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From similarity to conceptual—how pictophonetic Chinese characters facilitate inductive reasoning in 5–10-year-old children

Frontiers in Psychology
IntroductionInductive reasoning develops from similarity-based to category-based processes, and linguistic labels are thought to facilitate this shift, though whether they provide similarity or conceptual information remains debated.MethodsTo clarify the
Xiaoxi Wang, Na Hu, Ruimin Ma, Xiaoying Cai, Xuan Huang   +4 more
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Deepening Our Knowledge about Sustainability Education in the Early Years: Lessons from a Water Project

Education Sciences, 2021
The transformative agenda of sustainability education constitutes the focus of early-years education. In quality sustainability educational projects, children are supported to draw links between nature and society and relate to the studied phenomena.
Maria Ampartzaki, Michail Kalogiannakis, Stamatios Papadakis   +2 more
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Can Motion Graphic Animation About Snakes Improve Preschoolers’ Detection on Snakes? A Study of Inattentional Blindness

Frontiers in Psychology, 2021
This study created a motion graphic (MG) animation about the danger of snakes within a story telling structure, which is different from a traditional science animation that relies on explanatory language to explain the scientific concept.
Jie Fang, Jiangbo Hu, Fen Wang, Congcong Yan, Hui Zhang   +4 more
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Can preschool protect young children’s cognitive and social development? Variation by center quality and duration of attendance [PDF]

, 2012
This paper illustrates how high-quality preschool has the potential to serve as an intervention within normal populations. Although it is well known that targeted Early Interventions can protect the development of young children from developmental risks,
Sammons, Pamela, Sammons, P, Siraj-Blatchford, Iram, Hall, James, Taggart, Brenda, Hall, J.E., Taggart, B., Sylva, K, Sylva, K., Sylva, Kathy, Melhuish, E, Sammons, Pam, Siraj-Blatchford, I., Sammons, P., Siraj-Blatchford, I, Hall, J, Melhuish, Edward C., Melhuish, Edward, Taggart, B   +18 more
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Lactiplantibacillus Plantarum GUANKE Alleviates Allergic Asthma by Restricting Monocyte‐to‐DC Differentiation Via Microbiota‐Associated IAA

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Lactiplantibacillus plantarum GUANKE remodels the indigenous gut microbiota and is associated with microbiota‐dependent restoration of circulating IAA. IAA treatment attenuates JAK3‐STAT3 and Jag1‐Notch4‐Hey1 signaling and reduces CX3CR1+Ly6C− monocytic precursor generation and pulmonary CD11b+ DC accumulation, together with reduced Th2 inflammation ...
Yujia He, Jielan Mi, Zhiping Zhao, Xiao Zhang, Zhihan Yang, Kun Yue, Yuanming Huang, Liqiong Song, Xiaoting Wen, Jianguo Xu, Zhihong Ren   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Giving children a better start: preschool attendance and school-age profiles [PDF]

We study the effect of pre-primary education on children's subsequent school outcomes by exploiting a unique feature of the Uruguayan household survey (ECH) that collects retrospective information on preschool attendance.
Marco Manacorda, Samuel Berlinski, Sebastian Galiani   +2 more
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The impact of appearance anxiety on loneliness among college students: an integrative model

BMC Psychology
Background The widespread use of social media has made appearance anxiety increasingly prevalent among college students and has been linked with mental health concerns.
Jianbao Chang, Dehua Guo, Shiqin Dai
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Milestone Attainment in Young Children With Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita: Developmental Profile and Associated Factors

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Evidence on developmental milestones in children with arthrogryposis multiplex congenita (AMC) under the age of five is scarce. This multisite cross‐sectional study described developmental status and examined factors associated with milestone attainment in 143 children aged 0–66 months from a pediatric AMC Registry.
Ahlam Zidan, Sophia C. Pasia, Emmanouil Rampakakis, Reggie Hamdy, Frank Rauch, Lauren C. Hyer, Joel Lerman, Haluk Altiok, Krister Freese, Cary Mielke, Sarah B. Nossov, Philip F. Giampietro, Thania Ordaz‐Robles, Noémi Dahan‐Oliel   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Effect of Perceptions of Professional Competence of Preschool Teachers on Their Professional Burnout During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Social Sciences
The aim of the research was to examine the effect of preschool teachers’ perception of professional competence on their professional burnout in Türkiye. A total of 157 teachers composed the study group.
Yağmur Kunduracı, Asude Balaban Dağal, Oya Ramazan   +2 more
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The Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Workforce in Early Childhood Education: Findings From a National Survey of Australian Centre‐Based Services

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Culturally responsive early childhood education (ECE) environments can increase child and family participation, enhance service quality, and improve developmental outcomes for children. Educators from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds contribute to inclusive ECE and are crucial for addressing workforce shortages.
Sene Gide, Linda Harrison, Sandie Wong, Frances Press, Belinda Davis   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source