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Story Recall in Kindergarten Children: Effect of Method of Presentation on Psycholinguistic Performance
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Blank, Marion; Frank, Sheldon M. – Child Development, 1971
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Intelligence, Kindergarten Children, Linguistic Performance
Learning To Make Good Decisions: A Self-Regulation Perspective.
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Byrnes, James P.; Miller, David C.; Reynolds, Marianne – Child Development, 1999
Two studies determined the extent to which feedback could improve eighth graders' and adults' decision-making. Results showed that neither benefited from verbal feedback in choosing between easy and hard questions to earn points. Adults benefited more than adolescents from outcome feedback. Adults also benefited more than adolescents in context of…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Decision Making
The Relationship Between Children's Academic Performance and Achievement Accountability
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Clifford, Margaret M.; Cleary, T. Anne – Child Development, 1972
Purpose of the study is to examine relationships between internality and achievement-related variables in a performance situation where students determine the difficulty level at which they desire to work. (Authors)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary School Students, Intelligence, Performance Factors
Early Malnutrition and Child Neurobehavioral Development: Insights from the Study of Children of Diabetic Mothers.
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Rizzo, Thomas A.; And Others – Child Development, 1997
Studied whether disturbances in mothers' metabolism (N=139) during pregnancy may exert long-range effects on neurobehavioral development of singleton progeny. Examined detailed pregnancy and perinatal records of mothers who experienced diabetes in pregnancy and intelligence tests of their offspring, administered at ages 7 to 11 years. All…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
Planar Asymmetry Tips the Phonological Playground and Environment Raises the Bar.
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Eckert, Mark A.; Lombardino, Linda J.; Leonard, Christiana M. – Child Development, 2001
Examined the contribution of biological and environmental variables to 11-year-olds' phonological development. Found that temporal lobe (planar) asymmetry, hand preference, family history of reading disability, and SES explained over half the variance in phonological and verbal performance, demonstrating a linear association between cerebral…
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Brain, Children, Environmental Influences