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Children's Hypothetical Reasoning about Complex and Dynamic Systems
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Nyhout, Angela; Sweatman, Hilary; Ganea, Patricia A. – Child Development, 2023
Children's hypothetical reasoning about a complex and dynamic causal system was investigated. Predominantly White, middle-class 5- to 7-year-old children from the Greater Toronto Area learned about novel food chains and were asked to consider the effects of removing one species on the others. In Study 1 (N = 72; 36 females, 36 males; 2018),…
Descriptors: Childrens Attitudes, Thinking Skills, Causal Models, Systems Approach
A Complex Systems Network Approach to Quantifying Peer Effects: Evidence from Ghanaian Preprimary Classrooms
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Wolf, Sharon; Gonzalez Canche, Manuel S.; Coe, Kristen – Child Development, 2021
Research on classroom peer effects has focused nearly exclusively on high-income countries and on academic skills. Little is known about peer effects in low-income countries and whether effects differ under different educational environments (e.g., teacher-directed versus child-centered, conditions of concentrated advantage or disadvantage). Based…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Development, Peer Relationship, Low Income Groups
A Two-Generation Education Intervention and Children's Attendance in Head Start
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Sommer, Teresa Eckrich; Schneider, William; Chor, Elise; Sabol, Terri J.; Chase-Lansdale, P. Lindsay; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne; Yoshikawa, Hirokazu; Morris, Amanda; King, Christopher – Child Development, 2020
Two-generation human capital programs seek to promote the education of parents and children simultaneously. This study examines relations between family participation in Career"Advance," which recruits parents of Head Start children into a workforce training program, and children's Head Start attendance. The sample included 293 children…
Descriptors: Intervention, Attendance, Preschool Education, Disadvantaged Youth
Treadmill-Elicited Stepping in Seven-Month-Old Infants.
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Thelen, Esther – Child Development, 1986
Videotape recordings were made of the kick and step movements of six infants seven months of age, while they were in supine and upright positions on a stationary and moving treadmill. When placed on a moving treadmill, infants performed alternating stepping movements with many characteristics of mature walking. Implications are discussed. (RH)
Descriptors: Context Effect, Individual Development, Infant Behavior, Motor Reactions
A Longitudinal Study of Intralimb Coordination in the First Year of Independent Walking: A Dynamical Systems Analysis.
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Clark, Jane E.; Phillips, Sally J. – Child Development, 1993
Using a dynamic systems approach, examined the development of intralimb coordination over the first year of independent walking in three infants. Found that, in the first month of walking, there was much instability between the thigh and shank of the leg, but after three months infants appeared to have found an adult-like stable coordinative…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Developmental Stages, Infants
Early Intervention and Mediating Processes in Cognitive Performance of Children of Low-Income African American Families.
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Burchinal, Margaret R.; Campbell, Frances A.; Bryant, Donna M.; Wasik, Barbara H.; Ramey, Craig T. – Child Development, 1997
Examined influences on African-American children's cognitive development between 6 months and 8 years. Found that more optimal patterns of development were associated with intensive early educational child care, responsive home stimulation, and higher maternal IQ. Child care experiences were related to cognitive performance through enhancing…
Descriptors: Black Students, Blacks, Children, Cognitive Development