NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Laws, Policies, & Programs
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Showing 1 to 15 of 64 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Ine H. van Liempd; Ora Oudgenoeg-Paz; Paul P. M. Leseman – Child Development, 2025
Object exploration is considered a driver of motor, cognitive, and social development. However, little is known about how early childhood education and care settings facilitate object exploration. This study examined if children's exploration of objects during free play was facilitated by the use of particular spatial components (floor, tables,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Toddlers, Preschool Children, Object Manipulation
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Riffi Acharki, E.; Spaaij, R.; Nieuwelink, H. – Sport, Education and Society, 2023
The impact of organized youth sport on youth development depends on various conditions in the pedagogical climate, such as how sport is delivered by youth sport coaches. While this is broadly acknowledged and provides a basis to improve youth sport and its developmental outcomes, little is known about the pedagogical perspectives of youth coaches…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Athletics, Youth Programs, Athletic Coaches
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Mathijssen, A. C. Sven; Feltzer, Max J.A.; Hoogeveen, Lianne; Denissen, Jaap; Bakx, Anouke – Roeper Review, 2023
The present study aimed to determine whether exceptional items in human figure drawings (HFDs) can serve the identification process of talents and (educational) needs of children with high intellectual abilities. Participants were 152 children aged 4 to 6 years at the time of drawing. After 2 years, 85 had received regular curriculum (the…
Descriptors: Freehand Drawing, Talent Identification, Student Needs, Young Children
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Veen, Esther J.; Pijpker, Roald; Hassink, Jan – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 2023
When children drop out of school, either temporarily or permanently, this poses a significant problem for both children and society. In the Netherlands, care farms offering care-education programs for school dropouts are emerging. While there is evidence for their effectiveness, models explaining how such outdoor interventions may facilitate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Agriculture, Outdoor Education, Dropouts
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Frankenhuis, Willem E.; de Vries, Sarah A.; Bianchi, JeanMarie; Ellis, Bruce J. – Developmental Science, 2020
Although growing up in stressful conditions can undermine mental abilities, people in harsh environments may develop intact, or even "enhanced," social and cognitive abilities for solving problems in high-adversity contexts (i.e. 'hidden talents'). We examine whether childhood and current exposure to violence are associated with memory…
Descriptors: Memory, Thinking Skills, Social Development, Cognitive Development
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Rademacher, Annika; Koglin, Ute – Early Child Development and Care, 2019
In recent years, preschooler's self-regulation has been extensively researched. This systematic review deals with the overlaps and differences among the many different terminologies and definitions of self-regulation in childhood and the association with preschooler's social-emotional and behavioural development. A systematic literature search in…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Self Management, Social Development, Emotional Development
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Gemmink, Michelle M.; Fokkens-Bruinsma, Marjon; Pauw, Ietje; van Veen, Klaas – European Journal of Teacher Education, 2020
The aim of this study is to explore Dutch primary school teachers' perceptions regarding their pedagogical practices, and, specifically, whether they consider these practices under pressure. We conducted a survey among a sample of 261 primary school teachers from 115 schools, that included open and closed questions. The analyses showed that…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Beliefs, Stress Variables, Educational Environment
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Feng, Xin; Harkness, Sara; Super, Charles M.; Welles, Barbara; Bermudez, Moises Rios; Bonichini, Sabrina; Moscardino, Ughetta; Zylicz, Piotr O. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2020
Although children's school success is a parental goal in most cultures, there is wide cultural variation in the qualities that parents most wish their children to develop for that purpose. A questionnaire contained forty-one child qualities was administered to 757 parents in seven cultural communities in Australia, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland,…
Descriptors: Success, Academic Achievement, Parent Attitudes, Cultural Differences
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Hoogendijk, C.; Tick, N. T.; Holland, J. G.; Hofman, W. H. A.; Severiens, S. E.; Vuijk, P.; van Veen, A. F. D. – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2020
Teaching students with externalising problem behaviours is difficult for teachers, as it challenges the relationship that teachers engage in with their students. In this study, effects of Key2Teach on externalising and social-emotional problem behaviours and the mediating role of conflict in the teacher-student relationship were studied using a…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Behavior Problems, Student Behavior, Program Effectiveness
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
van der Wilt, Femke; van der Veen, Chiel; van Kruistum, Claudia; van Oers, Bert – Early Education and Development, 2020
Rejection by peers has devastating effects on children's social-cognitive development. As language difficulties have been found to be one of the underlying causes of peer rejection, the present study focused on the relation between these two variables. Specifically, this study was the first to test a hypothesized model connecting children's level…
Descriptors: Language Skills, Preschool Children, Vocabulary Development, Receptive Language
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Opstoel, Katrijn; Prins, Frans; Jacobs, Frank; Haerens, Leen; van Tartwijk, Jan; De Martelaer, Kristine – European Physical Education Review, 2022
Personal and social development constitutes an important goal of physical education (PE) curricula worldwide. Few studies have analysed how PE teachers perceive and operationalise personal and social development goals in their lessons. This study sought to investigate the implemented curriculum of in-service PE teachers, that is, how PE teachers…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Teacher Attitudes, Elementary School Students, Social Development
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Gubbels, Joyce; Segers, Eliane; Verhoeven, Ludo – High Ability Studies, 2018
Intellectual abilities are consistently found to be associated to child functioning. To date, however, it is unclear how varying intellectual profiles relate to differential aspects of child functioning. We screened 513 fifth-grade children on their intellectual abilities and selected three groups of gifted children, scoring in the top 10%:…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Short Term Memory, Verbal Ability, Self Concept
Cerna, Lucie – OECD Publishing, 2019
The recent refugee crisis has put many Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries under considerable pressure to accommodate and integrate large numbers of refugees. Refugee students are a particularly vulnerable group due to their forced displacement, but their needs are not always met by education systems, which can…
Descriptors: Refugees, Social Integration, Student Needs, Educational Policy
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Zweers, Inge; van de Schoot, Rens A. G. J.; Tick, Nouchka T.; Depaoli, Sarah; Clifton, James P.; de Castro, Bram Orobio; Bijstra, Jan O. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2021
The present study investigated (1) how social relationships with teachers and peers and self-esteem of students with social-emotional and behavioral difficulties (SEBD) in inclusive regular education (regular schools) and students with SEBD in exclusive special education (special schools) develop over time in comparison with each other and in…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Social Emotional Learning, Students with Disabilities
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Schouten, Dylan G. M.; Venneker, Fleur; Bosse, Tibor; Neerincx, Mark A.; Cremers, Anita H. M. – IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 2018
In this study, we investigate if a digital coach for low-literate learners that provides cognitive learning support based on scaffolding can be improved by adding affective learning support based on motivational interviewing, and social learning support based on small talk. Several knowledge gaps are identified: motivational interviewing and small…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Electronic Learning, Program Design
Previous Page | Next Page »
Pages: 1  |  2  |  3  |  4  |  5