NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 5 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Wojcik, Erica H.; Kandhadai, Padmapriya – Developmental Psychology, 2020
Between 6 and 9 years of age, children's free associations shift from syntagmatic to paradigmatic relationships. "Syntagmatic relations" are words that are syntactically adjacent, thematically related ("summer-vacation"), or both; "paradigmatic relations" are words from the same grammatical class, taxonomic category…
Descriptors: Association (Psychology), Young Children, Adults, Cognitive Development
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Lewicki, Käthe; Franze, Marco; Gottschling-Lang, Annika; Hoffmann, Wolfgang – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2018
The general gender discourse has currently revealed gender gaps as early as at preschool age. To analyze developmental differences between boys and girls in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, n = 4,251 preschoolers aged 48-83 months were examined by means of the 'Dortmund Developmental Screening for Preschools 3-6' (DESK 3-6). Using the…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Individual Development, Preschool Children, Gender Differences
Ozkul, Pavla – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Educating for global competence is vital if college graduates are to thrive in today's technology driven and globally competitive world. One strategy for introducing students to unknown cultures and gaining important life skills is participation in a study abroad experience. The purpose of this exploratory quasi-experimental research design study…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Business Administration Education, Global Approach, Cultural Awareness
Sax, Leonard – Educational Horizons, 2006
In this article, the author discusses several research reports demonstrating the existence of sex differences in cognitive function and language skills. Although dozens of studies published in the past five years have demonstrated dramatic sex differences in autonomic function, the educational literature has not emphasized those studies and their…
Descriptors: Sex Stereotypes, Language Skills, Gender Differences, Single Sex Schools
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Reinecke, Mark A.; Simons, Anne – Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 2005
A range of factors, including early experience, parent-child interaction patterns, biological factors, and life events, have been associated with the development of depression among adolescents. Relations between early experience, attachment insecurity, and later depression may be mediated by failures to develop adaptive social skills, the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Early Experience, Gender Differences, Depression (Psychology)