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Qi Guo; Charles R. Graham; Jered Borup; Bobbie Sandberg; Richard E. West – Distance Education, 2024
This research seeks to understand parental support for online students. Using a survey, this study examined perceptions from 567 parents from eight online K-12 programs in a Midwestern state regarding their support for students' online affective, behavioral, and cognitive engagement. Guided by the Academic Communities of Engagement Framework, our…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Online Courses, Barriers, Elementary Secondary Education
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Serrien, Deborah J.; Sovijärvi-Spapé, Michiel M.; Rana, Gita – Developmental Psychology, 2014
Manual dexterity is known to gradually progress with developmental age. In this study, we evaluate the performance of unimanual and bimanual actions under perturbed and unperturbed conditions in children between 4 and 10 years of age. Behavior was assessed by means of trajectory measurements and degree of bimanual coupling. The results showed that…
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Motor Development, Young Children, Age Differences
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de Boer, Anke; Timmerman, Marieke; Pijl, Sip Jan; Minnaert, Alexander – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2012
In many countries, there has been a development towards the inclusion of students with special educational needs in regular education. Over the past decade, this has resulted in an increased interest in attitudes towards this educational change of those directly involved. This current study aims at the development, psychometric evaluation, and…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Questionnaires, Educational Change, Psychometrics
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Jarvinen-Pasley, Anna; Adolphs, Ralph; Yam, Anna; Hill, Kiley J.; Grichanik, Mark; Reilly, Judy; Mills, Debra; Reiss, Allan L.; Korenberg, Julie R.; Bellugi, Ursula – Neuropsychologia, 2010
A frequently noted but largely anecdotal behavioral observation in Williams syndrome (WS) is an increased tendency to approach strangers, yet the basis for this behavior remains unknown. We examined the relationship between affect identification ability and affiliative behavior in participants with WS relative to a neurotypical comparison group.…
Descriptors: Social Behavior, Identification, Social Cognition, Statistical Significance
Bishop, Doyle W.; Chace, Charles A. – 1969
Parents differing along a concreteness-abstractness dimension of conceptual development, as defined by the model of Harvey, Hunt, and Schroder, described their attitudes and practices regarding their children's home play environment. This was done using structured questionnaires. Potential creativity of the 3- and 4-year-old children themselves…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Processes, Creative Development, Creative Expression