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Gilligan-Lee, Katie A.; Hawes, Zachary C. K.; Williams, Ashley Y.; Farran, Emily K.; Mix, Kelly S. – Child Development, 2023
Studies show that spatial interventions lead to improvements in mathematics. However, outcomes vary based on whether physical manipulatives (embodied action) are used during training. This study compares the effects of embodied and non-embodied spatial interventions on spatial and mathematics outcomes. The study has a randomized, controlled,…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, Manipulative Materials, Instructional Effectiveness, Training
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Flensborg-Madsen, Trine; Mortensen, Erik L. – Child Development, 2018
The study investigated whether age at attainment of 20 developmental milestones within the areas of language, walking, eating, dressing, social interaction, and toilet training was associated with adult intelligence. Mothers of 821 children of the Copenhagen Perinatal Cohort recorded 20 developmental milestones at a 3-year examination, and all…
Descriptors: Child Development, Intelligence, Toilet Training, Adults
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Shantz, Carolyn Uhlinger; Wilson, Karl E. – Child Development, 1972
Study is an attempt to increase communication proficiency in young children by using training procedures which focus primarily on making the listener's needs more salient to the child as he forms and gives messages. (Authors/MB)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Grade 2, Performance Factors, Skill Development
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Asarnow, Joan Rosenbaum; Meichenbaum, Donald – Child Development, 1979
Investigates the relative efficacy of three training procedures in improving serial recall in kindergarten children who either showed no tendency to rehearse or rehearsed inconsistently at a serial recall pretest. Self-instructional training, an induced rehearsal procedure, and a practice control condition comprised the three training procedures.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Foreign Countries, Kindergarten Children, Mediation Theory
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Parker, Ronald K.; And Others – Child Development, 1971
Purpose of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a hierarchically arranged instructional program in multiple classification, which refers to the ability to define a class by two or more attributes simultaneously. (Authors/MB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Classification, Methods Research, Skill Development
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Caruso, John L.; Resnick, Lauren B. – Child Development, 1972
The present study is based on a form of task analysis that explicates in detail the hypothesized solution behavior of skilled performers of the task. (Authors)
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Development, Data Analysis, Kindergarten Children