Understanding development requires assessing the relevant environment: Examples from mathematics learning.
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2020 at "New directions for child and adolescent development"
DOI: 10.1002/cad.20372
Abstract: Although almost everyone agrees that the environment shapes children's learning, surprisingly few studies assess in detail the specific environments that shape children's learning of specific content. The present article briefly reviews examples of how such… read more here.
Keywords: mathematics; understanding development; children learning; environment ... See more keywords
Preschool Children’s Learning Opportunities Using Natural Numbers in Number Row Activities
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2020 at "Early Childhood Education Journal"
DOI: 10.1007/s10643-020-01114-9
Abstract: This study analysed how preschool teachers differently enacted the same mathematical activity for preschool children to discern numbers, and how this affected the children’s learning opportunities during the activity. The analysis was based on variation theory… read more here.
Keywords: learning opportunities; activity; children learning; number ... See more keywords
The impact of media literacy on children's learning from films and hypermedia
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2017 at "Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology"
DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2016.11.007
Abstract: Abstract Within the extensive literature on the role of educational media in children's learning and the factors influencing that learning, the possible impact of media literacy remains unexamined. The present study examines the influence of… read more here.
Keywords: media literacy; children learning; learning films; literacy children ... See more keywords
Child phonological responses to variegation in adult words: A cross-linguistic study.
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2022 at "Journal of child language"
DOI: 10.1017/s0305000922000393
Abstract: Variegation - the presence of more than one supraglottal consonant per word - is a key challenge for children as they increase their expressive vocabulary toward the end of the single-word period. Here we consider… read more here.
Keywords: responses variegation; adult; child phonological; variegation ... See more keywords
The role of play in children’s learning: the perspective of Ghanaian early years stakeholders
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2018 at "Early Years"
DOI: 10.1080/09575146.2018.1473344
Abstract: Abstract The purpose of this study was to examine Ghanaian stakeholders’ beliefs about the role and importance of play in early years (3 to 5 years) children’s learning, referred to as play-learning beliefs. A survey… read more here.
Keywords: role play; status; play children; children learning ... See more keywords
Comprehension Monitoring during Reading: An Eye-tracking Study with Children Learning English as an Additional Language
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2020 at "Scientific Studies of Reading"
DOI: 10.1080/10888438.2020.1740227
Abstract: ABSTRACT This experiment investigated comprehension monitoring in children learning English as an additional language (EAL) compared to monolinguals. Sixty-three 9–10-year-old children read texts containing an internal inconsistency (e.g. a barking kitten vs. barking puppy) while… read more here.
Keywords: learning english; children learning; english additional; comprehension monitoring ... See more keywords
Researching children’s learning and play in a Chinese context: children’s perspectives on their play and learning
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2019 at "European Early Childhood Education Research Journal"
DOI: 10.1080/1350293x.2019.1634241
Abstract: ABSTRACT Children’s conceptions or interpretations of the relationship between play and learning have not been studied much in the early childhood education studies. To better understand play and learning in the Chinese context, this paper… read more here.
Keywords: chinese context; children perspectives; researching children; play ... See more keywords
The Effects of a Visual Execution Environment and Makey Makey on Primary School Children Learning Introductory Programming Concepts
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2020 at "IEEE Access"
DOI: 10.1109/access.2020.3041686
Abstract: The interest of children in learning to program computers has increased dramatically in recent years with the adaptation of new programming languages such as Scratch or game-based approaches. That being so, it is still unclear… read more here.
Keywords: makey; school; approach; children learning ... See more keywords
Parental experiences of caring for children who have learning disabilities and procedural anxiety in hospital: An interpretive phenomenological study.
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2022 at "Child: care, health and development"
DOI: 10.1111/cch.12990
Abstract: BACKGROUND Children with learning disabilities (LD) are more likely to have health conditions that require hospital attendance than children without LD. Like all children, they can experience fear and distress related to procedural anxiety. Parents… read more here.
Keywords: parental experiences; anxiety; procedural anxiety; children learning ... See more keywords
Discontinuity of Reference Hinders Children's Learning of New Words.
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2018 at "Child development"
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.13189
Abstract: When referring to objects, adults package words, sentences, and gestures in ways that shape children's learning. Here, to understand how continuity of reference shapes word learning, an adult taught new words to 4-year-old children (N = 120)… read more here.
Keywords: new words; discourse; children learning; reference ... See more keywords
When judging what you know changes what you really know: Soliciting metamemory judgments reactively enhances children's learning.
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2021 at "Child development"
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.13689
Abstract: Recent studies established that making concurrent judgments of learning (JOLs) can significantly alter (typically enhance) memory itself-a reactivity effect. The current study recruited 190 Chinese children (Mage = 8.68 years; 101 female) in 2020 and 2021 to… read more here.
Keywords: judging know; know changes; reactivity effect; children learning ... See more keywords