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Babik, Iryna; Galloway, James Cole; Lobo, Michele A. – Developmental Psychology, 2022
Early exploratory behaviors have been proposed to facilitate children's learning, impacting motor, cognitive, language, and social development. This study related the performance of behaviors used to explore oneself to behaviors used to explore objects, and then related both types of exploratory behaviors to motor, language, and cognitive measures…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Motor Development
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Emiddia Longobardi; Pietro Spataro; Martina CalabrĂ²; Matilde Brunetti; Mara Morelli; Fiorenzo Laghi – Early Child Development and Care, 2024
We report two studies that investigated the continuity and stability of maternal mind-mindedness (MM) across different times, contexts, and relationships, and also examined child communicative development in the second year of life. Three main findings emerged. First, the percentages of appropriate mind-related comments (AMRC) decreased between 16…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Mothers, Communication Skills, Toddlers
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Kaisa Harju; Mari Vuorisalo; Maiju Paananen; Niina Rutanen – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2024
This longitudinal multiple case study explores children's transitions within early childhood education and care (ECEC) in Finland. In ECEC children typically transition from one group or center to another. This study explores how physical, social and philosophical discontinuities and continuities constitute these transitions. Five focus children's…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Early Childhood Teachers, Preschool Children
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Alesi, Marianna; Pecoraro, Donatella; Pepi, Annamaria – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2019
Executive functioning (EF) is a key cognitive process for development. Little is known about EF in Kindergarten children at risk for developmental coordination disorder (DCD), despite this age being one of the most critical and intensive period of motor and cognitive development. In our investigation we compared EF in kindergarten children at risk…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Kindergarten, Young Children, At Risk Students