly any suitable concepts or usable tools available to realize this goal. Possible approaches should push the individual strengths of the aging workers to the foreground and…
Descriptors: Computer Interfaces, Age Differences, Foreign Countries, Adults