NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Publication Type
Information Analyses49
Reports - Evaluative49
Journal Articles41
Books2
Speeches/Meeting Papers2
Opinion Papers1
Reports - Research1
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
Minnesota Multiphasic…1
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Showing 1 to 15 of 49 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Güroglu, Berna – Child Development Perspectives, 2022
Forming and maintaining friendships is one of the most important developmental tasks in adolescence. Supportive and high-quality friendships have been related to positive developmental outcomes and mental health, both concurrently and in the long term. Friendships also protect against negative effects of adverse experiences, such as peer…
Descriptors: Friendship, Interaction, Well Being, Neurosciences
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Andriopoulou, Panoraia; Prowse, Alicia – Teaching in Higher Education, 2020
While the interpersonal nature of the supervisory relationship in research degree supervision has been recognised and different models of supervisory styles have been developed, the research supervision literature has yet to acknowledge the relational individual differences and the relational dynamics that are at play within the…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Supervisor Supervisee Relationship, Higher Education, Clinical Experience
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Barbot, Baptiste; Lubart, Todd I.; Besançon, Maud – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2016
This article reviews developmental studies of creativity in children and adolescents with a focus on "peaks" and "slumps" that have often been described in the literature. The irregularity of the development of creativity is interpreted in light of conceptual and measurement issues and with regard to the interaction between…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Creativity, Child Development, Adolescent Development
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Preiss, David D.; Grau, Valeska; Ortiz, Dominga; Bernardino, Michelle – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2016
We review recent research about the development of creativity in South America focusing on studies of individual differences in creativity and educational and developmental studies of children and adolescents' creativity. Most South American researchers are influenced by mainstream psychometric approaches, although computational and cultural…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Creativity, Individual Differences, Children
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Kupers, Elisa; Lehmann-Wermser, Andreas; McPherson, Gary; van Geert, Paul – Review of Educational Research, 2019
Within education, the importance of creativity is recognized as an essential 21st-century skill. Based on this premise, the first aim of this article is to provide a theoretical integration through the development of a framework based on the principles of complex dynamic systems theory, which describes and explains children's creativity. This…
Descriptors: Children, Creativity, Child Development, Student Development
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Bolger, Donald J.; Mackey, Allyson P.; Wang, Min; Grigorenko, Elena L. – Educational Psychology Review, 2014
Critical-analytic thinking is typically conceived as a meta-construct that arises at the junction of a problem state (i.e., a situation that requires analysis that challenges previous assumptions) and an individual (i.e., an entity with the capacity to exercise critical-analytic thinking). With regard to the latter, there is a substantial body of…
Descriptors: Role, Individual Differences, Critical Thinking, Cognitive Processes
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Hald, Lea A.; de Nooijer, Jacqueline; van Gog, Tamara; Bekkering, Harold – Educational Psychology Review, 2016
The aim of this review is to consider how current vocabulary training methods could be optimized by considering recent scientific insights in how the brain represents conceptual knowledge. We outline the findings from several methods of vocabulary training. In each case, we consider how taking an embodied cognition perspective could impact word…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Reading Instruction, Teaching Methods, Evidence Based Practice
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Jensen, Mikael – Journal of Education and Learning, 2015
There has been an increased interest in personality traits (especially the five-factor model) in relation to education and learning over the last decade. Previous studies have shown a relation between personality traits and learning, and between personality traits and academic achievement. The latter is typically described in terms of Grade Point…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Academic Achievement, Learning, Grade Point Average
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Haaker, Jan; Golkar, Armita; Hermans, Dirk; Lonsdorf, Tina B. – Learning & Memory, 2014
In human research, studies of return of fear (ROF) phenomena, and reinstatement in particular, began only a decade ago and recently are more widely used, e.g., as outcome measures for fear/extinction memory manipulations (e.g., reconsolidation). As reinstatement research in humans is still in its infancy, providing an overview of its stability and…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Fear, Animals, Theories
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Burke, Penny Jane – Teaching in Higher Education, 2015
This article explores work published in "Teaching in Higher Education" that critically engages complex questions of difference and emotion in higher education pedagogies. It considers the ways that difference is connected to gender and misrecognition, and is experienced at the level of emotion, often through symbolic forms of violence…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, College Instruction, Gender Issues
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Spiegel, Amy M.; Sewal, Angila S.; Rapp, Peter R. – Learning & Memory, 2014
Epigenetic modifications of chromatin structure provide a mechanistic interface for gene-environment interactions that impact the individualization of health trajectories across the lifespan. A growing body of research indicates that dysfunctional epigenetic regulation contributes to poor cognitive outcomes among aged populations. Here we review…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Genetics, Environmental Influences, Interaction
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Chiang, Hsu-Min; Tsai, Luke Y.; Cheung, Ying Kuen; Brown, Alice; Li, Huacheng – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2014
A meta-analysis was performed to examine differences in IQ profiles between individuals with Asperger's disorder (AspD) and high-functioning autism (HFA). Fifty-two studies were included for this study. The results showed that (a) individuals with AspD had significantly higher full-scale IQ, verbal IQ (VIQ), and performance IQ (PIQ) than did…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Intelligence Quotient, Profiles, Asperger Syndrome
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Wyner, Lauren – Working Papers in TESOL & Applied Linguistics, 2014
Pragmatic competence is as an essential aspect of communicative competence. Does environment have an effect on developing pragmatic competence? Do levels of pragmatic competence differ between English as a second language (ESL) and English as a foreign language (EFL) students? Most studies have shown greater pragmatic awareness among ESL students…
Descriptors: Pragmatics, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Individual Differences
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Faucher, Chantal; Cassidy, Wanda; Jackson, Margaret – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2015
As research advances in the areas of bullying, cyberbullying, and harassment in various sectors, it is a useful endeavour to consider the connections between research studies conducted in what may appear to be parallel spheres. In this paper, we examine the similarities and differences between research on bullying, harassment, and especially…
Descriptors: Bullying, Computer Mediated Communication, Interpersonal Relationship, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Harkness, Allan R.; Finn, Jacob A.; McNulty, John L.; Shields, Susan M. – Psychological Assessment, 2012
The Personality Psychopathology-Five (PSY-5; Harkness & McNulty, 1994) is a model of individual differences relevant to adaptive functioning in both clinical and non-clinical populations. In this article, we review the development of the PSY-5 model (Harkness, 1992; Harkness & McNulty, 1994) and discuss the ways in which the PSY-5 model is…
Descriptors: Psychopathology, Adolescents, Mental Disorders, Personality Traits
Previous Page | Next Page »
Pages: 1  |  2  |  3  |  4