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Bhatia, Punum; Davis, Alan; Shamas-Brandt, Ellen – Early Education and Development, 2015
Research Findings: A quasi-experiment was undertaken to test the effect of Montessori practical life activities on kindergarten children's fine motor development and hand dominance over an 8-month period. Participants were 50 children age 5 in 4 Montessori schools and 50 students age 5 in a kindergarten program in a high-performing suburban…
Descriptors: Montessori Method, Psychomotor Skills, Kindergarten, Young Children
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Vinter, Annie; Puspitawati, Ira; Witt, Arnaud – Developmental Psychology, 2010
Two experiments were reported that aimed at investigating the development of spatial analysis of hierarchical patterns in children between 3 and 9 years of age. A total of 108 children participated in the drawing experiment, and 224 children were tested in a force-choice similarity judgment task. In both tasks, participants were exposed to…
Descriptors: Recognition (Psychology), Experimental Psychology, Children, Investigations
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Wright, Tessa; Wormsley, Diane P.; Kamei-Hannan, Cheryl – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2009
Using a subset of data from the Alphabetic Braille and Contracted Braille Study, researchers analyzed the patterns and characteristics of hand movements as predictors of reading performance. Statistically significant differences were found between one- and two-handed readers and between patterns of hand movements and reading rates. (Contains 6…
Descriptors: Braille, Predictor Variables, Reading Achievement, Statistical Significance
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Rodriguez, Alina; Waldenstrom, Ulla – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2008
Background: Environmental risk during fetal development for non-right-handedness, an index of brain asymmetry, and its relevance for child mental health is not fully understood. Methods: A Swedish population-based prospective pregnancy-offspring cohort was followed-up when children were five years old (N = 1714). Prenatal environmental risk…
Descriptors: Handedness, Prenatal Influences, Foreign Countries, Young Children