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Fine Motor Skills and Their Link to Receptive Vocabulary, Expressive Vocabulary, and Narrative Language Skills
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Rebecca E. Winter; Heidrun Stoeger; Sebastian P. Suggate – First Language, 2024
A growing body of research suggests that fine motor skills (FMS) are associated with language development. In this study, we examined 76 children aged 3-6 years assessing the link between language and FMS. Specific measures included receptive and expressive vocabulary, oral narrative skills, and various fine motor tasks. Hierarchical linear…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Kindergarten, Early Childhood Education
Reading Proficiency Predicts Spatial Eye-Movement Control in the First and Second Language
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Daniil Gnetov; Victor Kuperman – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2024
Research on first language (L1) reading has long since established the link between the proficiency of the reader and their efficiency in oculomotor control. More proficient readers make longer saccades and land closer to the word's center, which is a word's optimal viewing position, and make fewer refixations. Eye-tracking studies of second…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Eye Movements, Psychomotor Skills, Second Languages
Do Typing Skills Matter? Investigating University Students' Typing Speed and Performance in Online Exams
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Laura Sperl; Clara Marie Breier; Eric Grießbach; Stefan R. Schweinberger – Higher Education Research and Development, 2024
In response to COVID-19, universities worldwide experienced drastic and sudden changes including the need to shift to online teaching and assessment. Following previous research suggesting that individual differences in typing skills could influence text quantity and quality, we investigated whether university students' typing speed is related to…
Descriptors: Office Occupations Education, College Freshmen, Skill Development, Online Courses
Developmental Courses in Childhood Dysarthria: Longitudinal Analyses of Auditory-Perceptual Parameters
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Haas, Elisabet; Ziegler, Wolfram; Schölderle, Theresa – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2021
Purpose: The aim of this longitudinal study was to describe developmental courses of childhood dysarthria against the background of typical speech motor development by collecting auditory-perceptual data. Method: Fourteen children (four girls, 10 boys; 5;1-8;4 [years;months] at Time 1) with neurological conditions (CNC) and 14 typically developing…
Descriptors: Speech Impairments, Speech Communication, Comparative Analysis, Child Development
The Articulatory In-Out Effect Resists Oral Motor Interference
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Lindau, Berit; Topolinski, Sascha – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2018
People prefer words with inward directed consonantal patterns (e.g., MENIKA) compared to outward patterns (KENIMA), because inward (outward) articulation movements resemble positive (negative) mouth actions such as swallowing (spitting). This effect might rely on covert articulation simulations, or subvocalizations, since it occurs also under…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Psychomotor Skills, Language Patterns, Preferences
The Test for Creative Thinking-Drawing Production Test in Preschool Children with Predominantly Migration Background--Psychometrics of the German TCT-DP
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von Steinbüchel, Nicole; Meeuwsen, Mirjam; Poinstingl, Herbert; Kiese-Himmel, Christiane – Creativity Research Journal, 2018
The study examined the psychometric properties of the German version of the Creative Thinking-Drawing Production Test (TCT-DP). This test evaluates creative potential with 14 content-related criteria, constituting a total score. Age norms exist for children from 4-16 years. A total of 269 children with predominantly migrant background, aged…
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Creativity Tests, Preschool Children, Psychometrics