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Download full textInteragency Autism Coordinating Committee, 2020
Each year, the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) releases a list of scientific advances that represent significant progress in the field. The "2020 Summary of Advances in Autism Research" provides short, plain language summaries of the top research breakthroughs selected by the IACC from a pool of research articles…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Research, Research Methodology, Scientific Research
Gilpin, Ansley; Mennen, Ferol; Pakulak, Eric; Sommer, Teresa Eckrich; Dwyer, Kathleen M.; Cannon, Erin; Bell, Theodore; Boxmeyer, Caroline; Chase-Lansdale, P. Lindsay; Chor, Elise; DeCaro, Jason; Dela Cruz, Kenn Lacsamana; Giuliano, Ryan; Gomsrud, Melissa; Karns, Christina; Klein, Scott; Lochman, John; Longoria, Zayra; Molina, Abigail Palmer; Monro, William; Neville, Helen; O'Neil, Lauren; Reynolds, Mary Margaret; Sabol, Terri J.; Sclafani, Marisa; Tighe, Lauren A. – Administration for Children & Families, 2020
This brief introduces four research projects testing promising interventions funded under the Head Start University Partnerships (HSUP): Dual-Generation Approaches1 grant program. Two-generation approaches are typically designed to address problems associated with poverty by combining child-focused services with adult-focused services. Head Start…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Preschool Education, Early Intervention, Childhood Needs
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Direct linkLippard, Christine N.; Lamm, Monica H.; Riley, Katie L. – Journal of Engineering Education, 2017
Background: Children begin foundational learning in early childhood that sets the stage for later learning and academic success. Research regarding engineering in early childhood is limited yet growing. Purpose: Because interest in engineering in early childhood is growing, this article reviews research regarding interactions, materials, and…
Descriptors: Engineering, Thinking Skills, Preschool Children, Preschool Education
Barner, David – Journal of Child Language, 2017
Perceptual representations of objects and approximate magnitudes are often invoked as building blocks that children combine to acquire the positive integers. Systems of numerical perception are either assumed to contain the logical foundations of arithmetic innately, or to supply the basis for their induction. I propose an alternative to this…
Descriptors: Numbers, Perception, Children, Learning
Gesell, Arnold – Childhood Education, 2017
From the standpoint of mental health and perhaps even from the standpoint of human culture, the complete realization of the educational possibilities of the preschool child is of foundational significance. Normative and comparative studies performed at a psychological clinic at Yale examining norms of development in children from one month to five…
Descriptors: Nursery Schools, Preschool Children, Child Development, Personality
Wheelock, Lucy – Childhood Education, 2017
Lucy Wheelock was the 2nd president of the Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI) (1895-1899), then the International Kindergarten Union. She also became involved in the National Congress of Mothers, a forerunner of the Parent Teachers Association. In 1929, she was appointed to the education committee of the League of Nations. In…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Kindergarten, Educational Philosophy, Child Development
Freed, Jenny; Cain, Kate – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2017
Background: Comprehension is critical for classroom learning and educational success. Inferences are integral to good comprehension: successful comprehension requires the listener to generate local coherence inferences, which involve integrating information between clauses, and global coherence inferences, which involve integrating textual…
Descriptors: Test Format, Listening Comprehension, Inferences, Children
Russell, Terry; McGuigan, Linda – Early Child Development and Care, 2017
Our concern is to offer support to the entire spectrum of staff wishing to nurture the development of early years science, from unqualified personnel through to early years professionals who may hold any one of the plethora of relevant qualifications. We reflect on what form that science might take, bearing in mind criticisms of science education…
Descriptors: Child Development, Profiles, Epistemology, Advocacy
Gardner, Howard – Studies in Art Education: A Journal of Issues and Research in Art Education, 2017
Author Howard Gardner offers his reflections on his book, "Artful Scribbles" which he wrote in 1980 and ponders the ways "Artful Scribble" if written today, might resemble or differ from the 1980 model.
Descriptors: Freehand Drawing, Books, Child Development, Art Education
Brown, Ragan M. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this qualitative study was to listen to the voices of youth ages 9-12 about environmental contributors or resources that influence their positive youth development. An adapted version of this Clark and Moss (2011) participatory research method, the mosaic approach provided youth an opportunity to use their voice to provide insight…
Descriptors: Preadolescents, Environmental Influences, Child Development, Self Efficacy
Warren, Susan R.; Martinez, Richard S.; Sortino, Lori A. – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2016
A growing body of research and legislative policies support the importance of high-quality early intervention systems for preschool children with disabilities. Inclusion programs are viable means for providing this support, yet limited progress has been made in the past decade to increase the placements of children in inclusive settings or define…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Inclusion, Preschool Education, Educational Quality
Patell, Hilla – NAMTA Journal, 2016
In order to achieve the goal of observation, preparation of the adult, the observer, is necessary. This preparation, says Hilla Patell, requires us to "have an appreciation of the significance of the child's spontaneous activities and a more thorough understanding of the child's needs." She discusses the growth of both the desire to…
Descriptors: Observation, Montessori Schools, Montessori Method, Child Development
Rooney, Tonya – Global Studies of Childhood, 2016
In reflecting on categories of childhood, youth and adolescence, this article challenges the emphasis on linearity that often emerges within and between these representations of different life stages. It is argued that the focus on the linear dimension of children's lives can act to hide some of the more vital, nonlinear and situated aspects of…
Descriptors: Developmental Stages, Child Development, Children, Logical Thinking
Babik, Iryna; Campbell, Julie M.; Michel, George F. – Child Development, 2014
Within-individual variability is such an apparent characteristic of infant handedness that handedness is believed to consolidate only in childhood. Research showed that manifest handedness is influenced by emerging postural skills (sitting, crawling, and walking). In this investigation, it was proposed that symmetric hand-use (tendency to acquire…
Descriptors: Human Posture, Psychomotor Skills, Handedness, Infants
Buschmann, Anke; Sachse, Steffi – European Journal of Education, 2018
Beside parents, teachers in early childhood education and care have the greatest potential to foster language acquisition in children. This is especially important for children with language delays, language disorders or bi-/multilingual children. However, they present teachers with a particular challenge in language support. Therefore, integrated…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Language Acquisition, Child Care Centers, Kindergarten
