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Cognitive Flexibility and Academic Performance of Children in Care and Children from a Community Sample: The Contrasting Mediator Effect of Task Persistence
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Sousa, Mariana; Moreira, Célia Sofia; Cruz, Orlanda; Cruz, Sara – Educational and Developmental Psychologist, 2023
Objective: This study investigated the role of cognitive flexibility and temperament as predictors of academic performance, in children in care and children from a community sample, longitudinally. Also, it examined the mediating role of child's temperament in the relationship between cognitive flexibility and academic performance, as well as…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Residential Care, Personality, Children
Irony Comprehension in Children with Cochlear Implants: The Role of Language Competence, Theory of Mind, and Prosody Recognition
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Panzeri, Francesca; Cavicchiolo, Sara; Giustolisi, Beatrice; Di Berardino, Federica; Ajmone, Paola Francesca; Vizziello, Paola; Donnini, Veronica; Zanetti, Diego – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2021
Purpose: Aims of this research were (a) to investigate higher order linguistic and cognitive skills of Italian children with cochlear implants (CIs); (b) to correlate them with the comprehension of irony, which has never been systematically studied in this population; and (c) to identify the factors that facilitate the development of this…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Children, Hearing Impairments, Cognitive Ability
The Use of Technology in the Promotion of Children's Emotional Intelligence: The Multimedia Program "Developing Emotional Intelligence"
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D'Amico, Antonella – International Journal of Emotional Education, 2018
"Developing Emotional Intelligence" is an Italian language multimedia tool created for children between 8 and 12 years of age. The software is based on the four 'branches' of model of emotional intelligence proposed by Mayer and Salovey and aims to evaluate and improve abilities in perception of emotions; using emotion to facilitate…
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Multimedia Instruction