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Rankin, Peter Sheldon; Staton, Sally; Potia, Azhar Hussain; Houen, Sandy; Thorpe, Karen – Child Development, 2022
Observational studies comparing child outcomes in early care and education classrooms of differing quality are often confounded by between-child differences. A within-child design, tracking children across contexts, can identify the effects of quality with less confounding. An analysis of Australian children (N = 1128, mean age 5 years, 48%…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Early Childhood Education, Language Acquisition, Foreign Countries
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Booth, Julie L.; Siegler, Robert S. – Child Development, 2008
This study examined whether the quality of first graders' (mean age = 7.2 years) numerical magnitude representations is correlated with, predictive of, and causally related to their arithmetic learning. The children's pretest numerical magnitude representations were found to be correlated with their pretest arithmetic knowledge and to be…
Descriptors: Pretests Posttests, Achievement Tests, Short Term Memory, Mathematics Skills
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Wellman, Henry M.; Liu, David – Child Development, 2004
Two studies address the sequence of understandings evident in preschoolers' developing theory of mind. The first, preliminary study provides a meta-analysis of research comparing different types of mental state understandings (e.g., desires vs. beliefs, ignorance vs. false belief). The second, primary study tests a theory-of-mind scale for…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Preschool Children, Measurement Techniques, Mathematical Models
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Caughy, Margaret O'Brien; Nettles, Saundra Murray; O'Campo, Patricia J.; Lohrfink, Kimberly Fraleigh – Child Development, 2006
Differences in racial socialization practices and their effects were examined in a sample of 241 African American 1st graders (average age 6.59 years) living in an urban area. Child outcomes included cognitive development, receptive language skills, and child problem behavior. The cultural environment of the home was associated with higher…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Socialization, Racial Differences, Grade 1