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Direct linkPine, Karen J.; Lufkin, Nicola; Messer, David – Developmental Psychology, 2004
This research extends the range of domains within which children's gestures are found to play an important role in learning. The study involves children learning about balance, and the authors locate children's gestures within a relevant model of cognitive development--the representational redescription model (A. Karmiloff-Smith, 1992). The speech…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Learning Readiness, Nonverbal Communication, Children
Peer reviewedKohn, Martin; Rosman, Bernice – Developmental Psychology, 1972
Findings suggest that the child who is curious, alert, and assertive will learn more from his environment and that the child who is passive, apathetic, and withdrawn will learn less about his environment because of his diminished contact. (Authors)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Emotional Adjustment
Peer reviewedStipek, Deborah J.; Ryan, Rosaleen H. – Developmental Psychology, 1997
Examined cognitive competencies and motivation in economically advantaged and disadvantaged preschoolers and kindergartners over a two-year period. Found that disadvantaged children had poorer cognitive scores than advantaged children. Cognitive gains were equal after one or two years in school, with socioeconomic status (SES) differences…
Descriptors: Child Development, Comparative Analysis, Dependency (Personality), Economically Disadvantaged
