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Abdekhodaie, Zahra; Tabatabaei, Seyed Mahmood; Gholizadeh, Mortaza – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
In this study, the prevalence of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in kindergarten children in northeast Iran was investigated, and the criterion validity of Conners' parent-teacher questionnaire was evaluated through the use of clinical interviews. This study was a cross-sectional descriptive research project with children in…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Incidence, Predictive Validity, Questionnaires
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Kleemans, Tijs; Segers, Eliane; Verhoeven, Ludo – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
The present study investigated to what extent children with specific language impairment (SLI) differ in their early numeracy skills, when compared to normal language achieving (NLA) children. It was also explored which precursors were related to the early numeracy skills in both groups. Sixty-one children with SLI (6; 1 years) and 111 NLA…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Language Impairments, Numeracy, Phonological Awareness
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Finson, Kevin D. – Science and Children, 2010
Learning about what inferences are, and what a good inference is, will help students become more scientifically literate and better understand the nature of science in inquiry. Students in K-4 should be able to give explanations about what they investigate (NSTA 1997) and that includes doing so through inferring. This article provides some tips…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Inferences, Kindergarten, Grade 1
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Vinter, Annie; Puspitawati, Ira; Witt, Arnaud – Developmental Psychology, 2010
Two experiments were reported that aimed at investigating the development of spatial analysis of hierarchical patterns in children between 3 and 9 years of age. A total of 108 children participated in the drawing experiment, and 224 children were tested in a force-choice similarity judgment task. In both tasks, participants were exposed to…
Descriptors: Recognition (Psychology), Experimental Psychology, Children, Investigations
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Larson, Candice – Kairaranga, 2010
This study investigated the transition of a child with moderate special education needs to a primary school setting. It was generated out of the professional interest of the author and a prevailing concern over the apparent delay in providing support for children with moderate special education needs within the primary school system. A case study…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Disabilities, Children, Special Needs Students
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Mantzicopoulos, Panayota – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 2004
The author examined age, gender, and ethnic differences in the self-perceptions of 112 low-income children who were assessed with the Pictorial Scale of Perceived Competence and Social Acceptance (PSPCSA) at Head Start and kindergarten. Children's self-ratings of competence were overly optimistic across the 4 subscales of the PSPCSA during the 2…
Descriptors: African American Children, Whites, Children, Ethnic Groups