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Lara, Karen Hjortsvang; Kramer, Hannah J.; Lagattuta, Kristin Hansen – Developmental Psychology, 2021
We examined the influence of prior expectations on 4- to 10-year-olds' and adults' preferences and emotions following an undesirable outcome (N = 205; 49% female, 51% male; 6% Asian, 1% Black, 13% Hispanic/Latino [non-White], 57% White, 18% multiracial, and 5% another race/ethnicity; 75% with a college-educated parent). Participants attempted to…
Descriptors: Expectation, Preferences, Emotional Response, Psychological Patterns
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Sims, Riley N.; Rizzo, Michael T.; Mulvey, Kelly Lynn; Killen, Melanie – Developmental Psychology, 2022
This study investigated the role of children's gender stereotypes and peer playmate experiences in shaping their desire to play with peers who hold counterstereotypical preferences (e.g., a boy who likes dolls or a girl who likes trucks). Children (N = 95; 46 girls, 49 boys; 67% White, 18% Black, 8% Latinx, 4% Asian, 3% other; median household…
Descriptors: Sex Stereotypes, Peer Relationship, Young Children, Toys
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DeJesus, Jasmine M.; Gelman, Susan A.; Lumeng, Julie C. – Developmental Psychology, 2022
Although children frequently engage in creative activities (in which they make foods and objects by hand), the development and scope of children's thinking about handmade items is largely unexplored. In the present studies, we examined whether 4- to 12-year-old children at a local children's museum (54% girls, 46% boys; 51% White, 11% Asian/Asian…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Preadolescents, Museums, Value Judgment
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Schroeder, Shawnda; Baker, Mary; Terras, Katherine; Mahar, Patti; Chiasson, Kari – Online Learning, 2016
This study examined graduate students' desired and experienced levels of connectivity in an online, asynchronous distance degree program. Connectivity was conceptualized as the students' feelings of community and involvement, not their level of access to the Internet. Graduate students enrolled in a distance degree program were surveyed on both…
Descriptors: Asynchronous Communication, Online Courses, Distance Education, Preferences
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Nakic, Jelena; Granic, Andrina; Glavinic, Vlado – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2015
This study brings an evidence-based review of user individual characteristics employed as sources of adaptation in recent adaptive learning systems. Twenty-two user individual characteristics were explored in a systematically designed search procedure, while 17 of them were identified as sources of adaptation in final selection. The content…
Descriptors: Individual Characteristics, Cognitive Ability, Educational Technology, Web Based Instruction
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NORDSCI, 2021
This volume includes three sections of the 2021 NORDSCI international conference proceedings: (1) Education and Educational Research; (2) Language and Linguistics; and (3) Sociology and Healthcare. Education and Educational Research includes 15 papers covering the full spectrum of education, including history, sociology and economy of education,…
Descriptors: Teacher Competencies, Preservice Teachers, Lesson Plans, Design