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Moore, D. G.; George, R. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2011
Across many academic disciplines visualisation and notation systems are used for modelling data and developing theory, but in child development visual models are not widely used; yet researchers and students of developmental difficulties may benefit from a visualisation and notation system which can clearly map developmental outcomes and…
Descriptors: Child Development, Visualization, Models, Developmental Stages
Lee, Peter; And Others – 1993
This paper reports on the current progress of the CHATA Project (Concepts of History and Teaching Approaches, 7 to 14), funded by the Economic and Social Sciences Research Council (ESRC) as part of its program, "Innovation and Change: The Quality of Teaching and Learning." The project is set in the context of changes within history…
Descriptors: Causal Models, Child Development, Childhood Attitudes, Educational Research
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Haviland, Amelia M.; Nagin, Daniel S. – Psychometrika, 2005
A central theme of research on human development and psychopathology is whether a therapeutic intervention or a turning-point event, such as a family break-up, alters the trajectory of the behavior under study. This paper lays out and applies a method for using observational longitudinal data to make more confident causal inferences about the…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Causal Models, Inferences, Longitudinal Studies
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Lefevre, Pierre; de Suremain, Charles-Edouard; Rubin de Celis, Emma; Sejas, Edgar – Qualitative Report, 2004
The paper discusses the utility of constructing causal models in focus groups. This was experienced as a complement to an in-depth ethnographic research on the differing perceptions of caretakers and health professionals on child's growth and development in Peru and Bolivia. The rational, advantages, difficulties and necessary adaptations of…
Descriptors: Causal Models, Focus Groups, Health Personnel, Ethnography