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Download full textBustamante, Andres S.; Greenfield, Daryl B.; Nayfeld, Irena – Education Sciences, 2018
Early childhood science and engineering education offer a prime context to foster approaches-to-learning (ATL) and executive functioning (EF) by eliciting children's natural curiosity about the world, providing a unique opportunity to engage children in hands-on learning experiences that promote critical thinking, problem solving, collaboration,…
Descriptors: Science Education, Critical Thinking, Persistence, Engineering Education
Direct linkBustamante, Andres S.; Greenfield, Daryl B.; Nayfeld, Irena – Grantee Submission, 2018
Early childhood science and engineering education offer a prime context to foster approaches-to-learning (ATL) and executive functioning (EF) by eliciting children's natural curiosity about the world, providing a unique opportunity to engage children in hands-on learning experiences that promote critical thinking, problem solving, collaboration,…
Descriptors: Science Education, Critical Thinking, Persistence, Engineering Education
Peng, Peng; Congying, Sun; Beilei, Li; Sha, Tao – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2012
Children with mathematics difficulties suffer from working memory deficits. This study investigated the deficit profile of phonological storage and executive functions in working memory among children with mathematics difficulties. Based on multiple instruments and two assessment points, 68 children were screened out of 805 fifth graders. Of these…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Learning Disabilities, Inhibition, Short Term Memory
