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Download full textWeisgram, Erica S. – American Journal of Play, 2019
The author discusses gender differences in children's play and its relation to the programs of "Sesame Street," which for fifty years has sought to enhance children's physical, cognitive, and social development through playful learning. Gender differences in children's play, she asserts, are vast, and she notes that, consequently, boys…
Descriptors: Sex Stereotypes, Toys, Gender Differences, Play
Direct linkPavlova, Marina A.; Krageloh-Mann, Ingeborg – Brain, 2013
Brain lesions to the white matter in peritrigonal regions, periventricular leukomalacia, in children who were born prematurely represent an important model for studying limitations on brain development. The lesional pattern is of early origin and bilateral, that constrains the compensatory potential of the brain. We suggest that (i) topography and…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Social Cognition, Topography, Cerebral Palsy
Halpern-Felsher, Bonnie – Prevention Researcher, 2009
An important developmental task during adolescence is learning to make decisions, experiencing the related positive and negative consequences, and learning from these outcomes. However, a youth's ability to make competent decisions is sometimes called into question because adolescence is also often a time of engagement in risky behaviors. This…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Decision Making, Models, Health Behavior
Bonomo, Virginia – Educational Horizons, 2010
Research indicates that gender influences how children learn. Those findings do not necessarily mean that boys learn one way and girls another. Still, there are significant differences with respect to gender and how our brains develop. Researchers have found that no single area of development influences those gender differences: rather, a…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Females, Brain, Gender Differences
Tobin, Desiree D.; Menon, Meenakshi; Menon, Madhavi; Spatta, Brooke C.; Hodges, Ernest V. E.; Perry, David G. – Psychological Review, 2010
This article outlines a model of the structure and the dynamics of gender cognition in childhood. The model incorporates 3 hypotheses featured in different contemporary theories of childhood gender cognition and unites them under a single theoretical framework. Adapted from Greenwald et al. (2002), the model distinguishes three constructs: gender…
Descriptors: Sex Stereotypes, Children, Sexual Identity, Socialization
Reinecke, Mark A.; Simons, Anne – Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 2005
A range of factors, including early experience, parent-child interaction patterns, biological factors, and life events, have been associated with the development of depression among adolescents. Relations between early experience, attachment insecurity, and later depression may be mediated by failures to develop adaptive social skills, the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Early Experience, Gender Differences, Depression (Psychology)
