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Bers, Marina Umaschi; Strawhacker, Amanda; Sullivan, Amanda – OECD Publishing, 2022
Computer programming and associated Computational Thinking (CT) skills are essential to thriving in today's academic and professional world. There has been a growing focus globally on fostering CT skills as well as on introducing computer programming concepts and languages beginning as early as kindergarten and pre-primary school. Tools,…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Computation, Critical Thinking, Early Experience
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Witt, Susan D. – Childhood Education, 2000
Examines young children's gender role development, focusing on the impact of television viewing. Maintains that role models and imitation are extremely influential factors shaping gender-typed behavior. Identifies gender bias in television programming, including music television and commercials, and discusses gender bias in children's television…
Descriptors: Child Development, Gender Issues, Observational Learning, Programming (Broadcast)
Chevallier, Eric; Mansour, Sylvie – Children in the Tropics, 1993
This booklet examines the influence of television on children and adolescents in developing and developed nations, reviewing research on television's relationship to child health and development. The first section reviews specific research on such variables as number of television sets in use, amount of time spent watching television, age, sex,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Development, Child Health, Children