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Lewicki, Käthe; Franze, Marco; Gottschling-Lang, Annika; Hoffmann, Wolfgang – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2018
The general gender discourse has currently revealed gender gaps as early as at preschool age. To analyze developmental differences between boys and girls in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, n = 4,251 preschoolers aged 48-83 months were examined by means of the 'Dortmund Developmental Screening for Preschools 3-6' (DESK 3-6). Using the…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Individual Development, Preschool Children, Gender Differences
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Horstschräer, Julia; Muehler, Grit – Education Economics, 2014
Fixed cutoff dates regulating school entry create disadvantages for children who are young relative to their classmates. Early and late school enrollment, though, might mitigate these disadvantages. In this paper, we analyze in a first step which factors determine school entry, if entrance screenings allow for early and late enrollment. Second, we…
Descriptors: School Entrance Age, Child Development, Disadvantaged, Screening Tests
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Buschmann, Anke; Jooss, Bettina; Rupp, Andre; Dockter, Sonja; Blaschtikowitz, Heike; Heggen, Iris; Pietz, Joachim – Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2008
The aim of this study was to evaluate if a diagnostic work-up should be recommended for 2-year-old children with developmental language delay (LD), or if the widely chosen "wait and see" strategy is adequate. Children with LD were identified in paediatric practices during routine developmental check-ups using a German parent-report…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Communication, Early Intervention, Delayed Speech, Autism
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Pracana, Clara, Ed.; Wang, Michael, Ed. – Online Submission, 2016
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2016, taking place in Lisbon, Portugal, from 30 of April to 2 of May, 2016. Psychology, nowadays, offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and groups (mental functions and…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Educational Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology