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Moh'd Shoqeirat; Ahmed Almatarneh; Mohammad Alkhawaldeh; Mamduh Alzaben; Salwa Al Majali; Abdulnaser Algaralleh – Journal of Social Studies Education Research, 2023
Wisdom, well-being, and resilience are essential for individuals to effectively cope with life's adversities. This study aims to examine the relationship between wisdom, well-being, and resilience within a sample of 223 participants (60 males and 163 females) aged between 18 and 65 years. Moreover, gender, age, and marital status were examined in…
Descriptors: Well Being, Resilience (Psychology), Sex, Age
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Wang, Tengfei; Ren, Xuezhu; Schweizer, Karl; Xu, Fen – Educational Psychology, 2016
The current research investigated the variability of school effects on intelligence development in considering two economically and socially distinct groups of children. The data came from a nationally representative sample of primary school children from urban and rural areas of China. Two standardised reasoning tests were used to assess fluid…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intellectual Development, Elementary School Students, Student Development
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Rosen, Lauren; Arva, Julianna; Furumasu, Jan; Harris, Michele; Lange, Michelle L.; McCarthy, Elisabeth; Kermoian, Rosanne; Pinkerton, Heather; Plummer, Teresa; Roos, Jodi; Sabet, Andrina; Vander Schaaf, Paula; Wonsettler, Terri – Assistive Technology, 2009
This document, approved by the Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA) Board of Directors in March 2007, shares typical clinical applications and provides evidence from the literature supporting the use of power wheelchairs for children. It is RESNA's position that age, limited vision or cognition,…
Descriptors: Children, Assistive Technology, Physical Mobility, Attitudes
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Gentile, Lance M.; McMillan, Merna – Educational Gerontology, 1979
Describes a model reading program for the elderly. The program encourages the aged to revive dormant interests and explore new vistas as major prerequisites to personal fulfillment. The goal was to identify an instructional plan that motivates the elderly to seek intellectual, physical, or spiritual renewal through reading-related exercises.…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, Age, Bibliographies, Cognitive Development
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Nelson, David J. – Journal of Research in Music Education, 1984
Twenty Suzuki violin students between four and eight years old were individually administered an author-designed rhythmic task and a series of standardized tasks that measured area and length conservation. The students' prior training was found to be less of a factor in rhythmic conservation than were age and area-length conservation. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Age, Age Differences, Developmental Stages, Educational Research
Wadsworth, Barry – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 1981
Refutes six common misconceptions about Piaget's theories, including their educational implications; Piaget's position on heredity v environment; and the relationships between developmental stages, age, and brain growth spurts. Condensed from "Impact on Instructional Improvement", Winter 1981, p7-11. (SJL)
Descriptors: Age, Child Development, Developmental Stages, Elementary Education
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Layton, Thomas L.; Stick, Sheldon L. – Journal of Child Language, 1979
Ten objects were used to assess comprehension, production, and imitation of comparative and superlative suffixes in 100 children ranging in age from two years, six months, to four years, six months. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Adjectives, Adverbs, Age, Child Language
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Wilson, Barbara A. – Delta Pi Epsilon Journal, 1995
The Learning Environmental Preferences instrument was completed by 60 technical college instructors. A significant relationship was found between intellectual development and years of education; females scored higher than males. No relationship was found between intellectual development and age, teaching experience, or supervisory experience. (SK)
Descriptors: Age, College Faculty, Educational Attainment, Intellectual Development
Mangan, Katherine S. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1988
Colleges are both concerned about the effects of lifting the mandatory faculty retirement lid and interested in retaining the services of valued faculty. As a result, many are offering retiring teachers perquisites such as office and laboratory space, secretarial services, and opportunities to teach and advise part-time. (MSE)
Descriptors: Age, College Faculty, Faculty College Relationship, Higher Education
Mooney, Craig M. – Canadian Counsellor, 1980
Psychological aspects of aging, based on gerontological hypotheses and research, are presented under three headings: intellectual abilities; emotional capacities; and motor capabilities. Consequences are discussed. Well-being throughout life depends on fulfillment of fundamental human needs; existential needs for nourishment, stimulation, rest,…
Descriptors: Age, Aging (Individuals), Developmental Stages, Emotional Development
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Corkum, Valerie; Dunham, Philip – Journal of Child Language, 1996
Examines the CDI-WORDS Short Form vocabulary checklist as an index of language production. The study focuses on the associations between this short form and directly observed measures of lexical production; the associations between short-form checklists administered at different ages; the predictive associations between short form scores and…
Descriptors: Age, Associative Learning, Child Language, Intellectual Development
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Andrich, David; Styles, Irene – Journal of Early Adolescence, 1994
Examined quantitative evidence of an intellectual growth spurt during early adolescence by combining modern psychometric modeling, computerized testing with the Raven progressive matrices, and longitudinal socioeconomic and educational backgrounds. Found that gender difference was not significant. Notes the impact of this evidence on educational…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Age, Body Height