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Direct linkHughes, Claire H.; Ensor, Rosie A. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2009
This chapter describes longitudinal findings from a socially diverse sample of 125 British children seen at ages two and four. Four models of social influence on executive function are tested, using multiple measures of family life as well as comprehensive assessments of children's executive functions. Our results confirm the importance of…
Descriptors: Family Life, Observational Learning, Preschool Children, Social Influences
Peer reviewedMorgulas, Susan; Zimmerman, Barry J. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1979
Tests the hypothesis that there is a relationship between children's comprehension of a syntactic form and the effectiveness of modeling in promoting imitation of that form. Subjects were 71 four- and five-year-old children. (Author/MP)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Comprehension, Imitation, Learning Processes
Download full textLamal, P.A.; And Others – 1974
This study investigated the effect of being imitated on the behavior of preschool children. Twenty-two children were employed in a "marble game," which consisted of dropping a marble into one of three holes in a wooden box. Procedure trials occurred across four phases in an ABAB design: baseline, imitation, reversal, and imitation again. During…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Imitation, Middle Class, Models
Peer reviewedAtyeo, Marilyn J. – Journal of Educational Research, 1972
An adult model (teacher) displayed a preference for the doll least selected by the children in her classroom. Indications were that children in the experimental classes imitated the preference of their teacher in selecting their favorite doll at the completion of the experimental period. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Imitation, Models, Observational Learning
Horner, Sherri L. – Reading Psychology an international quarterly, 2004
This study investigated the effects of observational learning on preschoolers' use of a questioning technique, attention to print, and knowledge of the alphabet. Preschoolers who observed a model ask questions asked more questions during a shared book episode than did children who did not observe a model ask questions. Children who observed a…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Learning Strategies, Prereading Experience, Alphabets
Peer reviewedMcCall, Robert B.; And Others – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1977
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Imitation, Intellectual Development, Modeling (Psychology)
Hartjen, Raymond H. – 1974
Albert Bandura of Stanford University has proposed four component processes to his theory of observational learning: a) attention, b) retention, c) motor reproduction, and d) reinforcement and motivation. This study represents one phase of an effort to relate modeling and observational learning theory to teacher training. The problem of this study…
Descriptors: Competency Based Teacher Education, Developmental Programs, Models, Observational Learning
Zimmerman, Barry J. – 1972
This document presents a detailed review and index of post-1960 modeling-imitation research relevant to the development and education of children. Each research study is described in terms of purpose, independent and dependent variables, task and procedures, model and subject characteristics, materials and results. In addition, an overall model is…
Descriptors: Adults, Affective Behavior, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
