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Firat, Tahsin; Bildiren, Ahmet – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2021
The purpose of this study was to identify and describe the strengths and weaknesses of a student with LD from their pre-school period until their last year of university. The participant is a 4th year student in a university Guidance and Psychological Counselling department. This study used multiple qualitative research methods, including a case…
Descriptors: Student Characteristics, Learning Disabilities, College Students, Preschool Education
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Moore, Brandy D.; Brooks, Patricia J.; Rabin, Laura A. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2014
Two main theoretical constructs seek to describe the elaborated sense of time that may be a uniquely human attribute: diachronic thinking (the ability to think about the past and use that information to predict future events) and event ordering (the ability to sequence events in temporal order). Researchers utilize various tasks to measure the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Thinking Skills, Serial Ordering, Time Perspective
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Mackey, Allyson P.; Hill, Susanna S.; Stone, Susan I.; Bunge, Silvia A. – Developmental Science, 2011
The goal of this study was to determine whether intensive training can ameliorate cognitive skills in children. Children aged 7 to 9 from low socioeconomic backgrounds participated in one of two cognitive training programs for 60 minutes/day and 2 days/week, for a total of 8 weeks. Both training programs consisted of commercially available…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Cognitive Processes, Training, Computer Uses in Education