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Michael C. Frank; Heidi A. Baumgartner; Mika Braginsky; George Kachergis; Amy A. Lightbody; Robert Z. Sparks; Rebecca Zhu; Stephanie M. Carlson; Sandra Graham; Sebastián J. Lipina; Nora S. Newcombe; Candice L. Odgers; Robert C. Pianta; Robert S. Siegler; Margaret Snowling; Hirokazu Yoshikawa; Ana Cubillo; Kenneth A. Dodge – Child Development, 2025
Despite the ubiquity of variation in child development within individuals, across groups, and across tasks, timescales, and contexts, dominant methods in developmental science and education research still favor group averages, short snapshots of time, and single environments. The Learning Variability Network Exchange (LEVANTE) is a framework…
Descriptors: Child Development, Learning Processes, Literacy, Numeracy
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Haimovitz, Kyla; Dweck, Carol S. – Child Development, 2017
Children's mindsets about intelligence (as a quality they can grow vs. a trait they cannot change) robustly influence their motivation and achievement. How do adults foster "growth mindsets" in children? One might assume that adults act in ways that communicate their own mindsets to children. However, new research shows that many parents…
Descriptors: Child Development, Intelligence, Learning Processes, Learning Motivation
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Frazier, Brandy N.; Gelman, Susan A.; Wellman, Henry M. – Child Development, 2009
This research examined children's questions and the reactions to the answers they receive in conversations with adults. If children actively seek explanatory knowledge, they should react differently depending on whether they receive a causal explanation. Study 1 examined conversations following 6 preschoolers' (ages 2-4 years) causal questions in…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Child Language, Adults, Children
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Entwisle, Doris R.; Stevenson, Harold W. – Child Development, 1987
Introduces this thematic issue of CHILD DEVELOPMENT which addresses schooling and child development. (PCB)
Descriptors: Child Development, Cross Cultural Studies, Educational Research, Influences