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Bialecka-Pikul, Marta; Bialek, Arkadiusz; Kosno, Magdalena; Stepien-Nycz, Malgorzata; Blukacz, Mateusz; Zubek, Julian – European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2022
The current research aims at constructing a developmentally sensitive mindreading scale (i.e., a battery of tasks measuring different aspects of mindreading ability in children from 1 to 3.5 years of age). Over 300 Polish children were tested at six-month intervals with 48 different tasks designed to measure mindreading ability (for a total of six…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Reliability, Task Analysis, Beliefs
Sahin, Ömer; Korkmaz, Halil Ibrahim – Educational Research Quarterly, 2019
This study examined the pedagogical content knowledge of pre-service preschool teachers on quantity concepts in terms of children's mistakes. A total of 94 pre-service teachers who were attending a teacher training program at a state university, in Turkey, participated this study. 52 of them were second-year, and 42 of them were third-year…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preschool Teachers, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Number Concepts
Kamogelo Amanda Matebekwane – in education, 2022
In this essay, I reflect on my lived experiences as a girl child growing up in my home country of Botswana, and also as a mother in a foreign country, Canada. I am experimenting with my personal essay and making connections with academic articles that will help me understand my behaviors, attitudes, and responses to challenging situations that…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Early Childhood Education, Critical Race Theory, Inclusion
Gordana Miscevic Kadijevic – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2017
Adequate mental representations of animals are important for children's personal development, because they result in their appropriate treatment of such animals, which would not, for example, compromise either animals' or children's safety. By using a convenient sample of 101 six- to seven-year old children, this research examined these…
Descriptors: Animals, Young Children, Knowledge Level, Gender Differences
Alvares, Gail A.; Bebbington, Keely; Cleary, Dominique; Evans, Kiah; Glasson, Emma J.; Maybery, Murray T.; Pillar, Sarah; Uljarevic, Mirko; Varcin, Kandice; Wray, John; Whitehouse, Andrew J. O. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2020
'High functioning autism' is a term often used for individuals with autism spectrum disorder without an intellectual disability. Over time, this term has become synonymous with expectations of greater functional skills and better long-term outcomes, despite contradictory clinical observations. This study investigated the relationship between…
Descriptors: Misconceptions, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Intelligence
Pracana, Clara, Ed.; Wang, Michael, Ed. – Online Submission, 2022
This book contains a compilation of papers presented at the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2022, organized by the World Institute for Advanced Research and Science (W.I.A.R.S.), held in Funchal, Madeira Island, Portugal, from 23 to 25 of April 2022. Modern psychology offers a large range of scientific…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology, Legal Problems
Plowman, Lydia; McPake, Joanna – Childhood Education, 2013
Parents and educators tend to have many questions about young children's play with computers and other technologies at home. They can find it difficult to know what is best for children because these toys and products were not around when they were young. Some will say that children have an affinity for technology that will be valuable in their…
Descriptors: Young Children, Information Technology, Misconceptions, Computers
Furlan, Sarah; Agnoli, Franca; Reyna, Valerie F. – Developmental Psychology, 2013
Dual-process theories have been proposed to explain normative and heuristic responses to reasoning and decision-making problems. Standard unitary and dual-process theories predict that normative responses should increase with age. However, research has focused recently on exceptions to this standard pattern, including developmental increases in…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Misconceptions, Cognitive Style, Logical Thinking
Joshi, Heather – Institute of Education - London, 2013
It has been commonly held that "children suffer if their mother goes out to work". This research uses several studies--large scale longitudinal data--to look at the development of children whose mothers were employed when those children were very young.
Descriptors: Misconceptions, Employed Parents, Mothers, Longitudinal Studies
Dillenburger, Karola – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2011
Increasingly, Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) is internationally recognised as the scientific basis for teaching and treatment in Autism Spectrum Disorders. Yet, many governments and professionals across Europe promote an eclectic model as more child-centred and pragmatic. This paper addresses the issues of eclecticism and ABA by exploring how…
Descriptors: Autism, Foreign Countries, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Teaching Methods
Salamon, Andi – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2011
The introduction of "Belonging, Being and Becoming: the Early Years Learning Framework for Australia" (EYLF) offers the potential for a change in collective thinking about the social and emotional capabilities of infants and toddlers. Classical theories of young children's development have held that infants and toddlers are egocentric in…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Preschool Children, Infants, Foreign Countries
Katch, Jane – University of Chicago Press, 2011
Over the past three decades, more than a quarter of a million children have become citizens of the United States through international adoption. Kindergarten teacher Jane Katch recently found herself with three such children in her class: Katya, born in Russia, Jasper, from Cambodia, and Caleb, from Romania. Each child had spent early years in an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Preschool Teachers, Adoption
Guz, Ewa; Tetiurka, Maugorzata – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2013
In order to initiate and maintain meaningful interaction in a young learner L2 classroom, an adult teacher needs to approach children in ways consistent with their developmental profile and adjust teaching methodology so as to accommodate young learners' current skills. This requires the ability to predict the child's possible responses to…
Descriptors: Teacher Role, Imagination, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
Janus, Magdalena; Hertzman, Clyde; Guhn, Martin; Brinkman, Sally; Goldfeld, Sharon – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2009
This article presents a response to the paper by Li, D'ngiulli and Kendall (2007). The authors address two key aspects of this paper. The first concerns a number of errors and misconceptions in the paper that the authors think are important to clarify and correct. The second issue relates to the significant amount of research and effort that has…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Misconceptions, Student Diversity, Indigenous Populations

Perner, Josef; And Others – Child Development, 1989
Autistic children were tested on three tasks that were within the capability of three-four-year-old normal children and that involved the abilities to understand a mistaken belief, infer contents of a container from looking or not looking inside, and adjust answers to provide new information. (PCB)
Descriptors: Autism, Beliefs, Child Development, Children
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