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Through the Eyes of Parents: A Singaporean Perspective of the Importance of Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Skills for Six-Year-Old Children
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Carter, Margaret Anne; Frewen, Amie; Chunn, Jennifer – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2014
This study reports the importance 244 parents of six-year-old children living in Singapore placed on cognitive (problem-solving and creativity) and non-cognitive (practical school skills and conforming) behaviours. Our research team hypothesised that, as the age of the parent increased, the importance placed on each covariant skill (problem…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parents, Parent Attitudes, Young Children
Numeracy of Young Children in Singapore, Beijing and Helsinki
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Ee, Jessie; Wong, Khoon Yoong; Aunio, Pirjo – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2006
Young children's number sense is essential for the acquisition of higher number skills in later years. Most recent studies focus on children over 6 years of age only. To extend the scope, this study dealt with the performance of children aged 4-7 years in 3 cities: Singapore, Beijing and Helsinki (This study is an extension of the research of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Children, Numeracy, Gender Differences
A Study of Cognitive Development of Pre-School Children (3 - 6+) and Implications for Intervention in Singapore.
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Chang, Agnes Shook Cheong – 1988
In 1983, the Institute of Education in Singapore started a nine-year longitudinal project funded by the Bernard van Leer Foundation in Holland to study the cognitive and social development of pre-school children in Singapore. Each phase of the project was to last 3 years. Phase One (July 1983 through June 1986) concentrated on the collection of…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Early Childhood Education