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Differentiation of Two Working Memory Tasks Normed on a Large U.S. Sample of Children 2-7 Years Old
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Cowan, Nelson – Child Development, 2021
The Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence, 4th ed. includes two measures of working memory normed on children 2;6-7;7. The present analyses of the typically developing children (N = 1,591, 812 female, 779 male, with an ethnic distribution approximating the United States) provide new, theoretically important information about these…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Intelligence Tests, Young Children, Short Term Memory
Cognitive Development Trajectories of Very Preterm and Typically Developing Children
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Mangin, Kathryn S.; Horwood, L. J.; Woodward, Lianne J. – Child Development, 2017
Cognitive impairment is common among children born very preterm (VPT), yet little is known about how this risk changes over time. To examine this issue, a regional cohort of 110 VPT (= 32 weeks gestation) and 113 full-term (FT) born children was prospectively assessed at ages 4, 6, 9, and 12 years using the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of…
Descriptors: Neurological Impairments, Cognitive Ability, Premature Infants, At Risk Persons
A Comparison of The Effects of Adoption, Restoration to the Natural Mother, and Continued Institutionalization on the Cognitive Development of Four-Year-Old Children
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Tizard, Barbara; Rees, Judith – Child Development, 1974
Descriptors: Adoption, Child Welfare, Cognitive Development, Disadvantaged Environment
The Mother-Child Relationship and Other Antecedents of Childhood Intelligence: A Causal Analysis.
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McGowan, Ronald J.; Johnson, Dale L. – Child Development, 1984
Tests causal models of verbal and performance IQ in 69 Mexican-American children of low socioeconomic status. Years of mother's education were correlated with IQ at 3 years and at 6 to 8 years, but traditional/nontraditional attitudes showed conflicting correlations over time. The adequacy of standarized IQ tests for this population is questioned.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Development, Ethnic Groups