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Catherine A. Bacos; Michael P. McCreery; Randall Boone – Journal of Special Education Technology, 2024
Recent findings from social attention research suggest direct engagement with others is a necessary condition for the social cognitive development of both autistic children and their typically developing peers. These findings come from studies that have used eye-tracking technology and paradigms for measuring social attention in naturalistic,…
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Biofeedback, Attention, Social Science Research
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Tobías-Lara, Maria Guadalupe; Gómez-Blancarte, Ana Luisa – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2019
As a contribution to the discussion on the assessment of informal inferential reasoning (IIR) and the transition from this to formal inferential reasoning (FIR), we present a review of research on how these two types of inferential reasoning have been conceptualized and assessed. Based on our review, we discuss the need to redefine the conceptions…
Descriptors: Logical Thinking, Cognitive Development, Student Evaluation, Differences
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Johnson, Mckenna – Infants and Young Children, 2021
This review addresses the question of how early access to sign language influences the development of deaf children with cochlear implants (CIs) by examining the literature surrounding the topic across the domains of spoken/written language development, cognitive development, and sociocultural development. Although research in the realm of…
Descriptors: Deafness, Assistive Technology, Sign Language, Language Acquisition
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Bozkurt, Gulay – Journal of Education and Practice, 2017
This article examines the literature associated with social constructivism. It discusses whether social constructivism succeeds in reconciling individual cognition with social teaching and learning practices. After reviewing the meaning of individual cognition and social constructivism, two views--Piaget and Vygotsky's--accounting for learning…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Mathematics Education, Cognitive Processes, Learning
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Wigger, J. Bradley – Religious Education, 2016
Theory-of-mind research has been carried out for over three decades, examining the ways children understand the minds of others--their perspectives, intentions, desires, and knowledge. Since the early 21st century, theory-of-mind studies have begun exploring the ways in which children think and reason about the minds--not only of ordinary, visible…
Descriptors: Theory of Mind, Children, Cognitive Development, Religious Education
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Howerton-Fox, Amanda; Falk, Jodi L. – Education Sciences, 2019
The purpose of this literature review is to present the arguments in support of conceptualizing deaf children as 'English Learners', to explore the educational implications of such conceptualizations, and to suggest directions for future inquiry. Three ways of interpreting the label 'English Learner' in relationship to deaf children are explored:…
Descriptors: Deafness, Children, English Language Learners, American Sign Language
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Segretin, M. Soledad; Hermida, M. Julia; Prats, Lucía M.; Fracchia, Carolina S.; Ruetti, Eliana; Lipina, Sebastián J. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2016
For at least eight decades, researchers have analyzed the association between childhood poverty and cognitive development in different societies worldwide, but few of such studies have been carried out in Latin America. The aim of the present paper is to systematically review the empirical studies that have analyzed the associations between…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, Poverty, Cognitive Development
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Stanley, Christopher T.; Stanley, Lauren H. K. – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2017
An individual's identity related to health is critically important in terms of the adoption and maintenance of health behaviors, and guides approaches to health change across the lifespan. This article presents a review of the literature and proposes a health socialization and health identity framework, which may be used to clarify challenges in…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Health Behavior, Socialization, Self Concept
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Siegler, Robert S.; Braithwaite, David W. – Grantee Submission, 2016
In this review, we attempt to integrate two crucial aspects of numerical development: learning the magnitudes of individual numbers and learning arithmetic. Numerical magnitude development involves gaining increasingly precise knowledge of increasing ranges and types of numbers: from non-symbolic to small symbolic numbers, from smaller to larger…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Numbers, Arithmetic, Fractions
Gottschalk, Francesca – OECD Publishing, 2019
Children in the 21st century are avid users of technology--more so than generations past. This rise in use has led to much attention on the consequences of technology use, and how this impacts children's brains and their socio-emotional, cognitive and physical development. Much of the research in these fields, especially brain-based research, is…
Descriptors: Influence of Technology, Children, Brain, Well Being
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Westby, Carol; Wilson, Deborah – Topics in Language Disorders, 2017
This review article starts with an overview of changing education paradigms and the literature on cognitive and linguistic relationships in imaginative play related to comprehension of oral and written texts. Strategies for developing the cognitive and linguistic foundations for text comprehension through play are described. A review of current…
Descriptors: Imagination, Play, Deafness, Hearing Impairments
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Keller, Monika – International Journal of Developmental Science, 2012
This review encompasses a time-span of about 50 years of research on morality and moral development. It discusses Kohlberg's (1984) work as a milestone that constituted the cognitive developmental viewpoint of morality and that dominated research for about three decades. In this paradigm the role of reasoning and deliberation was emphasized as the…
Descriptors: Developmental Psychology, Models, Moral Development, Cognitive Development
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Hilton, Caroline – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2017
Apert syndrome is a rare condition, with a birth prevalence of approximately one in 65,000. This article provides an up-to-date review of the literature on Apert syndrome from a variety of perspectives, ranging from surgical management to personal accounts. The purpose of the review is to provide a holistic description of the syndrome which should…
Descriptors: Genetic Disorders, Developmental Disabilities, Literature Reviews, Children
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Raith, Andreas – International Journal for Transformative Research, 2015
In Germany, all-day care and all-day schooling are currently increasing on a large-scale. The extended time children spend in educational institutions could potentially result in limited access to nature experience for children. On the other hand, it could equally create opportunities for informal nature experience if school playgrounds have a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Meta Analysis, Elementary Education, Playgrounds
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Dunphy-Lelii, Sarah; Hooley, Merrilyn; McGivern, Lisa; Guha, Ahona; Skouteris, Helen – Early Child Development and Care, 2014
Body image research with young children has typically examined their body satisfaction and overlooked developmental theories pertaining to their emergent body-knowledge. Though existing research suggests that preschoolers do demonstrate anti-fat attitudes and weight-related stigmatisation, body dissatisfaction can be difficult to assess in…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Human Body, Knowledge Level, Self Concept
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