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Bay, Yalçin; Bay, Dondu Neslihan – European Journal of Educational Sciences, 2020
This study aimed to determine the primary school students' readiness for school and analyze it according to some socio-demographic characteristics. Readiness can be defined as having the necessary precondition behaviors and reaching the desired maturity level for the child to be able to learn and develop. The level of readiness of the child is…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, School Readiness, Maturity (Individuals), Learning Readiness
Ozkul, Pavla – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Educating for global competence is vital if college graduates are to thrive in today's technology driven and globally competitive world. One strategy for introducing students to unknown cultures and gaining important life skills is participation in a study abroad experience. The purpose of this exploratory quasi-experimental research design study…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Business Administration Education, Global Approach, Cultural Awareness
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Sok, Serey; Chhinh, Nyda; Cheb, Hoeurn; Bo, Chankoulika; Nguonphan, Pheakdey – International Journal of Educational Management, 2023
Purpose: This study analyzes the significance of various attributes of developmental psychology developed by male and female students within higher education institutions (HEIs) in Cambodia. It also focuses on the mismatch between planned enrollments and the final selection of a course, and the knowledge and skills accessed during the study.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, College Admission, Educational Quality
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Zhoc, Karen C. H.; Li, Johnson C. H.; Webster, Beverley J. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2017
Emotional Intelligence Scale (EIS) is a popular EI measure. Yet, it has been criticized for an unclear factor structure, and its psychometric properties were mainly examined in the Western context. This study was to evaluate its psychometric properties based on 1,724 Hong Kong undergraduate students, including its (a) factor structure, (b)…
Descriptors: Validity, Reliability, Emotional Intelligence, Measures (Individuals)
Timm, Joan Thrower; Gross, James R. – 1990
Previous investigations on Piagetian cognitive levels among college students both within and across academic disciplines have not addressed the issue of possible differences in cognitive levels between traditional undergraduates and older returning students. Piagetian cognitive levels were studied among traditional- and nontraditional-age college…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement
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Bailey, Kent G.; Minor, Scott W. – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1976
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, College Students, Feedback
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Pearson, Carol S. – Journal of Developmental Education, 1992
Examines gender differences in learning to help educators create learning environments that equally foster the intellectual development of both male and female students. Surveys recent theories on learning styles, cognitive development, and cultural differences. Offers practical suggestions for instructional design. (DMM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Style, Cultural Differences, Educational Theories
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. – 1973
Robert L. Thorndike was awarded the Educational Testing Service (ETS) Measurement Award at the 1972 ETS Invitational Conference. In "Heredity, Environment, and Class or Ethnic Differences," J. McV. Hunt addressed several fundamental questions pertaining to the hereditary and environmental influences of the observed social class and ethnic…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Achievement Tests, Awards, Biological Influences
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Demetriou, Andreas; Efklides, Anastasia – Child Development, 1985
A total of 400 subjects differing in age, sex, and SES were tested on strategic, relational, experimental, and postformal abilities. Results showed that Demetriou and Efklides' model of the development of formal thought could be integrated with theories claiming that thought is structured in different inquiring systems and develops postformally as…
Descriptors: Adults, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Foreign Countries
Adams, Maurianne; Zhou-McGovern, Yuhui – 1993
This paper describes a cognitive and socio-moral developmental, learning style, and attitudinal study. The subjects were 168 college students enrolled in a general education "diversity core" undergraduate course on social diversity and social justice in the spring of 1990 at a large northeastern public research university. Ninety-seven students…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, College Instruction, Cultural Pluralism, Educational Research
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Waters, Harriet Salatas – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1981
Investigated the use of organizational schemes in memorizing prose. Adult organizational schemes were a function of the structure of material to be remembered and the individual's plan to recall the material. Age and sex differences were discovered in an experiment assessing developmental changes in recall plans of children and adults. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style
Shantiris, Kita – 1983
A study was conducted to test the hypothesis that metaphorical thought develops according to the principles governing other categorizing processes. Of particular interest were the questions of whether preschool children possess the categorical flexibility to comprehend metaphorical statements and, if they do, whether this flexibility manifests…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Age Groups, Classification, Cognitive Development
Okun, Morris A.; And Others – 1979
The internal consistency reliability and discriminant validity of the adult version of the Matching Familiar Figures Test (MFF) were determined for a sample spanning adulthood; age and sex differences were also investigated. Sixty-three men and 63 women ranging from 18 to 78 years of age, with at least 12 years of schooling, were administered…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Conceptual Tempo
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Galotti, Kathleen M.; And Others – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1990
Examines development of the concept of commitment in relation to adolescents' choice of a career and romantic partner. Subjects were 163 male and female ninth graders, twelfth graders, and college juniors from public and private schools. Findings support the proposition that the concept of commitment is affected by grade, gender, and type of…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Age Differences, Career Choice, Cognitive Development
Gray, William M.; Rush, Mary Lou – 1986
W. M. Gray's "How is Your Logic?" a Piagetian-based, group-administered written test of cognitive development, and B. Leadbeater's Livian Wars Task, a formal operations-based, written, social-cognition problem were given to 348 college undergraduate and graduate students to investigate the impact of chronological age and amount of formal…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development
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