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This study measured the impact of the "Fitness Improves Thinking in Kids" ("FITKids") afterschool program on the executive control (i.e., maintaining focus, performing multiple cognitive processes) and physical fitness of preadolescent students. The "FITKids" program was held at the University of Illinois' campus and…
Descriptors: Physical Fitness, After School Programs, Executive Function, Brain
Direct linkCotugno, Albert J. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2009
This study examined the effectiveness of a 30 week social competence and social skills group intervention program with children, ages 7-11, diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Eighteen children with ASD were assessed with pretreatment and posttreatment measures on the Walker-McConnell Scale (WMS) and the MGH YouthCare Social Competence…
Descriptors: Autism, Measures (Individuals), Interpersonal Competence, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Crook, Charles; Bennett, Lindsey – British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2007
Children's speed and fluency of writing has elsewhere been shown to correlate with the quality of their composition. Here, we compared speed and fluency of text production when children aged between 6 and 11 used either a pen or a computer keyboard. Younger children were reliably slower and less fluent when writing at a keyboard. All children were…
Descriptors: Childrens Writing, Attention, Computer Uses in Education, Writing (Composition)
