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Systems and Cascades in Cognitive Development and Academic Achievement
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Bornstein, Marc H.; Hahn, Chun-Shin; Wolke, Dieter – Child Development, 2013
A large-scale ("N" = 552) controlled multivariate prospective 14-year longitudinal study of a developmental cascade embedded in a developmental system showed that information-processing efficiency in infancy (4 months), general mental development in toddlerhood (18 months), behavior difficulties in early childhood (36 months),…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Longitudinal Studies
Relations between Language and Symbolic Gesture Development in Early Childhood.
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O'Reilly, Anne Watson; Painter, Kathleen M.; Bornstein, Marc H. – Cognitive Development, 1997
Study 1 explored associations between multiple measures of language and symbolic gesture development across ages 3 and 4; Study 2 measured more finely which aspects of language relate to the symbolic representation of actions with objects, and explored associations between symbolic gesture and general intellectual ability. Results showed…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Intelligence, Language Acquisition
Habituation and Maternal Encouragement of Attention in Infancy as Predictors of Toddler Language, Play, and Representational Competence.
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Tamis-LeMonda, Catherine S.; Bornstein, Marc H. – Child Development, 1989
Infants' habituation and mothers' encouragement of attention were assessed at 5 months. Toddlers' language comprehension, language production, and pretense play, and mothers' encouragement of attention, were assessed at 13 months. Examined the contributions of infant habituation and maternal stimulation to toddlers' cognitive abilities. (PCB)
Descriptors: Attention, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Comprehension