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Influences of an Academically Oriented Preschool Curriculum on the Development of Children--Are There Negative Consequences for the Children's Socio-Emotional Competencies?
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Kluczniok, Katharina; Anders, Yvonne; Sechtig, Jutta; Rossbach, Hans-Guenther – Early Child Development and Care, 2016
As a result of public discussions regarding Germany's standing on international rankings of student achievement, increased attention was focused on enhancing cognitive stimulation in preschools. There are some concerns that preschool curricula that focus more on cognitive stimulation rather than on socio-emotional skills might neglect the…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Academic Education, Social Development, Emotional Development
Parenting Practices and Pre-Schoolers' Cognitive Skills in Turkish Immigrant and German Families
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Leyendeckera, Birgit; Jakel, Julia; Kademoglu, Sinem Olcay; Yagmurlu, Bilge – Early Child Development and Care, 2011
The present study aims to investigate the association between parenting behaviours, children's daily activities and their cognitive development. Participants were 52 Turkish-German and 65 German pre-school children and their mothers, who were matched in terms of education level (10-12 years of schooling). Children's cognitive skills were assessed…
Descriptors: Parenting Styles, Child Rearing, Parent Child Relationship, Immigrants
Parents' Training: Effects of the Self-Help Skills Programme with Down's Syndrome Babies
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Sanz, Maria Teresa; Menendez, Javier – Early Child Development and Care, 2010
This article reviews studies evaluating the effectiveness of two types of early intervention programmes for babies with Down's syndrome (DS). Evaluation of self-help early intervention programmes was done with two types of training with the parents: in the first the parents learned the training programme from observing the clinician, and in the…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Down Syndrome, Parent Education, Daily Living Skills
Two Generations of Maternal Alcohol Abuse: Impact on Cognitive Levels in Mothers and Their Children
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Dumaret, Annick-Camille; Cousin, Melanie; Titran, Maurice – Early Child Development and Care, 2010
Transgenerational effects of alcohol on mothers' and children's intellectual functioning has been examined in 22 families from very deprived environments. Their psychosocial outcomes and IQ level were evaluated in a follow-up study on average seven years after they left the support group of a day-care centre for young children; school data were…
Descriptors: Mothers, Alcoholism, Alcohol Abuse, Drinking
Developmental Changes in Children's Understandings of Intelligence and Thinking Skills
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Burke, Lynsey A.; Williams, Joanne M. – Early Child Development and Care, 2009
Research on children's concepts of intelligence has not considered how children conceptualise specific thinking skills. This study extends previous research on the development of children's concepts of intelligence and produces novel data on children's understandings of effective thinking and thinking skills. Seventy-five children were sampled…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Childhood Attitudes
Useful Early Childhood Assessment: Play-Based, Interviews and Multiple Intelligences.
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Lowenthal, Barbara – Early Child Development and Care, 1997
Describes three types of functional assessment of young children with special needs: play-based, family interviews, and the evaluation of multiple intelligences. Claims that all three types are useful for planning developmentally appropriate interventions and are positive because the emphasis is on the children's and their families' strengths…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education