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Reichle, Erik D.; Liversedge, Simon P.; Drieghe, Denis; Blythe, Hazel I.; Joseph, Holly S. S. L.; White, Sarah J.; Rayner, Keith – Developmental Review, 2013
Compared to skilled adult readers, children typically make more fixations that are longer in duration, shorter saccades, and more regressions, thus reading more slowly (Blythe & Joseph, 2011). Recent attempts to understand the reasons for these differences have discovered some similarities (e.g., children and adults target their saccades…
Descriptors: Child Development, Eye Movements, Reading Skills, Adults
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Salthouse, Timothy A.; Davis, Hasker P. – Developmental Review, 2006
Data from over 3400 individuals ranging from 5 to 93 years of age were analyzed to investigate the structural organization of cognitive variables, and to use that structure to examine relations between cognitive abilities and neuropsychological variables. The results indicated that the variables could be organized into the same cognitive ability…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Neuropsychology, Cognitive Development, Psychometrics
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Newman, Richard S. – Developmental Review, 2000
Maintains that adaptive help seeking exemplifies how elementary- and middle-school students regulate their own learning and intellectual development. Discusses how parents, teachers, and peers contribute to the development of children's skills and attitudes associated with adaptive help seeking. Traces early help-seeking behaviors in the home and…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Age Differences, Child Behavior, Child Development