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Ten Eycke, Kayla D.; Müller, Ulrich – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2018
Little is known about the relation between cognitive processes and imagination and whether this relation differs between neurotypically developing children and children with autism. To address this issue, we administered a cognitive task battery and Karmiloff-Smith's drawing task, which requires children to draw imaginative people and houses. For…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Children, Executive Function
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Teichert, Laura; Anderson, Ann – Early Child Development and Care, 2014
Using a qualitative lens, this study investigated the role of digital media in the life of a five-year-old girl. The study focused on determining what this five-year-old knew about technology, what digital tools was she currently using and how important were these tools in her everyday life. Data collection included semi-structured interviews…
Descriptors: Mass Media Role, Mass Media Effects, Children, Qualitative Research
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Searle, Chris – FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 2009
This article stresses the quality of universality within young people's poetry. The writer uses the poetry mainly written by children of Pakistani origin living in Pitsmoor and Fir Vale in north-east Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, as a stimulus for the creative writing of children of the Mohawk nation in the reservation school of Tyendinaga…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Foreign Countries, Poetry, Children
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Kelly, Brendan – Great Plains Quarterly, 2010
Previous studies pay insufficient attention to the impact of "patriotism," a curious omission given how frequently both government officials and ordinary citizens used their love of country as a rallying cry. This article focuses on Saskatoon, whose 43,027 inhabitants made it Saskatchewan's second-largest city, and examine the way in…
Descriptors: Imagination, War, Children, Foreign Countries