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Eliza L. Congdon – Child Development, 2024
Why is instructional gesture ineffective in some contexts? And what is it about learners that predicts whether they will learn from gestures? This between-subjects linear measurement training study compares gesture instruction to two controls--operant action and transient action--in a diverse sample of first-grade students (N = 174, M[subscript…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Short Term Memory, Nonverbal Communication, Grade 1
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Ruddy, Margaret G.; Bornstein, Marc H. – Child Development, 1982
Investigates the predictability of cognitive differences at 12 months from infant and maternal behaviors at 4 months. Overall, the results show that some individual differences in cognition may be predictable across the first year of life. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Individual Differences, Infant Behavior, Object Manipulation
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Henderson, Bruce; Moore, Shirley G. – Child Development, 1980
Investigates the exploratory behavior of young children as it relates to individual differences in curiosity, the novelty of the objects explored, and the interactive style employed by an adult experimenter. (Author/MP)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Curiosity, Discovery Learning