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Danaci Miray Ö.; Çetin, Zeynep – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2022
Background: To understand how the human brain organises the information, how prototypes are handled in the categorisation system, researchers have pointed out that there may be a relationship between visual perception and concept acquisition. Aim: This study was conducted to examine the effect of a concept education programme, developed on the…
Descriptors: Visual Perception, Concept Formation, Preschool Children, Concept Mapping
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Smolen, Elaine R.; Wang, Ye; Hartman, Maria C.; Lee, Young-Sun – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2021
Purpose: This mixed-methods study aimed to examine the conversation techniques used by parents of young children with hearing loss (HL) during dinnertime at home. Parents' usage rates of open- and closed-ended language elicitation, reformulation, imitation, directives, and explicit vocabulary instruction were examined in relation to children's…
Descriptors: Hearing Impairments, Parent Child Relationship, Interpersonal Communication, Language Usage
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Facon, Bruno; Courbois, Yannick; Magis, David – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2016
Background: In this work we sought to expand our knowledge of developmental trajectories of subcomponents of the language systems of individuals with intellectual disability (ID). We aimed to explore how "general" and "relational" vocabularies evolve as a function of cognitive level. Method: Developmental trajectories of…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Comprehension, Children, Adolescents
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Balat, Gülden Uyanik – Educational Research and Reviews, 2014
Most basic concepts are acquired during preschool period. There are studies indicating that the basic concept knowledge of children is related to language development, cognitive development, academic achievement and intelligence. The relationship between learning behaviors (sometime called learning or cognitive styles) and a child academic success…
Descriptors: Correlation, Cognitive Style, Concept Formation, Kindergarten
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Balat, Gulden Uyanik – Gifted Education International, 2010
This study evaluated from a developmental point of view the basic concept knowledge and human figure drawings of children who did and did not attend preschool. A total of 118 children who received preschool education and 147 children who did not do so participated in the study. The mean age of children was 75.4 months. Their concept knowledge was…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Freehand Drawing, Preschool Education, Comparative Analysis
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Balat, Gulden Uyanik – Early Child Development and Care, 2009
This study aims to examine the knowledge of basic concepts of children starting primary education. The sampling for the study is constituted by total 183 children, 89 girls and 94 boys. The knowledge about the concepts of the children making up the sampling was evaluated using Boehm's Test of Basic Concepts (Boehm-3). Moreover, the Family…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Children, Basic Skills, Concept Mapping