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Improving Motor Skills in Early Education: Using Smartphones on the Brazilian -- Bolivian Border
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Gómez, Patricia; del Castillo, Héctor; Monge, Carlos – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2023
Background: Smartphones are a resource noticeably inserted into people's daily lives, but they are not nearly as present within the various educational systems around the world. The improper use of smartphones can certainly carry some risks, such as a sedentary lifestyle or even addiction. For the aforementioned reasons, promoting literacy by…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Early Childhood Education, Child Development
An Exploration of Toy Content of Preschool Children's Home Environments as a Predictor of Cognitive Development.
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Wolfgang, Charles; Stakenas, Robert G. – Early Child Development and Care, 1985
Using play-material scales, SES, age, and sex as predictor variables, this study employed regression against the subvariables of the McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities of verbal, perceptual-performance, quantitative, memory, and motor abilities. Findings suggest that SES is predictive of verbal, quantitative, memory, and motor, while age is…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Family Environment, Memory
Performance on the Motor Scale of The McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities as Related to Home Environment and Neonatal Reflexes.
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La Veck, Beverly; Hammond, Mary A. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1982
Total motor and cognitive-motor performance at age 4 was related to home environment but not to neonatal reflexes. Large muscle skill was unrelated to environment but did relate to neonatal reflexes among girls. (Author)
Descriptors: Background, Correlation, Family Environment, Longitudinal Studies
A Short Form of the McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities: Methodological and Clinical Applications.
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Taylor, Ronald L.; And Others – Psychology in the Schools, 1979
The McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities (MSCA) was administered to kindergarten-aged chilren to obtain General Cognitive Indices (CGI). A short form of the MSCA was developed to select six subtests that best predicted the CGI. (Author/BEF)
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Early Childhood Education
Research on the McCarthy Scales and Its Implications for Assessment
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Kaufman, Alan S.; Kaufman, Nadeen L. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1977
Reviewed is research on the McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities, which are designed to assess several areas of a child's cognitive and motor development from the age of 2 1/2 to 8 1/2 years. (Author)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Early Childhood Education, Educational Diagnosis, Learning Disabilities
Mercer's Adaptive Behavior Inventory, the McCarthy Scales, and Dental Development as Predictors of First-Grade Achievement.
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Harrison, Patti L. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1981
The relationship between four characteristics of children entering first grade (cognitive, dental and motor development, and adaptive behavior) and achievement at the end of the first grade year were determined. Interrelationships among the independent variables were also determined. (Author/GK)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Cognitive Development, Dental Health
Comparison of the Predictive Validities of Two McCarthy Short Forms.
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Harrison, Patti L.; Naglieri, Jack A. – Psychology in the Schools, 1981
Scores on Kaufman's (1977) McCarthy short form and the McCarthy Screening Test (1978) were obtained for first graders (N=53). As follow-up nine months later, the Metropolitan Achievement Test was administered. Results showed Kaufman's short form scores usually indicated a smaller number of false negatives than did McCarthy Screening Test scores.…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Cognitive Measurement, Comparative Testing, Elementary Education
Clinical Evaluation of Young Children with the McCarthy Scales.
Kaufman, Alan S.; Kaufman, Nadeen L. – 1977
The main goal of this book is to enable examiners to use the McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities as a clinical tool for evaluating preschool and primary-grade children. However, before an examiner becomes too concerned with issues relating to test interpretation, he or she should first understand thoroughly certain basic considerations.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Clinical Diagnosis, Cognitive Tests, Early Childhood Education