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Chaturvedi, Ramesh Kumar; Verma, Vishal; Mishra, Kushendra – Smart Learning Environments, 2022
The objective of this research paper is to check the difference between pre and post-session of the Brighter Minds based Cognitive Skill Training. The exploratory and descriptive research design is used in this study. In this investigation, the nine measurement variables are selected for the study such as memory, confidence, concentration,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Memory, Self Esteem, Intuition
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Warshowsky, Hannah; Mosley, Della V.; Mahar, Elizabeth A.; Mintz, Laurie – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2020
When young adult women and men engage in sexual encounters, the former have significantly fewer orgasms than the latter. This gendered orgasm disparity, often referred to as an orgasm gap, is theorised to be due to a multitude of societal issues. The purpose of this study was to assess whether a Psychology of Human Sexuality university course,…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Sex Education, Gender Differences, Psychology
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Farsani, Danyal; Radmehr, Farzad; Alizadeh, Mohadaseh; Zakariya, Yusuf Feyisara – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2021
With the technological improvements of innovative portable recording gadgets, augmented researchers' interest in exploring students' visual attention in their natural and normal occurring classrooms. The purpose of this study was to gauge students' visual attention in their Mathematics and English classrooms. This article reports on a study…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Elouaf, Leila; Lotf, Said; Talbi, Mohammed – Education Sciences, 2021
We endeavor through this work to demonstrate the effects of the introduction of neuroeducation data in schools and their application, via an experiment of neuropedagogical methods, to respond to the hypothesis that the contribution of neuroeducation may be beneficial for learning. During this study we designed four neuropedagogical methods and to…
Descriptors: Neurosciences, Teaching Methods, Psychoeducational Methods, Scores
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Guo, Zhang; Barmaki, Roghayeh – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2020
Automatic assessment and evaluation of team performance during collaborative tasks is key to the research on learning analytics and computer-supported cooperative work. There is growing interest in the use of gaze-oriented cues for evaluating the collaboration and cooperativeness of teams. However, collecting gaze data using eye-trackers is not…
Descriptors: Teamwork, Cooperative Learning, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Tierney, Adam; Rosen, Stuart; Dick, Fred – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2020
Speech is more difficult to understand when it is presented concurrently with a distractor speech stream. One source of this difficulty is that competing speech can act as an attentional lure, requiring listeners to exert attentional control to ensure that attention does not drift away from the target. Stronger attentional control may enable…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Ability, Individual Differences, Speech Communication, Attention Control
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Andrés, María Laura; Galli, Juan Ignacio; del Valle, Macarena; Vernucci, Santiago; López-Morales, Hernán; Gelpi-Trudo, Rosario; Canet-Juric, Lorena – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2022
Background: As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, governments have implemented preventive measures towards reducing infections. These conditions can affect the mental health of children and adolescents; however, this has not yet been fully explored. Objective: The aim of the study was to analyze changes in symptomatology and positive emotions in…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Mental Health, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Parent Child Relationship
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Ma, Min-Yuan; Wei, Chun-Chun – Interactive Learning Environments, 2016
The reading development of children depends on various sensory stimuli, which help them construct reading contexts and facilitate active learning and exploration. This study uses sensory stimuli provided by picture books using various forms of media to improve children's concentration performance. We employ picture books using four forms of media:…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Attention Control, Elementary School Students, Grade 6
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Ross, Peter; Randolph, Justus – Journal of Educational Research and Practice, 2016
Distraction is a typical component of any classroom environment. For effective instruction and learning to take place, it is critical for students to eventually return to task and maintain task vigilance (i.e., returning to the task at hand) when a distraction occurs. Students with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), by definition,…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Comparative Analysis, Classroom Environment, Correlation
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Ison, Mirta S.; Greco, Carolina; Korzeniowski, Celina; Morelato, Gabriela – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2015
Introduction: Attentional Efficiency (AE) is defined as the accuracy with which a child discriminates, from a group of similar stimuli, those which are identical to a model, within a certain time period. Various factors may be associated with a higher or lower AE, among which is socioeconomic context. The goals of this study were: 1) To describe…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Attention Control, Gender Differences, Age Differences
Sinha, Joanna M. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Prominent theorists assert that engaging in sociodramatic play is an essential activity for the development of self-regulation. This study proposed the use of sociodramatic play as an intervention tool for building self-regulation in kindergartners. In this study, two sociodramatic play intervention paradigms were compared to a control group. In…
Descriptors: Dramatic Play, Kindergarten, Young Children, Self Control
Menkes, Susan M. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Children's media comprehension was compared for material presented on television, computer, or touchscreen tablet. One hundred and thirty-two children were equally distributed across 12 groups defined by age (4- or 6-years-olds), gender, and the three media platforms. Executive functioning as measured by attentional control, cognitive…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Media Literacy, Television, Computers
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Griffin, Richard; MacKewn, Angie; Moser, Ernest; VanVuren, Ken W. – Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 2012
Universities and colleges are very interested in understanding the factors that influence their students' academic performance. This paper describes a study that was conducted at a mid-sized public university in the mid-south, USA, to examine this issue. In this study, the 10-scale, Learning and Study Strategies Inventory (LASSI) (Weinstein et…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Learning Strategies, Measures (Individuals), Study Skills
McClowry, Sandra Graham; Snow, David L.; Tamis-LeMonda, Catherine S.; Rodriguez, Eileen T. – Online Submission, 2010
A prevention trial tested the efficacy of "INSIGHTS into Children's Temperament" as compared to a Read Aloud attention control condition in reducing student disruptive behavior and enhancing student competence and teacher classroom management. Participants included 116 first and second grade students, their parents, and their 42 teachers…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Classroom Techniques, Competence, Elementary School Students