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Liu, Cuina; Georgiou, George K. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2017
Although rapid automatized naming (RAN) is one of the best predictors of reading across languages, its nature remains elusive. In the present study, we aim to elucidate the nature of RAN by examining the cognitive and environmental correlates of RAN. One hundred forty-one second-year kindergarten Chinese children (71 girls, 70 boys; mean age =…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Young Children, Naming, Correlation
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George, Christine Marie; Biswas, Shwapon; Jung, Danielle; Perin, Jamie; Parvin, Tahmina; Monira, Shirajum; Saif-Ur-Rahman, K. M.; Rashid, Mahamud-ur; Bhuyian, Sazzadul Islam; Thomas, Elizabeth D.; Dreibelbis, Robert; Begum, Farzana; Zohura, Fatema; Zhang, Xiaotong; Sack, David A.; Alam, Munirul; Sack, R. Bradley; Leontsini, Elli; Winch, Peter J. – Health Education & Behavior, 2017
Inadequate hand hygiene is estimated to result in nearly 300,000 deaths annually, with the majority of deaths being among children younger than 5 years. In an effort to promote handwashing with soap and water treatment behaviors among highly susceptible household members of cholera patients, we recently developed the Cholera-Hospital-Based…
Descriptors: Hygiene, Health Promotion, Health Behavior, Intervention
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Warner, Laura A.; Harder, Amy M.; Henry, C. Vernon; Ganpat, Wayne G.; Martin, Emmett – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2017
Home food production plays a critical role in food security for residents of Trinidad and Tobago and around the world. The purpose of this study was to examine barriers and benefits that influence residents' engagement in or rejection of home food production to inform social marketing programs. To address study objectives, interviews were…
Descriptors: Food, Agricultural Education, Barriers, Foreign Countries
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Smith, Andrea D.; Herle, Moritz; Fildes, Alison; Cooke, Lucy; Steinsbekk, Silje; Llewellyn, Clare H. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2017
Background: "Food fussiness" (FF) is the tendency to be highly selective about which foods one is willing to eat, and emerges in early childhood; "food neophobia" (FN) is a closely related characteristic but specifically refers to rejection of unfamiliar food. These behaviors are associated, but the extent to which their…
Descriptors: Food, Fear, Genetics, Environmental Influences
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Dresler, Emma; Whitehead, Dean; Weaver, Kelly – Health Education, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to determine the extent to which youth have ready access to alcohol and the extent to which immediate family influence affects consumption. Design/methodology/approach: This qualitative descriptive exploratory study undertook semi-structured peer-group interviews with 20 participants from four New Zealand high…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Family Environment, Drinking, Family Influence
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Deb, Sibnath; Kumar, Aneesh; Holden, George W.; Simpson Rowe, Lorelei – School Psychology International, 2017
There is considerable evidence that parental corporal punishment (CP) is positively associated with children's behavioral and mental health problems. However, there is very little evidence addressing whether CP perpetrated by teachers or school staff is similarly associated with problematic student functioning. To address this gap in the research…
Descriptors: Punishment, Teacher Influence, Adolescents, Public Schools
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Hindmarsh, Gabrielle; Llewellyn, Gwynnyth; Emerson, Eric – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2017
Background: Children of parents with intellectual impairment are thought to be at risk for poor social-emotional well-being. This study investigated the relationship between maternal intellectual impairment and poor child social-emotional well-being. Method: Secondary analysis of data from waves 2-4 of the Millennium Cohort Study (UK).…
Descriptors: Children, Parents, Intellectual Disability, Child Health
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Shin, Jin Y.; Nguyen Duc, Son – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2017
Objectives: The project assessed the efficacy of a home-based intervention program for young children (n = 64, ages ranging from 3 to 6 years) with developmental delays in Vietnam. It was hypothesized that the children in the intervention group would show greater progress in adaptive behavior than the children in the control group. Methods:…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Rating Scales, Developmental Delays
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Vert, Rachel; Olson, Tracy A.; Kim, Samuel Y.; Stratton, Kasee K.; Hoesch, Hayley M.; Hartshorne, Timothy S. – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2017
Background: We investigated the experience of siblings of children with CHARGE syndrome (n = 29). Siblings of children with a disability are an understudied population, and, to our knowledge, this is the first investigation of the sibling relationship in CHARGE. Method: Participants were asked to complete 5 measures: (a) Sibling Evaluation…
Descriptors: Siblings, Disabilities, Family Environment, Sibling Relationship
Mitchell, Enzley, IV – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this study was to identify specific external factors including family composition, pre-college environment, and college preparation that contribute to why some African American males playing basketball at the NCAA Division I level graduate and persist while others do not. Despite an aggressive advertising campaign from the NCAA…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Family Structure, College Preparation, African American Students
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Werner, Shirli – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2015
Background: Research supports the importance of sports for people with intellectual disability (ID); however, the unique experience of the Special Olympics (SO) World Games has rarely been examined. The aim of this study was to examine how the SO World Games have affected athletes with ID, their parents and siblings, and the relations between…
Descriptors: Athletics, Intellectual Disability, Athletes, Parents
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Wong, Simpson W. L.; Cheung, Him; Zheng, Mo; Yang, Xiujie; McBride, Catherine; Ho, Connie Suk-Han; Leung, Judy Sze-Man; Chow, Bonnie Wing-Yin; Waye, Mary Miu Yee – Child Development, 2020
Vocabulary knowledge was tested in a native (Cantonese-Chinese) and foreign (English) language in 150 twins and 150 singletons aged 6-11 years, matched on age, gender, grade level, nonverbal intelligence, parents' education, family income, and number of siblings and household members. The singletons clearly outperformed the twins on the native…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Native Language, Sino Tibetan Languages, Chinese
West Virginia Department of Education, 2020
At the direction of Governor Jim Justice, West Virginia State Superintendent of Schools W. Clayton Burch created the Taskforce for Remote Learning to provide guidance on how schools can implement continuous learning in the face of the COVID-19 mandatory suspension of in-person instruction. The taskforce developed the West Virginia Remote Learning…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing, Distance Education
Pearson, 2020
This survey was conducted on behalf of Pearson from June 8-14, 2020 by The Harris Poll, a global market research firm based in New York City with over 50 years of history in polling. This 20-minute online survey was completed by 7,038 people aged between 16-70 years old across the globe. All data in this report show general online population data…
Descriptors: Online Surveys, Cross Cultural Studies, Age Differences, Gender Differences
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Harrison, Eugene; McTavish, Marianne – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2018
Children today are growing up in a digital world that is changing and advancing at an unprecedented rate. While some adults may struggle to keep up with new technological gadgets, we find our very young may be quite at ease with the use of digital technologies, even before learning to speak. This study builds on a foundation of family literacy…
Descriptors: Infants, Toddlers, Language Acquisition, Native Language
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