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Cognitive Style: Methodological and Developmental Considerations
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Davis, Albert J. – Child Development, 1971
Findings suggested a reliability problem and raised a question of validity with the use of total response frequencies based on relatively unlimited free responses to the SCST-Form A. (Author)
Descriptors: Cognitive Objectives, Cognitive Processes, Individual Characteristics, Measurement Techniques
Loneliness in Children.
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Asher, Steven R.; And Others – Child Development, 1984
A 16-item self-report measure of loneliness and social dissatisfaction was developed to survey 506 third- through sixth-grade children. The measure was found to be internally reliable; more than 10 percent of subjects reported feelings of loneliness and social dissatisfaction; and children's feelings of loneliness were significantly related to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Continuity in Mental Development from Infancy.
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Bornstein, Marc H.; Sigman, Marian D. – Child Development, 1986
Reviews bases for contemporary discontinuity theories of mental development, presents findings that support alternative proposition of continuity and scrutinizes assessment methods from which these continuity results derive. Also offers several models that help explain the continuity findings, and argues that individual differences in mental…
Descriptors: Attention, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Developmental Continuity