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Executive Functions in Jordanian Children: What Can the Hearts and Flowers Task Tell Us about Development in a Non-Western Context
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Jazlyn Nketia; Alya Al Sager; Rana Dajani; Diego Placido; Dima Amso – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2024
Understanding executive functions (EFs) development is of high value to global developmental science. Recent calls for a more inclusive and equitable developmental science argue that tasks and questionnaires that are developed using only a subset of the population are not likely to be appropriate for EFs measurement in global contexts unless…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Task Analysis, Academic Achievement, Arabic
Kuwaiti Arabic: Acquisition of Singleton Consonants
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Ayyad, Hadeel Salama; Bernhardt, B. May; Stemberger, Joseph P. – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2016
Background: Arabic, a Semitic language of the Afro-Asiatic variety, has a rich consonant inventory. Previous studies on Arabic phonological acquisition have focused primarily on dialects in Jordan and Egypt. Because Arabic varies considerably across regions, information is also needed for other dialects. Aims: To determine acquisition benchmarks…
Descriptors: Phonemes, Semitic Languages, Phonology, Foreign Countries
Fear in Children with Visual Impairments from the Perspective of Their Parents
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Al-Zboon, Eman; Al-Dababneh, Kholoud A. H.; Baibres, Haithem – Early Child Development and Care, 2017
The aim of this study was to investigate fear in children with visual impairments (VI) from the perspective of their parents. The study was conducted in Jordan. One hundred and eight parents were surveyed. Results revealed that the main fear contents in children with VI are fear of voices and social communication fears. There were no statistically…
Descriptors: Visual Impairments, Fear, Parent Surveys, Interpersonal Communication
Do Executive Functions Differentiate Gifted Children, Children at Risk of LDs, and Average Children?
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Al-Hmouz, Hanan; Abu-Hamour, Bashir – International Journal of Special Education, 2017
The Executive Functions (EFs) cognitive ability was studied with a group of gifted children (n=27), children at risk of learning disabilities (LDs) (n=27), and control/average children (n=27). These children were enrolled in Kindergarten 2 and had the mean age of 63 months. The main purpose of this study was to evaluate group differences on EFs…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Academically Gifted, At Risk Students, Learning Disabilities
An Investigation of the Differences in Creativity of Preschool Children According to Gender, Age and Kindergarten Type in Jordan
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Alsrour, Nadia H.; Al-Ali, Safa – Gifted and Talented International, 2014
This study examined the creative thinking in preschool children. The Thinking Creatively in Action and Movement test (TCAM) by Torrance 1981, was used to assess motor creativity. The study investigated whether there might be differences in creative thinking according to gender or age. A total of 562 children participated (260 girls and 302 boys)…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Creativity, Foreign Countries, Creative Thinking
The Relationship between Parental Abuse and Psychological Safety of the Children at the City of Amman and the Central Valleys of Jordan
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Al-Anani, Hanan Abd Al-Hameed – International Education Studies, 2015
The purpose of this study was to identify the degree of parental abuse and psychological security of the child, as well as the degree differences of these variables, based on the gender, the age and place of residency. The aim of this study also was to detect the relationship between parental abuse and the psychological security of the child. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Safety, Child Abuse, Parenting Styles