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Biino, Valentina; Tinagli, Valeria; Borioni, Federica; Pesce, Caterina – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2023
Background: The relation between physical activity (PA), motor skills and cognitive function in children is receiving considerable attention. To transition scientific evidence into pedagogical practice, however, we need to further our understanding of which qualitative PA characteristics are best suited to stimulate motor skills and executive…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Psychomotor Skills, Motor Development
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Rosser, Rosemary A.; And Others – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1985
Forty preschoolers were directed to mentally rotate a stimulus and to discriminate the rotated stimulus from among a set of alternatives. Results are discussed in light of discrepant findings about children's kinetic imagery ability and the advisability of using this particular paradigm with young children. (Author/BS)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Imagery, Preschool Children, Preschool Education
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O'Malley, John J. – 1972
Review of reversal learning data obtained from Ss of various developmental phases suggested that overtraining increases perseveration in pre-school children, and decrease perseveration in older (e.g., 1st grade) children. The present experiment tested this apparent trend. Children of two age groups (X = 4 yrs., 4 mos., vs. X = 6 yrs., 5 mos.)…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Criterion Referenced Tests, Data Analysis