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Ali Soyoof – Interactive Learning Environments, 2024
In Iran, many children spend a great deal of their time in home contexts where they often use different digital technologies such as smartphones, tablets, and some other digital devices. However, the way that children use these digital technologies largely depends on their mothers whose perceptions can shape their home digital literacy practices.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mothers, Parent Attitudes, Bilingualism
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Valadi, Saeed – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
The present study examined the association between home motor affordances and motor skill development in daycare and non-daycare attending children. The sample consisted of 247 families with children aged 18-42-months. Homes were assessed using the Persian translation of the Affordances in the "Home Environment for Motor…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Motor Development, Psychomotor Skills, Child Care Centers
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Basharpoor, Sajjad; Heidari, Fazeleh; Narimani, Mohammad; Barahmand, Usha – Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools, 2022
Previous research has supported the importance of the interaction between family and school contexts for student adjustment to school. This study aimed to investigate the mediating role of school engagement and academic self-concept in relation to family adaptability/cohesion, social acceptability and school adjustment. A sample of 268 5th- and…
Descriptors: Student Adjustment, Learner Engagement, Self Concept, Family Environment
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Nouri, Ali; Zandi, Taleb; Etemadizade, Hedayatollah – Research in Learning Technology, 2022
This study was conducted to examine the influence of access to and use of information and communication technology (ICT) on academic achievement and motivation. Data were collected from 300 students (12- to 16-year-old; 160 boys) from Sanandaj, Iran. The ICT Familiarity Questionnaire was used to assess the level of students' access to and use of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary Education, Information Technology, Telecommunications
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Somaye Kavousipor; Mehdi Rassafiani; Carl Gabbard; Saeedeh Pourahmad; Seyed Ali Hosseini; Farin Soleimani; Abbas Ebadi – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
The purpose of the study was to evaluate fine- and gross-motor development and basic cognitive skills in 3-18 month-olds in relation to home factors, age and weight. Three hundred and seventy mother-child dyads were recruited. For age, two groups were analyzed: 3-11 months and 12-18 months. Motor and basic cognitive skills were assessed using the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychomotor Skills, Motor Development, Child Development
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Yesilkaya, Eda; Best, Paul; Byrne, Bronagh; Marshall, Gerry – Child Care in Practice, 2021
A body of research indicates the importance of interventions for promoting the development and progress of children with visual impairments. However, the research available on suitable interventions for this population is relatively sparse. The purpose of this review is to identify, collate and appraise the available research evidence on…
Descriptors: Visual Impairments, Barriers, Intervention, Blindness
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Mirvahedi, Seyed Hadi; Jafari, Rasoul – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2021
The study explores language maintenance and shift patterns from a family language policy perspective in Azerbaijani-Farsi bilingual families in the City of Zanjan, Iran. The city is the capital of Zanjan province which is surrounded by Azerbaijani, Kurdish, and Farsi speaking provinces giving it a specific demographic make-up to explore language…
Descriptors: Language Maintenance, Language Attitudes, Language Role, Language Minorities