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Yesil Dagli, Ummuhan – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2012
In recent years, schools have tended to eliminate recess period and to devote more time to instruction in order to increase academic achievement. Using a nationally representative sample, this study examined reading scores of students who experienced different numbers of recess days in a week, and different number of times and length of recess in…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Academic Achievement, Early Childhood Education, Public Schools
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Goldman, Amy P.; Everett, Frances – Child Study Journal, 1985
Investigated time conceptualizations and delay of gratification capacities of 64 6- to 10-year-olds identified as impulsive or reflective according to performance on Kagan's Matching Familiar Figures Test. They were administered a maintenance of delay of gratification task, a time concept questionnaire, and several measures of temporal perspective…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Patterns, Children, Cognitive Processes
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Dodd, John M.; And Others – Child Study Journal, 1985
A reliable instrument was developed to identify elementary-age children who have difficulty with time estimation, as indicated by choices on a pencil-and-paper test. The instrument was used to compare performances of learning disabled and nondisabled children. Findings provide empirical support for temporal difficulties among learning disabled…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education
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Klapper, Zelda S.; Birch, Herbert G. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1971
Descriptors: Age Differences, Auditory Perception, Child Development, Cognitive Ability