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Direct linkPatrick Pieng; Lisa M. Weckbacher; Yukari Okamoto – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2025
The present study compared Japanese and U.S. preschool children's knowledge of geometric shapes. The main goal was to explore if differences in shape-naming conventions in Japanese and English could explain differences in children's understanding of geometric shapes. In ancient Chinese-based languages (e.g., Japanese), all standard 2D shapes…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Geometric Concepts
Norwich, Brahm; Ylonen, Annamari; Gwernan-Jones, Ruth – Research Papers in Education, 2014
The concept of moderate learning difficulties (MLD) is not clearly understood in its definition and in its general use. Nevertheless, as a distinct area of special educational needs (SEN) this category has constituted about a quarter of all of those pupils identified as having SEN in England. This paper reports the analysis of findings from an…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Severity (of Disability), Definitions, Disability Identification
Turgut, Guliz – Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 2013
The ranking of the United States in major international tests such as the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS), Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), and Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) is used as the driving force and rationale for the current educational reforms in the United…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Success, Educational Strategies, Educational Indicators
