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Ramscar, Michael; Dye, Melody; Gustafson, Jessica W.; Klein, Joseph – Child Development, 2013
Cognitive control, the ability to align our actions with goals or context, is largely absent in children under four. How then are preschoolers able to tailor their behavior to best match the situation? Learning may provide an alternative route to context-sensitive responding. This study investigated this hypothesis in the Dimensional Change Card…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Cognitive Processes, Conflict, Cognitive Ability
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Lecce, Serena; Bianco, Federica; Demicheli, Patrizia; Cavallini, Elena – Child Development, 2014
This study investigated the relation between theory of mind (ToM) and metamemory knowledge using a training methodology. Sixty-two 4- to 5-year-old children were recruited and randomly assigned to one of two training conditions: A first-order false belief (ToM) and a control condition. Intervention and control groups were equivalent at pretest for…
Descriptors: Theory of Mind, Control Groups, Intervention, Beliefs
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Durlak, Joseph A.; Weissberg, Roger P.; Dymnicki, Allison B.; Taylor, Rebecca D.; Schellinger, Kriston B. – Child Development, 2011
This article presents findings from a meta-analysis of 213 school-based, universal social and emotional learning (SEL) programs involving 270,034 kindergarten through high school students. Compared to controls, SEL participants demonstrated significantly improved social and emotional skills, attitudes, behavior, and academic performance that…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Emotional Development, Social Development, Control Groups
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Tzuriel, David; Egozi, Gila – Child Development, 2010
A sample of 116 children (M = 6 years 7 months) in Grade 1 was randomly assigned to experimental (n = 60) and control (n = 56) groups, with equal numbers of boys and girls in each group. The experimental group received a program aimed at improving representation and transformation of visuospatial information, whereas the control group received a…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Intervention, Spatial Ability
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Dishion, Thomas J.; Shaw, Daniel; Connell, Arin; Gardner, Frances; Weaver, Chelsea; Wilson, Melvin – Child Development, 2008
Seven hundred thirty-one income-eligible families in 3 geographical regions who were enrolled in a national food supplement program were screened and randomized to a brief family intervention. At child ages 2 and 3, the intervention group caregivers were offered the Family Check-Up and linked parenting support services. Latent growth models on…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Behavior Problems, Intervention, Parent Child Relationship
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Blackwell, Lisa S.; Trzesniewski, Kali H.; Dweck, Carol Sorich – Child Development, 2007
Two studies explored the role of implicit theories of intelligence in adolescents' mathematics achievement. In Study 1 with 373 7th graders, the belief that intelligence is malleable (incremental theory) predicted an upward trajectory in grades over the two years of junior high school, while a belief that intelligence is fixed (entity theory)…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Intervention, Experimental Groups, Mathematics Achievement
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van Doesum, Karin T. M.; Riksen-Walraven, J. Marianne; Hosman, Clemens M. H.; Hoefnagels, Cees – Child Development, 2008
This study examined the effect of a mother-baby intervention on the quality of mother-child interaction, infant-mother attachment security, and infant socioemotional functioning in a group of depressed mothers with infants aged 1-12 months. A randomized controlled trial compared an experimental group (n = 35) receiving the intervention (8-10 home…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Intervention, Mothers