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Direct linkFroiland, John Mark; Mayor, Päivi; Herlevi, Marjaana – School Psychology International, 2015
Numerous studies indicate that intrinsic motivation predicts academic achievement. However, relatively few have examined various subtypes of intrinsic motivation that predict overall achievement, such as motivation for exercise and physical activity. Based upon the 16 basic desires theory of personality, the current study examined the motives of…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, High School Students, Physical Activities, Student Motivation
Download full textZweibel, Abraham; Mertens, Donna M. – 1985
The Snijders-Oomen Nonverbal Intelligence Test (SON) was administered to 251 deaf children (6-15 years old) and 101 hearing children (10-12 years old) in Israel. The SON was judged appropriate for measuring cognitive functioning in the deaf because it requires no verbal instructions or responses and includes a measure of abstract thinking ability.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Deafness, Factor Analysis
Staudinger, Ursula M. – 1989
A study looked for age differences in the quality of responses to the Life Review Task (LRT), studied the LRT itself as a tool for exploring wisdom and intellectual functioning in adulthood, and considered personality characteristics and life experience as alternative predictors of response quality. Sixty-three West German women of different ages…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Adults, Age Differences, Aging (Individuals)
Peer reviewedSvendsen, Dagmund – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, 1982
Testing, both in childhood and as adults, of 28 former pupils of special schools for the educable mentally retarded indicated that pupils who experienced most serious problems in childhood were less retarded as adults than persons who had experienced few or no problems. Results support hypothesis that the effects of early lack of environmental…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Children, Environmental Influences
Perrez, Meinrad; And Others – 1987
The influence of age at adoption, ethnic background, sex of adopted child, and social class of adoptive parents on the intellectual, emotional, and social development of adopted children was studied. An intragroup comparison showed that the variables studied had very little relevance. Comparison with a control group showed no significant…
Descriptors: Adopted Children, Adoption, Age Differences, Emotional Development
Peer reviewedHargreaves, David J.; And Others – Journal of Research in Music Education, 1995
Surveys 278 British high school students concerning musical styles preferences. Generally speaking, students rejected classical and "serious" music as they grew older. Girls exhibited acceptance of a wider range of musical styles. Includes statistical tables. (MJP)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Aesthetic Values, Age Differences
Robinson, W. P.; Rackstraw, Susan J. – 1975
This paper describes the development of children's ability to pose and answer questions and discusses the teacher's role in enhancing these problem-solving skills. Several chapters review theoretical and empirical work related to these issues: models of man, general intellectual development, the mother's role in children's intellectual development…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Classroom Research, Communication Skills, Elementary Education
Crowther, E. M. – CORE: Collected Original Resources in Education, 1978
Adolescents, ages 11-12 and 13-14, were tested for maturity of judgment about stability-change situations and about time perspective. (CP)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
Courrier, 1980
This special issue of the "Courrier," a journal for professionals concerned with issues related to the physical and psychological development of children, provides (1) an overview of 25 years of internationally coordinated research, (2) a selection of papers published by the research teams, and (3) a description of the teams and their…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Behavior Development, Children
Tuijnman, Albert C., Ed.; Van Der Kamp, Max, Ed. – 1992
This book contains 15 papers on the following topics related to lifelong learning: lifespan development and education, capacity to learn in the lifespan, skills formation in the workplace, learning to learn in the lifespan, and implications for policy and practice. The following papers are included: "Learning for Life: New Ideas, New…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adults
