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Students' Thinking about Effort and Ability: The Role of Developmental, Contextual, and Individual Difference Factors
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Muenks, Katherine; Miele, David B. – Review of Educational Research, 2017
Students' thinking about the relation between effort and ability can influence their motivation, affect, and academic achievement. Students sometimes think of effort as inversely related to ability (such that people with low ability must work harder than people with high ability) and other times think of effort as positively related to ability…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Academic Achievement, Student Motivation, Academic Ability
Executive Function in Preschoolers: A Review Using an Integrative Framework
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Garon, Nancy; Bryson, Susan E.; Smith, Isabel M. – Psychological Bulletin, 2008
During the last 2 decades, major advances have been made in understanding the development of executive functions (EFs) in early childhood. This article reviews the EF literature during the preschool period using an integrative framework. The framework adopted considers EF to be a unitary construct with partially dissociable components (A. Miyake…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Memory, Preschool Children, Guidelines
A Cognitive-Developmental Approach to the Teaching of Composition.
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Kroll, Barry M. – 1979
The cognitive/developmental theories of Jean Piaget and John Dewey assert that people learn by doing and that they grow intellectually by tackling demanding problems. It is this active, problem-solving orientation that is central to a cognitive/developmental approach to composition teaching. Six core principles can serve as guides for composition…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Educational Principles, English Instruction, Guidelines
The Impact of Television During Early Childhood. Australian Early Childhood Resource Booklets, No. 5.
Holman, Jacqueline – 1980
Some studies have suggested that TV encourages a variety of problems such as malnutrition, drug consumption, poor consumer habits, and violence. Others have argued that TV is a window to the world, promoting knowledge, cultural experiences and positive social values. This article examines some of these controversial claims and evaluates the impact…
Descriptors: Aggression, Child Caregivers, Childrens Television, Cognitive Development
What Have We Learned about Developmentally Appropriate Practice? Research in Review.
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Dunn, Loraine; Kontos, Susan – Young Children, 1997
Reviews research on three issues related to the first edition of the developmentally appropriate practice (DAP) guidelines of the National Association for the Education of Young Children: (1) the prevalence of DAP; (2) teachers and parents beliefs about DAP and influence of beliefs on practice; and (3) how appropriate and inappropriate practice…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education
Otitis Media in Young Children: Medical, Developmental, and Educational Considerations.
Roberts, Joanne E., Ed.; Wallace, Ina F., Ed.; Henderson, Frederick W., Ed. – 1997
The 12 chapters of this book provide a synthesis of what is currently known about otitis media and its sequelae on aspects of child development. Chapters are grouped into four sections: definition, prevalence, and diagnosis; auditory, language, and learning sequelae; medical and surgical management; and international perspectives and future…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Child Development, Clinical Diagnosis, Cognitive Development