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Direct linkNancy C. Jordan; Nancy Dyson; Taylor-Paige Guba; Megan Botello; Heather Suchanec-Cooper; Henry May – Grantee Submission, 2024
A solid understanding of fractions is the cornerstone for acquiring proficiency with rational numbers and paves the way for learning advanced mathematical concepts, such as algebra. Fraction difficulties limit not only students' educational and vocational opportunities but also their ability to solve everyday problems. Students who exit 6th grade…
Descriptors: Fractions, Mathematics Instruction, Grade 6, Intervention
Suárez, Maria del Mar; Gilabert, Roger; Moskvina, Natalia – TESOL Journal, 2021
Few studies have explored the learning opportunities different audiovisual genres may create for vocabulary learning. Even fewer have looked at how learners' viewing experience is affected by individual differences (IDs) in vocabulary size, attention, inhibition, or working memory. Such IDs have been shown to mediate early and long-term vocabulary…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Attention Control, Pretests Posttests, Inhibition
Download full textKim, Young-Suk Grace – Grantee Submission, 2020
Theory of mind has received intensive attention in research as an important skill to develop. Furthermore, recent evidence indicates its role in discourse comprehension. In the current study, we examined the mediating role of theory of mind in the relations of foundational language and cognitive skills (working memory, attentional control,…
Descriptors: Theory of Mind, Thinking Skills, Short Term Memory, Attention Control
Blom, Elma – Language Learning, 2019
This study investigated the influence of cognitive ability on bilingual children's vocabulary development in both their languages. Sixty-nine bilingual immigrant children participated, with data collected at three annual intervals. At Time 1, the participants were 5 or 6 years old. Receptive vocabulary was tested in the minority (Turkish, Tarifit)…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Native Language, Second Language Learning, Receptive Language
The Effect of Foreign Language Acquisition on Preschool Children's Self-Regulation and Social Skills
Uslu, Banu – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2020
Recent studies have revealed that the development of self-regulation and social skills in preschool children is important for later academic success, social acceptance and psychological wellbeing. Children who lack these skills are at risk for not being able to socialize and may face rejection behaviors among peers, show aggressive behaviors, or…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Preschool Children
Strasser, Katherine; del Río, Francisca – Reading Research Quarterly, 2014
Recent studies have revealed that preschoolers' story comprehension is influenced by several basic as well as complex cognitive and linguistic processes. Among the abilities known to be relevant for young children's understanding of stories are the size of their vocabulary, their inference-making ability, and their working memory. In this study,…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Reading Comprehension, Theory of Mind, Attention Control
Swanson, H. Lee; Orosco, Michael J.; Lussier, Cathy M. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2012
This study explores the cognitive basis of reading disabilities (RDs) in Spanish-speaking children who are learning English as a second language. Children (N = 393) designated as English language learners (ELLs) or bilingual with and without RDs in Grades 1, 2, and 3 were administered a battery of cognitive (short-term memory, working memory,…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Second Language Learning, Language Acquisition, Bilingualism
