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Mastin, J. Douglas; Voght, Paul – Journal of Child Language, 2016
This study analyzes how others engage rural and urban Mozambican infants during naturalistic observations, and how the proportion of time spent in different engagements relates to infants' language development over the second year of life. Using an extended version of Bakeman and Adamson's (1984) categorization of infant engagement, we…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Language, Infants, Vocabulary Development
Soini, Anne; Gubbels, Jessica; Sääkslahti, Arja; Villberg, Jari; Kremers, Stef; Van Kann, Dave; Mehtälä, Anette; De Vries, Nanne; Poskiparta, Marita – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2016
The aim of the current study was to determine Finnish and Dutch three-year-old preschool children's physical activity (PA) levels and how levels vary across gender, location, time of day and social contexts in both countries. A modified version of the Observational System for Recording Physical Activity in Children-Preschool (OSRAC-P) was used to…
Descriptors: Physical Activity Level, Child Care Centers, Preschool Children, Comparative Analysis
Tobar-Muñoz, Hendrys; Baldiris, Silvia; Fabregat, Ramon – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2017
Program for International Student Assessment results indicate that while reading comprehension needs to be promoted, teachers are struggling to find ways to motivate students to do reading comprehension activities and although technology-enhanced learning approaches are entering the classroom, researchers are still experimenting with them to…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries, International Assessment, Secondary School Students
Leach, Penelope; Barnes, Jacqueline; Malmberg, Lars-Erik; Sylva, Kathy; Stein, Alan – Early Child Development and Care, 2008
The quality of care offered in four different types of non-parental child care to 307 infants at 10 months old and 331 infants at 18 months old was compared and factors associated with higher quality were identified. Observed quality was lowest in nurseries at each age point, except that at 18 months they offered more learning activities. There…
Descriptors: Child Care, Infant Care, Caregiver Attitudes, Child Caregivers
Burnard, Pamela; Younker, Betty Anne – International Journal of Educational Research, 2008
This article applies Engestrom's Activity Theory (AT) as an analytical lens to identify defining characteristics of the collaborative creative music making activities of composing and arranging. Attention is paid to the complex interrelationships among the various elements of interaction in children's collaborative creative music making as…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Music Education, Music, Cooperation

Scarth, John; Hammersley, Martyn – British Educational Research Journal, 1988
Examines the impact that public examinations of students has upon teaching. The four-year study raises questions about the current assumption that public examinations cause fact-transmission teaching. Uses timings of teacher and pupil talk to examine teaching on a range of different types of courses. (GEA)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Policy, Educational Practices, Educational Testing

Liddell, Christine; And Others – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1993
To establish baseline data on South African children's behavior, observed 80 children at home and interviewed the children's primary caregiver. Gathered data on patterns of interaction and language use, content of activity, and use of objects. Presents general biographical and behavioral data, notes gender differences, and compares this data to…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Relationship
Collett, Peter – 1986
Data were collected for this study of the relationship between television watching and family life via a recording device (C-Box) consisting of a television set and a video camera. Designed for the study, this device was installed in 20 homes for one week to record the viewing area in front of the television set together with information on…
Descriptors: Adults, Audience Analysis, Behavior Patterns, Comparative Analysis

McAleer, Jill; Gunter, Barrie – Journal of Educational Television, 1988
Describes a preliminary investigation of the way an educational television program in London, "Look and Read," was used and evaluated by primary school students and teachers. Highlights include student and teacher interviews to determine attitudes; a comparison of two primary schools; learning strategies emphasized in the program; and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Developed Nations, Educational Television, Elementary Education
Tee, Ong Puay – Child Care in Practice, 2005
Demand for childcare services in Malaysia is increasing. With the changing demographic landscape and increasing knowledge of the importance of early childhood education, provision of alternative childcare services has never been more significant. Children younger than four years of age are placed in registered childcare centres while their parents…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Child Care
Siaperas, Panagiotis; Beadle-Brown, Julie – Autism: The International Journal of Research & Practice, 2006
In November 2001, the Greek Society for the Protection of Autistic People (GSPAP) established the first residence for people with autism in Greece, following the guidelines of structured teaching and the TEACCH method with all 12 of the residents. Using interview questionnaires and systematic naturalistic observations, this case study explored the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Foreign Countries, Adults, Autism
Streitenberger, Denise; McGregor, Joy – 1999
Two naturalistic research studies observed 45 eleventh grade students carrying out research paper assignments, and a third such study focused on 26 third grade students. The studies took place in Alberta (Canada) in 1993, Texas in 1996, and Washington state in 1999. From data analyzed in the interviews and written documents, the initial findings…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Citations (References), Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
Holland, Dorothy C.; Eisenhart, Margaret A. – 1990
This ethnographic study investigated why so few women become scientists or mathematicians. The study followed the lives of two groups of women, one black and one white, all with strong academic records, who were attending two southern U.S. universities, one predominantly black and the other predominantly white. The study was initiated in 1979 when…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Black Colleges, Black Students, Career Choice