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Direct linkAbdulhamit Karademir; Halil Alkan; Mehmet Canli – Early Child Development and Care, 2024
The aim of this study is to compare the neurological status, developmental parameters and physical fitness of children who engage in regular physical activity in the preschool period versus those who do not. The study included 305 healthy children aged 4-6 years, consisting of 154 girls and 151 boys. In addition to evaluating the demographic…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Physical Fitness, Physical Activity Level
Sigirtmac, Ayperi Dikici – Early Child Development and Care, 2012
Many studies propose that chess is a game requiring cognitive skills and has positive effects on mental development. In recent years, chess training has also been emphasised as important during the early childhood period. However, no studies have been done with six-year-old children. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether or not…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cognitive Development, Gender Differences, Games
Leyendeckera, Birgit; Jakel, Julia; Kademoglu, Sinem Olcay; Yagmurlu, Bilge – Early Child Development and Care, 2011
The present study aims to investigate the association between parenting behaviours, children's daily activities and their cognitive development. Participants were 52 Turkish-German and 65 German pre-school children and their mothers, who were matched in terms of education level (10-12 years of schooling). Children's cognitive skills were assessed…
Descriptors: Parenting Styles, Child Rearing, Parent Child Relationship, Immigrants
Diken, Ibrahim H. – Early Child Development and Care, 2009
Turkish mothers' self-efficacy beliefs and their interactional behaviors with their children with language delays are described and explored. Participants included 19 mother-child dyads. Mothers' interaction with their children with language delays was videotaped for 30 minutes in a free-play context. Regarding mothers' interactional behaviors,…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Communication, Delayed Speech, Mothers, Self Efficacy
Kabadayi, Abdulkadir – Early Child Development and Care, 2006
Language, as is known, is acquired under certain conditions: rapid and sequential brain maturation and cognitive development, the need to exchange information and to control others' actions, and an exposure to appropriate speech input. This research aims at analyzing preschoolers' overgeneralizations of the object labeling process in different…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cognitive Development, Internet, Generalization
Unusan, Nurhan; Sanlier, Nevin – Early Child Development and Care, 2007
Preschool education is extremely limited in Turkey, suggesting an absence of public recognition of its importance and a lack of state support. In the "VI. Five Years Development Plan," it was exposed that the target in preschool education could not be reached. Especially, regional differences played an important role. According to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, State Aid, Preschool Education, Risk
