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Xinyue Yang; Mohd Nazri Abdul Rahman; Yansong Sun – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2025
Early childhood education (ECE) is vital for children's development, especially from birth to age five. Yet, there remains significant variation in teachers' qualifications across different settings and countries. While previous research suggests that teachers' qualifications may influence children's development outcomes in early childhood…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Early Childhood Teachers, Teacher Qualifications, Child Development
Natnael Terefe Arega; Tigist Shiferaw Hunde – Review of Education, 2025
Constructivist instructional approaches have gained significant popularity in education as educators seek to create more engaging and effective learning environments. However, the effectiveness of these approaches in promoting student learning remains a subject of debate. This systematic review aims to synthesise existing evaluation-based research…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Development, Instructional Development
Rahime Çiçek – Online Submission, 2024
Subtizing emerges at an early age, but it further develops when supported. In parallel, research has shown that it supports other cognitive skills along with early math skills. For this reason, it is important to identify studies in the literature to determine the subitizing levels of preschool children and provide example practices to help…
Descriptors: Bibliometrics, Citations (References), Foreign Countries, Databases
Jaysveree Louw; Heidi Claassens – Journal of Education and Learning, 2025
This theoretical article examines the crucial role of play-based learning (PBL) in enhancing the mathematical skills of children in the Early Childhood Phase, referred to as Foundation Phase (Grade R-3) learners, within a South African context. The article argues that the traditional approach to teaching early childhood mathematics, where teachers…
Descriptors: Play, Mathematics Skills, Early Childhood Education, Teaching Methods
Rene Schmidt; Britta Stumpe – Review of Education, 2025
Augmented reality (AR) as a mobile educational technology enables self-directed and interactive learning by anchoring multimedia-enhanced three-dimensional (3D) content at selected locations. Numerous systematic and meta-reviews for education, specifically for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), have demonstrated a wide range…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Geography Instruction, STEM Education, Computer Simulation
Sella, Enrico; Bolognesi, Monica; Bergamini, Emma; Mason, Lucia; Pazzaglia, Francesca – Educational Psychology Review, 2023
Forest school is a form of outdoor learning that takes children into regular and repeated learning experiences in natural settings. Being based on a comprehensive experience with nature, it is assumed to be beneficial for learning and to promote restorative effects on cognitive and emotional function in preschool children. This review aimed to…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Outdoor Education, Preschool Children, Literature Reviews
Angelica Alonso; S. Alexa McDorman; Rachel R. Romeo – Child Development Perspectives, 2024
It is well established that parent-child dyadic synchrony (e.g., mutual emotions, behaviors) can support development across cognitive and socioemotional domains. The advent of simultaneous two-brain "hyperscanning" (i.e., measuring the brain activity of two individuals at the same time) allows further insight into dyadic "neural…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Child Development, Nonverbal Communication
Wanjiang Zhou; Pablo Saiz-González; Ronny Rodriguez Aragon; Kaitlyn Adams; Zan Gao – Quest, 2024
This systematic review synthesized current literature regarding the effect of physical activity (PA) interventions on brain structure (BS) and brain function (BF) in healthy children. This review followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews protocols and used the Rayyan web for data extraction. Eleven experimental studies were…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Intervention, Cognitive Structures, Brain
Zuokun Li; Pey Tee Oon – International Journal of STEM Education, 2024
Background: Integrating computational thinking (CT) into STEM education has recently drawn significant attention, strengthened by the premise that CT and STEM are mutually reinforcing. Previous CT-STEM studies have examined theoretical interpretations, instructional strategies, and assessment targets. However, few have endeavored to delineate the…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, STEM Education, Mental Computation, Cognitive Development
Tamika N. Smith; Cindy Ann Kilgo – Journal of College Student Development, 2024
Undergraduate research is a way for students with minoritized racial identities to engage in a high-impact practice that increases their critical thinking, writing, and communication skills as well as their academic aspirations and retention (Bowman & Holmes, 2018). For racially minoritized students, the role of race is a critical component…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Research, Minority Group Students, Skill Development
Efsun Birtwistle; Olga Chernikova; Miriam Wünsch; Frank Niklas – SAGE Open, 2025
We investigated the effect of cognitive training of executive functions on children's cognitive outcomes. To address this issue, a systematic meta-analysis of published research articles on cognitive training interventions was performed considering children's age, training duration, -procedure, and -technology in moderator analyses. The results (N…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, Executive Function
Lise Andersen Réol – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2024
This umbrella review addresses the relation between physical activity (PA) for children and youth with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and positive outcomes. A systematic literature search in Medline, PsychInfo, and ERIC revealed 338 records, and 20 review articles were included in the analysis. The review articles referred to 130…
Descriptors: Physical Activity Level, Children, Youth, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Antar, Rafi – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2023
The following article is a thorough literature review, discussing the impact of media technology on brain development in the context of magical thinking. This systematic literature review discusses the impact of video gaming on magical thinking in early childhood. The purpose of this paper is to shed light on how media technology, especially video…
Descriptors: Video Games, Cognitive Processes, Fantasy, Young Children
Mehmet Basaran; Sermin Metin; Ömer Faruk Vural – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
The growing significance of coding in 21st-century early childhood education extends beyond technical proficiency, encompassing cognitive development, problem-solving, and creativity. Coding is being integrated globally into educational curricula to prepare students for the digital era. This research examines coding's potential impact on cognitive…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Coding, 21st Century Skills, Social Emotional Learning
Marianne Nikolov; Jelena Mihaljevic Djigunovic – Language Teaching, 2023
This article offers insights into trends found in 74 empirical studies on teaching and learning a foreign language (FL) in pre-primary schools in 25 countries. The emerging picture is like that of primary-school programs: most are implemented in English, mostly owing to parents' enthusiasm rather than evidence on long term FL benefits. Researchers…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Preschool Children, Preschool Education