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Reid, Corinne; Davis, Helen; Horlin, Chiara; Anderson, Mike; Baughman, Natalie; Campbell, Catherine – British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2013
Empathy is an essential building block for successful interpersonal relationships. Atypical empathic development is implicated in a range of developmental psychopathologies. However, assessment of empathy in children is constrained by a lack of suitable measurement instruments. This article outlines the development of the Kids' Empathic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Empathy, Measures (Individuals), Affective Behavior
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Hacker, R. G. – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 1984
Describes a study designed to provide profiles of intellectual abilities actually practiced by elementary and secondary education pupils in science lessons and to investigate changes in these profiles as a function of pupil age. Study results are discussed in terms of teaching method and the resultant intellectual abilities. (MBR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Epistemology, Foreign Countries
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Zanardi, Nicoletta – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 1994
Presents data from a cross-sectional study of the use of cohesion in Italian texts written by second-language adult learners and by native speakers. The study's goal was to compare learners and native speakers in their use of cohesion and to observe the developmental sequences in the use of cohesion. Data interpretation is presented. (64…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Cognitive Development, Cohesion (Written Composition), Comparative Analysis