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Manuel Mello; Martina Fusaro; Salvatore Maria Aglioti; Ilaria Minio-Paluello – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2024
In the typically developing population, social touch experiences are influenced by several factors, including the biological sex of toucher and receiver, the body area wherein the touch is delivered and the social context in which the tactile exchange occurs. However, it is currently unexplored how social touch experiences of autistic adults are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Adults, Gender Differences
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Federica Ferretti; Chiara Giberti; Sara Bagossi; Eugenia Taranto; Ferdinando Arzarello – For the Learning of Mathematics, 2024
Covariational reasoning, essential for understanding functions and modeling dynamic situations, is traditionally introduced in secondary education. This paper proposes introducing covariational reasoning in primary school settings through an artifact, the Tracer. Previous studies investigate a covariational approach to functions with younger…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Elementary School Students, Thinking Skills, Teaching Methods
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Nava, Elena; Pavani, Francesco – Child Development, 2013
In human adults, visual dominance emerges in several multisensory tasks. In children, auditory dominance has been reported up to 4 years of age. To establish when sensory dominance changes during development, 41 children (6-7, 9-10, and 11-12 years) were tested on the Colavita task (Experiment 1) and 32 children (6-7, 9-10, and 11-12 years) were…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Visual Perception, Child Development, Children