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Veraksa, Nikolay; Gavrilova, Margarita; Veraksa, Aleksander – Education Sciences, 2022
An indirect connection between executive functioning and imagination was revealed earlier in the study of pretend play. This study aimed to explore the relationship between imagination and executive functions in children. Two-hundred-six typically developing children aged 6-7 years were assessed with main executive functions (working memory,…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Imagination, Short Term Memory, Play
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Laurent, Angélique; Smithson, Lisa; Nicoladis, Elena – Language Learning and Development, 2020
Previous research has shown that using gestures helps children remember more information. Here, we designed two studies to test whether children who gesture tend to rely on visuospatial cognitive resources more than children who do not gesture. We also test whether children who gesture demonstrate more creativity in their narrative productions.…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Communication, Story Telling, Creativity, Preschool Children
Bahar, Abdulkadir – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Problem solving has been a core theme in education for several decades. Educators and policy makers agree on the importance of the role of problem solving skills for school and real life success. A primary purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of cognitive abilities on mathematical problem solving performance of students. The…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Cognitive Ability, Mathematics Skills, Gender Differences
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Ramadas, Jayashree – International Journal of Science Education, 2009
This paper surveys some major trends from research on visual and spatial thinking coming from cognitive science, developmental psychology, science literacy, and science studies. It explores the role of visualisation in creativity, in building mental models, and in the communication of scientific ideas, in order to place these findings in the…
Descriptors: Scientific Literacy, Developmental Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Science Education
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Smith, Alastair D.; Gilchrist, Iain D.; Butler, Stephen H.; Muir, Keith; Bone, Ian; Reeves, Ian; Harvey, Monika – Brain and Cognition, 2007
Spatially lateralised deficits that typically define the hemispatial neglect syndrome have been shown to co-occur with other non-lateralised deficits of attention, memory, and drawing. However even a simple graphic task involves multiple planning components, including the specification of drawing start position and drawing direction. In order to…
Descriptors: Stimuli, Patients, Language Tests, Creativity
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Sampson, Demetrios G., Ed.; Ifenthaler, Dirk, Ed.; Isaías, Pedro, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2018
The aim of the 2018 International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS) Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age (CELDA) conference was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There have been advances in both cognitive…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Teaching Methods, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education