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Schickedanz, Judith A.; Collins, Molly F.; Marchant, Catherine – Harvard Education Press, 2022
"What Are Preschoolers Thinking?" dispels common misconceptions about the cognitive abilities of preschoolers and demonstrates how effective early instruction can help eradicate achievement gaps. More Judith A. Schickedanz, Molly F. Collins, and Catherine Marchant, educators and researchers with combined decades of experience in early…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Misconceptions, Cognitive Ability, Preschool Education
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Melissa Stoffers; Sarah Curtiss – Remedial and Special Education, 2025
Although individuals with intellectual disability need sex education, little is known about the instructional practices of sex educators. To fill this gap and explore how instruction is appropriate and applicable to individuals with intellectual disability, we interviewed 58 U.S. sex educators about their instruction. Using thematic analysis, we…
Descriptors: Sex Education, Teaching Methods, Students with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability
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Fisher, Anna; Thiessen, Erik; Godwin, Karrie; Kloos, Heidi; Dickerson, John – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2013
Selective sustained attention (SSA) is crucial for higher order cognition. Factors promoting SSA are described as exogenous or endogenous. However, there is little research specifying how these factors interact during development, due largely to the paucity of developmentally appropriate paradigms. We report findings from a novel paradigm designed…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Models, Preschool Children, Young Children
Fisher, Anna; Thiessen, Erik; Godwin, Karrie; Kloos, Heidi; Dickerson, John – Grantee Submission, 2013
Selective sustained attention (SSA) is crucial for higher order cognition. Factors promoting SSA are described as exogenous or endogenous. However, there is little research specifying how these factors interact during development, due largely to the paucity of developmentally appropriate paradigms. We report findings from a novel paradigm designed…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Psychometrics, Models, Preschool Children
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Kim, Young-Suk Grace; Schatschneider, Christopher – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2017
We investigated direct and indirect effects of component skills on writing (DIEW) using data from 193 children in Grade 1. In this model, working memory was hypothesized to be a foundational cognitive ability for language and cognitive skills as well as transcription skills, which, in turn, contribute to writing. Foundational oral language skills…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Writing Instruction, Grade 1, Teaching Methods
Kim, Young-Suk Grace; Schatschneider, Christopher – Grantee Submission, 2017
We investigated direct and indirect effects of component skills on writing (DIEW) using data from 193 children in Grade 1. In this model, working memory was hypothesized to be a foundational cognitive ability for language and cognitive skills as well as transcription skills, which, in turn, contribute to writing. Foundational oral language skills…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Writing Instruction, Grade 1, Teaching Methods
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Garlick, Steve – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2014
While it is accepted that there are "sensitive" and "critical" periods of life during which certain human capabilities are more readily acquired, and where the multiplied returns on our investment in human capability building are more significant, it is also argued that there are place-based contexts (society, nature, culture,…
Descriptors: Capacity Building, Human Capital, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Developmental Tasks
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Goldman, Juliette D. G. – Health Education Research, 2011
In Health Education, much sexuality education appears to have little evidence of an acknowledged theoretical basis for its knowledge and skills' teaching and learning. The Health Education teacher can frequently be at a loss to decipher what theoretical principles could or should permeate sexuality education curricula, which may be both detracting…
Descriptors: Health Education, Educational Theories, Sexuality, Cognitive Ability
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Martinsen, Harald; Naerland, Terje; Vereijken, Beatrix – Early Child Development and Care, 2010
In this study, we showed that it is feasible to employ observational methods in description of social status; thereby allowing inclusion of children with insufficient cognitive ability to make valid judgement of social role, and evading the validity issues concerning teacher and parent report. We observed presence on social arenas and social…
Descriptors: Play, Social Status, Cognitive Ability, Naturalistic Observation
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Karably, Kristen; Zabrucky, Karen M. – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2009
In this paper we examine the development of children's metamemory and provide practical implications of research findings for the classroom. In the first part of the paper we define and discuss the global concept of metacognition, the component processes of metacognition and the importance of each component to children's learning. We…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Child Development, Metacognition, Educational Research
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Horn, Irmhild – South African Journal of Education, 2009
Contemporary education theory (and official South African policy) underwrites learner-centredness. I analyse learner-centredness as a possible piece of the puzzle about why it is proving so difficult to improve academic achievement. Learner-centred ideas are grounded in the belief that cognitive abilities develop spontaneously in accordance with a…
Descriptors: Criticism, Student Centered Learning, Educational Theories, Educational Policy
Diachenko, O. M. – 1995
The educational objective of the Russian "Development" curriculum for children ages 3-7 is the development of creative and intellectual abilities. Theoretical foundations for the curriculum include the works of Vygotsky, Venger, Leontev, and Zaporozhets, which offer ideas such as: (1) child development is the unity of affective and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Curriculum Design
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Jordan, Nicola H. – Young Children, 1993
Examines definitions of sexual abuse and primary prevention; considers the appropriateness and fairness of child abuse prevention programs in the light of child abuse theory and developmentally appropriate educational practices; and reviews the quality and effects of some programs. Suggests caregivers and educators consider greater parent and…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Cognitive Ability, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education
Glantz, Frederic B.; And Others – 1991
This paper reports on the findings of an evaluation of Project Giant Step, a program funded by New York City to provide comprehensive services to all 4-year-olds in the city, beginning with low-income children who are unserved by existing programs. Both the costs and effects of Project Giant Step are examined. Effects of the program on children…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Measurement, Cost Effectiveness
Meier, John H. – 1993
In light of debate about the developmentally inappropriate and culturally questionable use of standardized testing for placement of preschool children, alternative approaches to screening and assessment are required. The impact of a Head Start program upon children must involve documentation of physical and mental health, speech, hearing, vision,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Measurement, Developmental Disabilities, Developmental Stages