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Anna Amadó; Francesc Sidera; Elisabet Serrat – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2024
Background: Previous literature suggests that children with Down syndrome (DS) have difficulties in cognitive and affective components of Theory of Mind (ToM). However, the nature of the distinction between cognitive and affective ToM has not yet been addressed in depth in this population. Aims: This work is aimed at studying the cognitive and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, Down Syndrome, Theory of Mind
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Silvia Duran-Bonavila; Alicia Rodríguez-Gómez; Marta Becerril – International Journal of Educational Psychology, 2024
Grade repetition is an issue with important educational implications. This study analyzes the effect of cognitive variables, socio-economic status, as well as the interaction of socioeconomic status with ethnic origin, on the probability of not repeating. Data were collected to calculate socioeconomic status using the Hollingshead Socioeconomic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade Repetition, Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Influences
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Cristina de-la-Peña – Journal of New Approaches in Educational Research, 2024
Reading comprehension is a fundamental skill to be developed from the early stages of reading acquisition and it is essential for both formative and personal learning. This study examines eye-tracking as a useful and complementary tool in the assessment and improvement of implicit reading comprehension. The aim is to understand the role of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Verbal Ability, Intelligence Tests, Vocabulary
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Esther Moraleda; Noelia Pulido; Noelia Santos; Patricia López – Journal of Education and Learning, 2024
The main objective of this study is to assess the Spanish literacy competence of students enrolled in bilingual and trilingual programs by analyzing the developmental process and evolutionary course of reading during the first cycle of Primary Education. This analysis aims to determine whether the reading skills in Spanish of students in…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Reading Skills
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Cámara-Martínez, Alba; Suarez-Manzano, Sara; Martínez-López, Emilio J.; Ruiz-Ariza, Alberto – South African Journal of Education, 2022
The acquisition of vocabulary and narrative comprehension are key abilities for children's literacy development and to potentiate cognitive and academic skills from early ages. The aim with this study was to analyse the effects of a 6-week integrated active-lessons programme based on playful games, vocabulary, and narrative comprehension.…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Active Learning, Reading Comprehension
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Anghel, Brindusa; Cuadrado, Pilar; Tagliati, Federico – Education Economics, 2022
We explore the cognitive skill gap between the adult population in Spain and in the rest of European Union countries using the Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies. We find that differences in schooling account for about a third of the average difference in cognitive test scores, whereas differences in socioeconomic…
Descriptors: Intelligence Tests, Scores, Foreign Countries, Adults
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Isabel R. Rodríguez-Ortiz; Francisco J. Moreno-Pérez; David Saldaña – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2025
Difficulties in monitoring reading comprehension result in poor comprehension. One key aspect of monitoring is metacomprehension, which refers to one's awareness of one's own reading comprehension. Previous studies have observed difficulties in metacomprehension among the deaf or hard-of-hearing (DHH) population. This study aims to determine…
Descriptors: Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Students with Disabilities, Reading Comprehension
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Arija, Victoria; Esteban-Figuerola, Patricia; Morales-Hidalgo, Paula; Jardí, Cristina; Canals-Sans, Josefa – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2023
This article assesses nutritional intake and adequacy in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), subdiagnostic autistic symptoms and children with typical development (TD). In total, 77 children diagnosed with ASD, 40 with subdiagnostic autistic symptoms and 333 children with TD were assessed. A validated food frequency questionnaire was…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Control Groups, Food, Nutrition
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Fenollar-Cortés, Javier; Watkins, Marley W. – International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 2019
The construct validity of the Spanish Version of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children Fifth Edition (WISC-V[superscript Spain]) was investigated via confirmatory factor analysis. For all 15 subtests, the higher-order model preferred by Wechsler (2015b) contained five group factors but lacked discriminant validity. A bifactor model with…
Descriptors: Children, Intelligence Tests, Construct Validity, Test Reliability
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Gallego, María Gómez; Perez de los Cobos, Alfonso Palazón; Gallego, Juan Cándido Gómez – Education Sciences, 2021
A main goal of the university institution should be to reduce the desertion of its students, in fact, the dropout rate constitutes a basic indicator in the accreditation processes of university centers. Thus, evaluating the cognitive functions and learning skills of students with an increased risk of academic failure can be useful for the adoption…
Descriptors: Identification, At Risk Students, Potential Dropouts, Cognitive Processes
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Martín-Requejo, Katya; Santiago-Ramajo, Sandra – Mind, Brain, and Education, 2021
It is necessary to know the influence of the current pandemic situation on children's emotional intelligence (EI). Therefore, this study aimed to analyze the difference in 34 Spanish children's EI (aged 9-10) caused by the lockdown. EI was measured with the BarOn Emotional Intelligence Inventory (EQ-i:YV). Results have revealed a reduction in EI,…
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, Elementary School Students, Pandemics, COVID-19
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Nuñez-Polo, Mercedes H. – Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2022
Introduction: The aim of this study is to validate a Spanish version of the Impact of Event Scale on People with ID (IES-ID). Methods: IES-ID was administered to adults with ID (n = 120), analyzing internal consistency, inter-rater and test-retest reliability, criterion validity, construct validity and feasibility. Results: Good internal…
Descriptors: Spanish, Translation, Construct Validity, Factor Analysis
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Antzaka, Alexia; Acha, Joana; Carreiras, Manuel; Lallier, Marie – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2021
The goal of the paper was to investigate whether morphological units -- stems and suffixes -- influence orthographic processing by modulating visual attention demands to the task. Orthographic processing was measured with a visual one-back task requiring letters to be detected within pseudowords not including stems/suffixes, or containing real…
Descriptors: Morphology (Languages), Morphemes, Reading Processes, Orthographic Symbols
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Mateo, Alonso; Ros, Laura; Ricarte, Jorge J.; Fernandez, Dolores; Latorre, Jose M. – Early Child Development and Care, 2020
Although small children have autobiographical memories, as they grow, they forget its specific details. Although this forgetting is common in early childhood, the presence of effective cues may help recall autobiographical memories. This study examines the effect of verbal and visual cues on the long-term maintenance of a school trip…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Memory, Recall (Psychology)
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Martín-Brufau, Ramón; Berná, Javier Corbalán – Creativity Research Journal, 2021
More than 50 years since the introduction of the concept of divergent production, little progress has been made in the development of parsimonious theoretical models that sufficiently explain creativity. Recently, the optimal foraging theory has been used to explain the search for items in memory tasks, suggesting the correspondence between the…
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Task Analysis, Cognitive Processes, Creativity
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