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Acta Paediatrica, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Aim Icelandic data on outcomes after preterm birth are limited. The aim was to describe neonatal morbidities, motor development up to 24 months, and examine whether morbidities predicted disability. Method It was a retrospective cohort study of 318 children born < 32 weeks of gestation and/or weighing < 1 000 g, who were followed at the ...
Hildur Bjork Adolfsdottir +3 more
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Extended early childhood intervention and school achievement: Age 13 findings from the Chicago longitudinal study [PDF]
We evaluated the effects of participation in an extended program of compensatory education for a large sample of inner-city black children up to the seventh grade. The intervention is the Chicago Child-Parent Center and Expansion Program. Groups included
A. J. Reynolds, J. A. Temple
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Faces and phases of epistemic curiosity in science learning: A longitudinal study
British Journal of Developmental Psychology, EarlyView.Different faces of epistemic curiosity shape science learning across development. While early scientific reasoning depends on the joint action of interest‐type and deprivation‐type curiosity, science knowledge is robustly driven by interest‐type curiosity, revealing a developmental reweighting of motivational mechanisms.
Susanne Koerber, Christopher Osterhaus
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Individual differences in empathy‐related responses in early childhood: A person‐centred approach
British Journal of Developmental Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Empathy is vital for social development in early childhood. This study investigates the empathy‐related behaviours of 362 German and Canadian children (49.72% girls) aged 3 to 6 years (M = 60.65 months; SD = 11.43 months), focusing on responses to emotional distress.
Johannes Bullinger +7 more
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Language Choice as Contextualisation Cue in a Sámi Kindergarten in Norway
Naveiñ Reet: Nordic Journal of Law and Social ResearchLanguage choice indicate - or create - different contexts in a Sámi kindergarten. Three interactions from the daily routine of the Sámi kindergarten illustrate contextualisation and language variation: 1) Teacher-child interaction in the main room after
Carola Babette Kleemann
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Kindergarten - a Universal Right for Children in Norway [PDF]
, 2013 The article is divided into three parts. In part 1 the Norwegian kindergarten is introduced. We present some facts and the purpose of the kindergarten as it appears in state documents. We also describe a historical backdrop.
Haug, Kristin Holte, Storø, Jan
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British Journal of Developmental Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract This study scrutinised whether children's imitative tendency varied depending on the model's ethnicity in a multicultural nation, Malaysia. 123 Malaysian Chinese and Malay children aged four to six were shown how to complete two goal‐oriented, tool‐use tasks using either an inefficient but normative method or an efficient alternative.
Rachel Y. Chin +3 more
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Teaching My Child To Resist in Kindergarten
Occasional Paper Series, 2017 Ferris describes how she taught her son to resist in his kindergarten classroom while drawing on her own experiences as an educator. Their experience draws attention to common teaching methods that do not promote socialization or free thinking. This also highlights the issues that can arise when the value system of a school does not align with a family'
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Partnership Instability and Child Wellbeing during the Transition to Elementary School [PDF]
Data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (N = 2,957) are used to examine partnership instability and children’s wellbeing during the transition to elementary school.
Cynthia A. Osborne +3 more
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Gender stereotypes in preschool: An examination of age and gender differences
British Journal of Developmental Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Gender stereotypes are prevalent in many societies and begin to emerge in early childhood. The present study examined the gender stereotypes and their association with age and gender in preschool. Gender stereotypes of feminine, masculine and gender‐neutral traits and behaviours were collected in a sample of 104 German and Austrian children ...
Johanna Landvogt, Jan Lenhart
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