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Ban, Midori; Uchiyama, Ichiro – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
Pretend play is important for children's development. However, recent research indicates that, as preschool children age and get more proficient at pretend play, they prefer real objects. We examined whether toddlers prefer real objects when they are younger as well as when they are older and more proficient in pretend play situations. Forty-three…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Toys, Play, Toddlers
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Yoshitaka Ishitani; Naomi Matsuura; Michio Hiratani; Masahiro Hirayama – Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal, 2024
This study investigates typing skill acquisition in Japanese children with developmental dyslexia (DD) and other developmental disorders (ADHD, ASD). Given that phonological processing difficulties impair reading and writing, typing may serve as an alternative skill for written expression. Sixty-one students (ages 7-18) participated in five typing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Skill Development, Dyslexia, Developmental Disabilities
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Kaji, Masanori; Ono, Yuta – Cogent Education, 2021
This study seeks to clarify the structure and characteristics of learners' successful experiences in elementary school physical education classes in Japan according to grade and sex. A questionnaire survey was administered to 1450 public elementary school students across Japan. An exploratory factor analysis revealed that successful experiences…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Physical Education, Student Experience
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Ramazan, M. Oya; Sakai, Aya – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2017
Spanning the vital temporal interval between birth and the elementary school education, the preschool period is one of the most critical times of human life due to its importance in the formation and nourishment of personality. Specifically the preschool education enables children to acquire and develop basic knowledge, skills and habits, thus…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mothers, Parent Attitudes, Skill Development
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Izumi-Taylor, Satomi; Ito, Yoko; Lin, Chia Hui; Lee, Yu-Yuan – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2014
Teachers' perspectives of play differ widely because of social and cultural influences that can be seen in their values and beliefs about play in different countries. In a global community, sharing educators' knowledge of play and their perspectives of how to educate children through the use of play would be appropriate and complementary in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Teacher Attitudes, Play, Children
Paccagnella, Marco – OECD Publishing, 2016
This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the link between age and proficiency in information-processing skills, based on information drawn from the Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC). The data reveal significant age-related differences in proficiencies, strongly suggesting that proficiency tends to "naturally" decline with age. Age…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Surveys, Adults, Age Differences
OECD Publishing, 2013
This first "OECD Skills Outlook" presents the initial results of the Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC), which evaluates the skills of adults in 22 OECD member countries and two partner countries. The PIAAC survey was designed to provide insights into the availability of some key skills and how they are used at work and at home through the…
Descriptors: International Studies, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Skill Analysis
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Shimada, Kazunori; Moriyama, Jun; Matsuura, Masashi – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2007
The purpose of this study is to analyze the structure of industrial high school students' self-concepts. The survey was conducted on 1,040 industrial high school students in Japan. A factor analysis was carried out, and five factors were identified: F1, attitude toward self-discipline; F2, attitude toward career development; F3, attitude toward…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries, Social Values, Skill Development
Tuijnman, Albert C., Ed.; Van Der Kamp, Max, Ed. – 1992
This book contains 15 papers on the following topics related to lifelong learning: lifespan development and education, capacity to learn in the lifespan, skills formation in the workplace, learning to learn in the lifespan, and implications for policy and practice. The following papers are included: "Learning for Life: New Ideas, New…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adults
Kresovich, Brant M. – Bulletin of College of Education University of the Ryukyus, 1989
Ten speaking and listening activities designed to improve the intercultural communication skills of intermediate and advanced learners of English are presented. The activities are based on seven goals of cultural instruction: (1) sense of culturally controlled behavior; (2) interaction of language and social variables such as gender, age, and…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Communication Skills