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Examining the Role of Teacher Presence and Scaffolding in Preschoolers' Peer Interactions
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Acar, Ibrahim H.; Hong, Soo-Young; Wu, ChaoRong – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2017
The current study aimed to examine the associations between teacher presence and social scaffolding and preschool children's peer interactions. Using a time sampling method, peer interactions of 22 four- and five-year-old preschoolers (12 girls; M[subscript age] = 52.95 months) and teacher behavior were observed on two different days during…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Preschool Children, Peer Relationship, Interaction
The Mutual Impact of Personality Traits on Seating Preference and Educational Achievement
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Hemyari, Camellia; Zomorodian, Kamiar; Ahrari, Iman; Tavana, Samar; Parva, Mohammad; Pakshir, Keyvan; Jafari, Peyman; Sahraian, Ali – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2013
Several studies have investigated the association between students' seating positions and their classroom performance. However, the role of personality traits on seating preference in the classroom has not been well investigated. The aim of the study was to understand how students choose their seats according to their personality traits in a…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Medical Students, Classroom Environment, Correlation
Fathers Show Modifications of Infant-Directed Action Similar to that of Mothers
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Rutherford, M. D.; Przednowek, Malgorzata – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2012
Mothers' actions are more enthusiastic, simple, and repetitive when demonstrating novel object properties to their infants than to adults, a behavioral modification called "infant-directed action" by Brand and colleagues (2002). The current study tested whether fathers also tailor their behavior when interacting with infants and whether this…
Descriptors: Evidence, Proximity, Mothers, Infants
Effects of the Proximity of Paraeducators on the Interactions of Braille Readers in Inclusive Settings
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Harris, Beth A. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2011
This article reports on a multiple-case study that found a relationship between the proximity of paraeducators and the interactions of students with visual impairments with teachers and sighted students in general education classrooms. More interactions were found with teachers and peers in the classrooms when paraeducators were physically distant…
Descriptors: Proximity, Visual Impairments, Braille, Blindness
Relations between Mother-Child Interactions and the Neural Correlates of Face Processing in 6-Month-Olds
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Swingler, Margaret M.; Sweet, Monica A.; Carver, Leslie J. – Infancy, 2007
Developmental studies of face processing have revealed age-related changes in how infants allocate neurophysiological resources to the face of a caregiver and an unfamiliar adult. We hypothesize that developmental changes in how infants interact with their caregiver are related to the changes in brain response. We studied 6-month-olds because this…
Descriptors: Mothers, Caregivers, Infants, Visual Stimuli
Community Social Context and Individualistic Attitudes toward Marriage
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Barber, Jennifer S. – Social Psychology Quarterly, 2004
I develop a theoretical framework explaining how community social context affects attitude formation via nonfamily institutions and related behaviors. Empirical tests of the framework use data from a study of the Chitwan Valley in rural Nepal. The analyses focus on attitudes toward seven aspects of marriage: child marriage, arranged marriage,…
Descriptors: Marriage, Foreign Countries, Social Environment, Social Attitudes