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Direct linkShelly Newstead; Pete King – Child Care in Practice, 2024
Playwork is a recognised profession in the United Kingdom (UK) and is currently a growing area of interest internationally. However, debates about the nature and purpose of playwork have raged in the playwork field since the profession was invented in the early adventure playgrounds. This study is the first to capture data about what the now…
Descriptors: Play, Advocacy, Playgrounds, Children
Jared Vasil – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Successful reference relies on being appropriately informative for listeners. What factors influence informativeness? For example, what factors influence the decision to refer to a ball with the less informative phrase "it," as opposed to the more informative phrase "the red ball"? The present dissertation proposes and…
Descriptors: Young Children, Language Usage, Educational Games, Behavior Patterns
Santiago Morales; Maureen E. Bowers; Lauren Shuffrey; Katherine Ziegler; Sonya Troller-Renfree; Alexis Hernandez; Stephanie C. Leach; Monica McGrath; Cindy Ola; Leslie D. Leve; Sara S. Nozadi; Margaret M. Swingler; Jin-Shei Lai; Julie B. Schweitzer; William Fifer; Carlos A. Camargo Jr.; Gurjit K. Khurana Hershey; Allison L. B. Shapiro; Daniel P. Keating; Tina V. Hartert; Sean Deoni; Assiamira Ferrara; Amy J. Elliott – Developmental Psychology, 2024
A large body of research has established a relation between maternal education and children's neurocognitive functions, such as executive function and language. However, most studies have focused on early childhood and relatively few studies have examined associations with changes in maternal education over time. Consequently, it remains unclear…
Descriptors: Mothers, Educational Attainment, Child Development, Thinking Skills
Catherine R. Gaspar; Laudan B. Jahromi – Infants and Young Children, 2024
The transition from early childhood special education into school-based special education services is often the first major educational change for children with special needs. Parents are critical to children's successful transitions. This systematic review compiled parent-reported data from 20 peer-reviewed quantitative and qualitative empirical…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Preschool Children, Special Education, Special Needs Students
Yuejiu Wang; Liang Li; Marilyn Fleer; Yuwen Ma – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2024
Although Chinese early childhood education policies have high expectations for kindergarten teachers' play pedagogy, teaching and play are still discussed as a bifurcation in Chinese kindergartens' daily practice. To support Chinese kindergarten teachers' development of play pedagogy, this study conducted an educational experiment (EE) framed by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Kindergarten, Faculty Development
Jaime Balladares; Martín Miranda; Karen Cordova – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2024
The study evaluated the effects of board games on children in a range of cognitive areas, considering both inclusion (i.e. pre- and post-comparisons, playing style [board games], participants belonging to PreKinder and Kindergarten, and experimental approach) and exclusion criteria (i.e. video games). Nineteen articles were selected using both…
Descriptors: Games, Mathematics Skills, Preschool Children, Kindergarten
Emre Ertürk; Ümit Isik; Fevziye Burcu Sirin – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2024
Objective: In recent years, it has been emphasized that various growth factors that affect neurogenesis may lead to ADHD. In this study, we aimed to investigate the role of VEGF, IGF-1, and HIF-1[alpha] growth factors in the etiopathogenesis of ADHD. Method: Levels of VEGF, IGF-1, and HIF-1[alpha] were compared between 40 ADHD children and 40…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Physiology, Children, Early Adolescents
Julia Martini; Mark Wade; Heather Prime; Jennifer Jenkins – Social Development, 2024
In the current paper, we examined the dimensional structure of parenting using a bifactor model of observed parenting domains during infancy. We validated our parenting dimensions by examining correlations with indicators of family well-being and child development. Data come from a longitudinal cohort that recruited a diverse sample of mothers…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Parenting Styles, Infants, Family Environment
Krauss, Stephanie Malia – Corwin, 2023
In a world that seems to grow more unpredictable and challenging by the day, how can we increase learning and joy for children while offering them much-needed support? Uncertainty and disruption have created a youth mental health crisis that requires all hands on deck. This urgently needed guidebook offers comprehensive and scientifically-grounded…
Descriptors: Well Being, Mental Health, Prevention, Interpersonal Relationship
Davis, Paige E.; Slater, Jessica; Marshall, David; Robins, Diana L. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2023
Past research shows that autistic children can and do create imaginary companions (ICs), and that these ICs resemble those that neurotypical children create. Neurotypical children creating ICs have been found to have significantly more developed theory of mind (ToM) and social understanding among other enhanced social cognitive skills. The study…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Imagination, Friendship, Fantasy
Tinney, Glenda – FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 2023
The Curriculum for Wales 2022 and the enabling learning approach, which informs the development of early years provision and foundation learning, have provided a strong focus on the benefits of outdoor learning. Such learning promotes children's curiosity, exploration and holistic development. This article describes the ethos and approach of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Outdoor Education, Curriculum, Early Childhood Education
Florit-Pons, Júlia; Vilà-Giménez, Ingrid; Rohrer, Patrick Louis; Prieto, Pilar – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2023
Purpose: This study aims to analyze the development of gesture-speech temporal alignment patterns in children's narrative speech from a longitudinal perspective and, specifically, the potential differences between different gesture types, namely, gestures that imagistically portray or refer to semantic content in speech (i.e., referential…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Communication, Speech, Young Children, Child Development
Bruce, Madeleine; Savla, Jyoti; Bell, Martha Ann – Developmental Science, 2023
Across the early childhood period of development, young children exhibit considerable growth in their executive functioning (EF) and vocabulary abilities. Understanding the developmental trajectory of these seemingly interrelated processes is important as both early vocabulary and EF have been shown to predict critical academic and socio-emotional…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Executive Function, Child Development, Preschool Children
Spit, Sybren; Geamba?u, Andreea; van Renswoude, Daan; Blom, Elma; Fikkert, Paula; Hunnius, Sabine; Junge, Caroline; Verhagen, Josje; Visser, Ingmar; Wijnen, Frank; Levelt, Clara C. – Developmental Science, 2023
We present an exact replication of Experiment 2 from Kovács and Mehler's 2009 study, which showed that 7-month-old infants who are raised bilingually exhibit a cognitive advantage. In the experiment, a sound cue, following an AAB or ABB pattern, predicted the appearance of a visual stimulus on the screen. The stimulus appeared on one side of the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Infants, Bilingualism, Cues
Danniels, Erica; Pyle, Angela – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2023
Policies related to the inclusion of children with disabilities in mainstream classrooms have led to questions regarding how teachers can help cultivate inclusive learning communities where all children are supported and valued. In play-based kindergarten programs, teachers are tasked with ensuring goals for children's learning and development are…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Play, Teaching Methods, Preschool Teachers
