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Indicators of Discontinuous Change in the Development of Analogical Reasoning.
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Hosenfeld, Bettina; And Others – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1997
Examined evidence for transitions in first and second graders' analogical reasoning, over a six-month period. Found strong evidence for bimodality in test performance frequency distributions and weaker evidence for inaccessibility in frequency distributions. Transitional subjects showed a temporary increase of inconsistent solution behavior and…
Descriptors: Analogy, Child Development, Children, Cognitive Development
The Genetic and Environmental Origins of Learning Abilities and Disabilities in the Early School Years
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Kovas, Yulia; Haworth, Claire M. A.; Dale, Philip S.; Plomin, Robert – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 2007
Despite the importance of learning abilities and disabilities in education and child development, little is known about their genetic and environmental origins in the early school years. We report results for English (which includes reading, writing, and speaking), mathematics, and science as well as general cognitive ability in a large and…
Descriptors: Nature Nurture Controversy, Genetics, Environmental Influences, Cognitive Ability
[Attachment Patterns and Their Outcomes.] Commentary.
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van IJzendoorn, Marianus H. – Human Development, 1996
Considers evidence for continuity and discontinuity of attachment in four major longitudinal studies. Discusses the difficulty of constructing a critical test of the prototype and stable environment hypotheses for attachment continuity. Notes that intergenerational transmission of attachment has been only indirectly addressed. (KDFB)
Descriptors: Adults, Attachment Behavior, Child Development, Developmental Continuity
Domains of Risk in the Developmental Continuity of Fire Setting
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McCarty, Carolyn A.; McMahon, Robert J. – Behavior Therapy, 2005
Juvenile fire setting is a serious, dangerous, and costly behavior. The majority of research examining youth fire setting has been cross-sectional. We sought to examine early risk attributes that could differentiate fire setters from non-fire setters, in addition to examining their association with the developmental continuity of fire-setting…
Descriptors: Developmental Continuity, Depression (Psychology), Predictor Variables, Risk
Diverging Pathways, Developmental Transformations, Multiple Etiologies and the Problem of Continuity in Development.
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Sroufe, L. Alan; Jacobvitz, Deborah – 1987
This document provides data from an ongoing longitudinal study of the degree of continuity in individual development over time and describes the complexities involved in efforts to determine the nature of individual continuity. Findings from the Minnesota Longitudinal Study of children in a day camp provide evidence for continuity in individual…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Attachment Behavior, Child Development, Day Camp Programs
Investigating Changes in Child Behavior during Elementary School.
DiStefano, Christine; Lasserre-Cortez, Shannon A. – 2003
This longitudinal study used repeated measures analysis of variance (RM ANOVA) and latent growth curve modeling to examine behavior change in 228 elementary school students over grades 1, 2, and 3 who varied in risk status. Of particular interest were the developmental trajectories for behaviors along four dimensions as rated yearly by teachers on…
Descriptors: Aggression, Analysis of Variance, Anxiety, At Risk Persons