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Extracurricular Activities, Screen Media Activity, and Sleep May Be Modifiable Factors Related to Children's Cognitive Functioning: Evidence from the ABCD Study®
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Kirlic, Namik; Colaizzi, Janna M.; Cosgrove, Kelly T.; Cohen, Zsofia P.; Yeh, Hung-Wen; Breslin, Florence; Morris, Amanda S.; Aupperle, Robin L.; Singh, Manpreet K.; Paulus, Martin P. – Child Development, 2021
This study used a machine learning framework in conjunction with a large battery of measures from 9,718 school-age children (ages 9-11) from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development[superscript SM] (ABCD) Study to identify factors associated with fluid cognitive functioning (FCF), or the capacity to learn, solve problems, and adapt to novel…
Descriptors: Extracurricular Activities, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Development, Learning Processes
Cognitive Developmental Phenomena of Pre-School Children in Relation to Socio-Economic Status, Anthropometric Status, and Home Environmental Status
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Jena, Ananta Kumar; Paul, Bhabatosh – Journal on Educational Psychology, 2016
The present study was a causality study that investigate the effects of conditional factors; if x, y & z are the independent factors (e.g. socio-economic status, Anthropometric status, and home environmental status) on the dependent factors (e.g. memory, social skill, language acquisition, logical reasoning, and problem solving). The present…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Cognitive Development, Socioeconomic Status, Body Composition
Trajectories of Aggressive Behavior and Children's Social-Cognitive Development
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Averdijk, Margit; Malti, Tina; Ribeaud, Denis; Eisner, Manuel – International Journal of Developmental Science, 2011
The current study investigated developmental trajectories of teacher-reported aggressive behavior and whether these trajectories are associated with social-cognitive development (i.e., aggressive problem-solving) across the first three elementary grades in a large sample from Switzerland (N = 1,146). Semiparametric group-based analyses were…
Descriptors: Aggression, Social Development, Cognitive Development, Foreign Countries
Social Competence through Problem Solving in Inner City Fifth-Graders: Is It Too Late?
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Shure, Myrna B. – 1984
Intervention to enhance Interpersonal Cognitive Problem Solving (ICPS) skills has been shown to significantly reduce observable negative, impulsive and inhibited behaviors and increase positive qualities in young, low socioeconomic status (SES) children. An ICPS model for older children was implemented with 202 low SES fifth graders to test…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Children, Cognitive Development, Grade 5
On Intelligence: The Toronto Symposium on Intelligence.
Dockrell, W. B., Ed. – 1970
Contents of this symposium comprises: Introduction (W. B. Dockrell); The Genetics of Intelligence (Sir C. Burt); Structuring Mental Acts (P. R. Merrifield); A "Piagetian" Test of Cognitive Development (R. D. Tuddenham); The British Intelligence Scale (R. W. Warburton); Intelligence (P. E. Vernon); Hierarchical Theories of Mental Ability…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Genetics, Intellectual Development
Gender Equity in Computer Learning Environments.
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Linn, Marcia C. – Computers and the Social Sciences, 1985
Characterizes gap between potential of computers in education and their performance in classrooms; documents differential participation of males and females in computer experiences and discusses contributory factors; describes two studies of how males and females respond to computer learning environments; and suggests actions to foster equitable…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Computer Software, Computers, Educational Environment
Competent Children at 8: Families, Early Education, and Schools.
Wylie, Cathy; Thompson, Jean; Lythe, Cathy – 1999
A longitudinal study described variations and changes in New Zealand children's cognitive, social, communicative, and problem-solving competencies from school entry at age 5 years and examined the impact of early childhood education experiences, family resources, home activities, and school resources on those competencies. This report, the third…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Childhood Attitudes, Children, Cognitive Development