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The Developmental Path of Metacognition from Toddlerhood to Early Childhood and Its Influence on Later Memory Performance
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Marion Gardier; Marie Geurten – Developmental Psychology, 2024
Recently, several studies have suggested that metacognition emerges early in infancy and toddlerhood. However, to date, the developmental trajectory of these early metacognitive monitoring and control processes and their influence on children's later memory functioning remains poorly understood. The aim of this study was to longitudinally document…
Descriptors: Child Development, Metacognition, Toddlers, Young Children
Development of Metacognitive Monitoring and Control Skills in Elementary School: A Latent Profile Approach
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Mariëtte van Loon; Claudia M. Roebers – Metacognition and Learning, 2024
This study aims to understand individual differences between children in metacognitive monitoring and control processes and the developmental trajectories of metacognition over one year. Three indicators of procedural metacognition were used: monitoring accuracy (discrimination of confidence judgments between correct and incorrect test responses),…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Metacognition, Task Analysis, Individual Differences
Gender Effects on Phonological Processing and Reading Development in Northern Sotho Children Learning to Read in English: A Case Study of Grade 3 Learners
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Wilsenach, Carien; Makaure, Patricia – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2018
Gender differences in reading development are a global phenomenon, with girls typically performing better than boys. Some studies have reported gender differences favouring girls in reading comprehension in South Africa, but little systematic evidence exists about gender differences in the cognitive-linguistic abilities that underlie reading…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Phonological Awareness, Reading Comprehension
Assessment of Cognitive Abilities and Reading Comprehension across School-Age Development: A Meta-Analysis
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Finn, Diana Baker – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship of specific cognitive abilities and reading comprehension across a variety of norm referenced tests that align with Cattell-Horn-Carroll (CHC) theory of cognitive abilities and integrative models of reading. Data from existing studies was analyzed by comparing the relationships of four…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Cognitive Ability, Meta Analysis, Comparative Analysis
Language and Literacy Development of Children with Williams Syndrome
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Mervis, Carolyn B. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2009
Williams syndrome is a rare neurodevelopmental disorder caused by deletion of approximately 25 genes on chromosome 7q11.23. Children with the syndrome evidence large individual differences in both broad language and reading abilities. Nevertheless, as a group, children with this syndrome show a consistent pattern characterized by relative…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Phonics, Short Term Memory, Reading Ability
Developmental Aspects of Activating Voluntary and Involuntary Memory Processes during Reading.
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Roberts, Theresa A. – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1989
Western and Soviet views of memory-related performance are synthesized. Whether middle childhood-aged students comprehend better with meaning-based (involuntary) strategies due to the importance of semantic focus, and whether adolescent students comprehend better with memory-oriented (voluntary) strategies were studied with 243 students in grades…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Child Development, Children