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Kimberly Dadisman; Andre Nickow; Philip Oreopoulos – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2024
Parenting is widely considered to be among the most important influences on early childhood (EC) development. But to what extent and under what circumstances can EC parenting programs improve child learning outcomes? While substantial progress has been made toward addressing these questions in recent years, there have been few attempts to…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Young Children, Child Development, Parent Education
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Muñez, David; Bull, Rebecca; Lee, Kerry – Developmental Science, 2022
In this study (n = 1000, M[subscript age at K1entry] = 53.4 months, SD = 3.4; 53% females), we investigated the contributions of the family socioeconomic status (SES; maternal education and an income-related measure) and number and age of siblings to the development of children's math, reading, and working memory (WM) updating skills over the…
Descriptors: Mothers, Parent Education, Siblings, Cognitive Development
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Elizabeth B. Miller; Katherine A. Hails; Caitlin F. Canfield; Pamela A. Morris-Perez; Daniel S. Shaw; Alan L. Mendelsohn; Rachel S. Gross – Grantee Submission, 2024
Objective: To examine associations between cognitive stimulation in the home at 6 months and maternal feeding styles at 24 months, direct intervention effects of Smart Beginnings (SB) on feeding styles, and potential indirect effects of SB on feeding styles via earlier intervention effects on cognitive stimulation. Methods: Single-blind, two-site…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Infants, Mothers, Nutrition
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Ugur-Erdogmus, Feray – Participatory Educational Research, 2021
Robotic education is a popular topic in recent years. There are robotic education courses from pre-K to K-12 and these courses claim that they support STEM education. However, the teacher's perception of these activities and needs for this education is the missing part of the chain. The aim of this study to find out the perceptions and suggestions…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Kindergarten, Preschool Teachers, Teaching Methods
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Al-Onizat, Sabah Hasan Hamdan – Educational Research and Reviews, 2019
The aim of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of an educational program in improving the level of knowledge of parents about natural growth indicators in the development of children and determining the indicators which delay development in children from birth to three years old. The sample of the study consisted of 60 volunteers who…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Child Development, Developmental Delays, Young Children
Vera Marie Robinson – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Children are spending less time in nature, leading to a multitude of ramifications in all areas of development. Research has indicated that teachers play a key role in increasing time children spend in nature. The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to understand elementary teachers' perceptions of skills, benefits, and challenges of…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Outdoor Education, Environmental Education, Elementary School Teachers
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Demetrion, George – Adult Literacy Education, 2022
John Dewey's educational philosophy provides a compelling resource for empowering adult vocational education through a cultural vision, ultimately rooted in a view of social democracy as the creative task of lifelong learning before us. This is supported by Dewey's interpretation of knowledge construction in its varied cognitive, ethical, and…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Educational Philosophy, Adult Education, Democracy
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Stoppa, Tara M. – Journal of Moral Education, 2023
Social justice development is likely influenced by a range of contextual experiences. We examined the ways in which emerging adult students' experiences with families, peers, and religious congregations were associated with their own social justice outcomes. Participants (N = 288; 65.4% = women) completed a survey of social justice attitudes,…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Social Justice, Peer Influence, Family Attitudes
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Niblock, Jayna; Frolek Clark, Gloria; Crane Vos, Taylor; Lieberman, Deborah; Hunter, Elizabeth G. – Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools & Early Intervention, 2021
Aim: This article is the second part of a systematic review updates and broadens a previous systematic review (Frolek Clark & Schlabach, 2010) to examine the evidence for of interventions within the scope of occupational therapy practice to enhance cognitive and pre-academic development in young children with or without at-risk factors. This…
Descriptors: Occupational Therapy, Intervention, Preschool Children, At Risk Persons
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Luo, Renfu; Jia, Fang; Yue, Ai; Zhang, Linxiu; Lyu, Qijia; Shi, Yaojiang; Yang, Meredith; Medina, Alexis; Kotb, Sarah; Rozelle, Scott – Early Child Development and Care, 2019
This study aims to investigate the developmental status of rural Chinese children, the extent of interactive parenting they receive, and the relation between the two. A sample of 448 six to eighteen-month-old children and their caregivers were randomly selected from two rural counties in Hebei and Yunnan provinces. According the third edition of…
Descriptors: Parenting Styles, Child Development, Rural Areas, Foreign Countries
Andreas, Sarah – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The terms leadership and leader development are often used synonymously. However, there are different outcomes and needs associated with each type of development. Even with these differences, both types of developments may be needed to help individuals master leadership skills effectively. This study explored the critically formative processes and…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Cognitive Development, Adult Education, Self Concept
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Galinsky, Ellen; Bezos, Jackie; McClelland, Megan; Carlson, Stephanie M.; Zelazo, Philip D. – Child Development, 2017
Mind in the Making and Vroom are partner initiatives that exemplify a unique "civic science" approach to "bringing developmental science into the world." Mind in the Making offers families and professionals working with children 0-8 access to developmental research, by engaging them in an active process of professional…
Descriptors: Child Development, Scientific Research, Faculty Development, Outreach Programs
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Boucouvalas, Marcie – Adult Learning, 2016
As a foundation for discussing transpersonal adult development, the author traces her trajectory, involvement in, and contribution to the modern transpersonal movement and her introduction of it to the adult learning literature, beginning during the early 1980s. Highlighted are the transpersonal domain and a differentiation between transpersonal…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Learning, Individual Development, Educational Practices
National Center for Children in Poverty, 2019
Healthy social-emotional growth in infants and toddlers, also known as infant and early childhood mental health (IECMH), provides an essential foundation for early learning, school readiness, and long-term success. Social-emotional development is intertwined with cognitive development. This connection and its role in learning can be observed in…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Infants, Toddlers
Shaw, Julia Penn – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Are there developmental pathways for learning that provide continuity from early learning through adulthood with measurable intervals for assessment and with transitions for learning that are understandable, stable, identifiable, communicable, flexible, and affordable to implement? If so, what are the foundations for learning that enable students…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, STEM Education, Art Education, Learning Processes
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