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Motor Atypicalities in Infancy Are Associated with General Developmental Level at 2 Years, but Not Autistic Symptoms
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Achermann, Sheila; Nyström, Pär; Bölte, Sven; Falck-Ytter, Terje – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2020
Atypical motor development has frequently been reported in infants at elevated likelihood for autism spectrum disorder. However, no previous study has used detailed motion capture technology to compare infant siblings of children with autism spectrum disorder and infant siblings with no familial history of autism spectrum disorder. We investigated…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Infants, Toddlers
Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders Who Do Not Develop Phrase Speech in the Preschool Years
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Norrelgen, Fritjof; Fernell, Elisabeth; Eriksson, Mats; Hedvall, Asa; Persson, Clara; Sjölin, Maria; Gillberg, Christopher; Kjellmer, Liselotte – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2015
There is uncertainty about the proportion of children with autism spectrum disorders who do not develop phrase speech during the preschool years. The main purpose of this study was to examine this ratio in a population-based community sample of children. The cohort consisted of 165 children (141 boys, 24 girls) with autism spectrum disorders aged…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Preschool Children, Speech Skills
Creativity in Middle and Late School Years.
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Smith, Gudmund; Carlsson, Ingegerd – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1985
This study tested 142 youth 12 through 16 years of age with a special percept-genetic creativity test, a creativity-fantasy scale, and a percept-genetic personality test. Creativity was defined as the inclination to transgress the confines of an established perceptual context. Results are discussed and the development of creativity from preschool…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Anxiety, Children
Distributive Justice Development: Cross-Cultural, Contextual, and Longitudinal Evaluations.
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Enright, Robert D.; And Others – Child Development, 1984
Study One examined Swedish and American children's understanding of what constitutes fair criteria for the distribution of goods (i.e., distributive justice). Study Two compared children's distributive justice in family and peer contexts, and Study Three attempted a longitudinal assessment of distributive justice reasoning in two different…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Development, Context Effect
Examining Swedish Profit and Nonprofit Child Care: The Relationships between Adult-to-Child Ratio, Age Composition in Child Care Classes, Teaching and Children's Social and Cognitive Achievements.
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Sundell, Knut – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2000
Investigated effects of program auspice (nonprofit versus profit child care), adult-to-child ratios, and class age span on teaching and on preschoolers' social and cognitive development. Found that age, gender, social background, and age span were significant predictors of children's social and cognitive development; adult-to-child ratio and…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Age Groups, Caregiver Child Relationship, Cognitive Development
Learning in the Learner's Perspective. II. Differences in Awareness. No. 77.
Saljo, Roger – 1979
Interview data on the learning experiences and techniques of 90 Swedish teenagers and adults were further analyzed to explore changes in views on learning reported by the subjects themselves, and differences between subjects with respect to age (range 15-73) and formal education (range 6-17 years). Some subjects equated knowledge with discrete…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Adults, Age Differences, Cognitive Development
A Developmental Comparison Between Preschool and Middle School Social Problem Solving in Two Countries.
Lundsteen, Sara W. – 1981
Several studies were conducted to investigate the nature and development of creative social problem solving among older and younger children in Sweden and the United States. First, the behaviors of older children were investigated formally in a large-scale experimental study of California 10-year-olds. Results indicated that children receiving…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Style, Comparative Analysis