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Barbot, Baptiste; Tan, Mei; Randi, Judi; Santa-Donato, Gabrielle; Grigorenko, Elena L. – Thinking Skills and Creativity, 2012
The aim of this work was to gather different perspectives on the "key ingredients" involved in creative writing by children--from experts of diverse disciplines, including teachers, linguists, psychologists, writers and art educators. Ultimately, we sought in the experts' convergence or divergence insights on the relative importance of the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Psychomotor Skills, Expertise, Writing Processes
Jacobson, Linda; Rollins, S. Kwesi; Brown, Janet; Naviasky, Heather – Institute for Educational Leadership, 2016
This "Patterns of Practice: Case Studies of Early Childhood Education & Family Engagement in Community Schools" report updates the community school case studies through a description of ongoing developments in Cincinnati, OH; Evansville, IN; Multnomah County, OR; and Tulsa, OK and adds to that knowledge base of early learning and…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Family Involvement, Community Schools, Case Studies
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Lindsen, Job P.; de Jong, Ritske – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 2010
Lien, Ruthruff, Remington, & Johnston (2005) reported residual switch cost differences between stimulus-response (S-R) pairs and proposed the partial-mapping preparation (PMP) hypothesis, which states that advance preparation will typically be limited to a subset of S-R pairs because of structural capacity limitations, to account for these…
Descriptors: Stimuli, Visual Discrimination, Reaction Time, Hypothesis Testing
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Fitzpatrick, Caroline – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2012
Children's preparedness for school is an important predictor of their eventual academic attainment, health, and personal success well into adulthood. Although kindergarten knowledge of numbers and vocabulary represent robust indicators of children's readiness to learn at school entry, theory and research suggest that self-directed learning skills…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Preschool Children, Learner Engagement, School Readiness
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Pawlowski, Josiane; Remor, Eduardo; de Mattos Pimenta Parente, Maria Alice; de Salles, Jerusa Fumagalli; Fonseca, Rochele Paz; Bandeira, Denise Ruschel – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2012
This study evaluated the influence of the frequency of reading and writing habits (RWH) associated with education on the performance of adults in brief neuropsychological tasks. A sample of 489 Brazilian subjects, composed of 71% women, aged 21-80 years, with 2-23 years of formal education, was evaluated by the Brazilian Brief Neuropsychological…
Descriptors: Neuropsychology, Arithmetic, Statistical Analysis, Cognitive Development
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Staiano, Amanda E.; Abraham, Anisha A.; Calvert, Sandra L. – Developmental Psychology, 2012
Exergames are videogames that require gross motor activity, thereby combining gaming with physical activity. This study examined the role of competitive versus cooperative exergame play on short-term changes in executive function skills, following a 10-week exergame training intervention. Fifty-four low-income overweight and obese African American…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Intervention, Adolescents, Control Groups
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Barac, Raluca; Bialystok, Ellen – Child Development, 2012
A total of 104 six-year-old children belonging to 4 groups (English monolinguals, Chinese-English bilinguals, French-English bilinguals, Spanish-English bilinguals) were compared on 3 verbal tasks and 1 nonverbal executive control task to examine the generality of the bilingual effects on development. Bilingual groups differed in degree of…
Descriptors: Language of Instruction, Cultural Background, Bilingualism, Cognitive Development
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Lee, Kerry; Ng, Swee Fong; Pe, Madeline Lee; Ang, Su Yin; Hasshim, Muhammad Nabil Azhar Mohd; Bull, Rebecca – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2012
Background: Exposure to mathematical pattern tasks is often deemed important for developing children's algebraic thinking skills. Yet, there is a dearth of evidence on the cognitive underpinnings of pattern tasks and how early competencies on these tasks are related to later development. Aims: We examined the domain-specific and domain-general…
Descriptors: Evidence, Structural Equation Models, Standardized Tests, Numeracy
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Severtson, Stevan G.; Hedden, Sarra L.; Martins, Silvia S.; Latimer, William W. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2012
This study used data from six neuropsychological measures of executive function (EF) and general intellectual functioning (GIF) administered to 303 regular users of heroin and/or cocaine as indicators in a latent profile analysis (LPA). Results indicated the presence of three profiles: impaired GIF and EF profile (30.8%), intact GIF and EF profile…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Intelligence, Narcotics, Cocaine
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Roebers, Claudia M.; Cimeli, Patrizia; Rothlisberger, Marianne; Neuenschwander, Regula – Metacognition and Learning, 2012
In the present study, associations between executive functioning, metacognition, and self-perceived competence in the context of early academic outcomes were examined. A total of 209 children attending first grade were initially assessed in terms of their executive functioning and academic self-concept. One year later, children's executive…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, Elementary School Students, Metacognition
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Taatgen, Niels A. – Journal of Problem Solving, 2011
The minimal control principle (Taatgen, 2007) predicts that people strive for problem-solving strategies that require as few internal control states as possible. In an experiment with the Abstract Decision Making task (ADM task; Joslyn & Hunt, 1998) the reward structure was manipulated to make either a low-control strategy or a high-strategy…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Abstract Reasoning, Decision Making, Learning Strategies
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Johnson, Joseph; Reid, Robert – Theory Into Practice, 2011
Academic problems are common among students with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). One reason for academic problems is the difficulties in executive functions (EF) that are necessary for complex goal-oriented behaviors. Students with ADHD often exhibit EF deficits and as a result have difficulties with tasks that require planning,…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Executive Function, Writing Strategies, Educational Strategies
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Keiser, Ashley; Reddy, Linda – Journal of Applied School Psychology, 2013
The Pediatric Attention Disorders Diagnostic Screener is a multidimensional, computerized screening tool designed to assess attention and global aspects of executive functioning in children at risk for attention disorders. The screener consists of a semi-structured diagnostic interview, brief parent and teacher rating scales, 3 computer-based…
Descriptors: Screening Tests, Computer Assisted Testing, Children, At Risk Persons
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Allal, Linda – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2013
This paper presents a study of teachers' professional judgement in the area of summative assessment. It adopts a situated perspective on assessment practices in classroom and school settings. The study is based on interviews with 10 sixth-grade teachers and on the assessment documents they used when determining end-of-term grades in students'…
Descriptors: Summative Evaluation, Educational Practices, Interviews, Grade 6
Paeplow, Colleen – Wake County Public School System, 2015
In 2013-14, Letterland had strong implementation, with moderate to high fidelity within approximately 90% of Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) K-1 classrooms. The impact of Letterland on students' reading achievement was neutral to positive. A significantly higher percentage of WCPSS kindergarten students were at or above benchmark mid-year…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Reading Instruction, Program Descriptions, Program Implementation
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